The Great British Weather

And now, before the news and weather, here is the Shipping Forecast issued by the Meteorological Office at 1400 hours Greenwich Mean Time:

Finisterre, Dogger, Rockall, Bailey: no. Wednesday, variable, imminent, super. South Utsire, North Utsire, Sheerness, Foulness, Elliot Ness:If you will, often, eminent, 447, 22 yards, touchdown, stupidly. Malin, Hebrides, Shetland, Jersey, Fair Isle, Turtle-Neck, Tank Top, Courtelle: Blowy, quite misty, sea sickness. Not many fish around, come home, veering suggestively.

That was the Shipping Forecast for 1700 hours, Wednesday 18 August

epic deluge round the back of oxford street tube last 10 mins or so
the rain didn't fall in all of feb march april and may so it's making up for it now
my gardens glad about it thats for sure

epic deluge round the back of oxford street tube last 10 mins or so
the rain didn't fall in all of feb march april and may so it's making up for it now
my gardens glad about it thats for sure

I've had my winter jacket out more this summer then the entire winter when i was happy in a couple of base layers.

I'm also fucking ill now cos i keep getting caught in the rain. might just move to LA!

rain window!

GO!

GO!

GO!

the doors to all the buildings around me swung open and the lycra clad hoardes swamped the streets during the lull

So damn humid today!

But still dry.

Heavy rain.

been and gone...

Still here.

Garden looks good though.

I honestly thought we were having a pretty good summer. I had my summer holiday in wales and I got a tan and everything! Maybe I just forget when its been raining.

It's been great, just wet today.

This is good, as wednesday is MTB day.

MMmmmmmmmmmmmmmuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuddddddddddddddddddddddd.

This is incredible!
I love rain like this.
Just been outside for the sake of it.

Today Prancer and I hoped to escape the family for a good ride along the Wylye valley. Just 5 miles in and we were pelted by rain. We stood under a tree while water rose around our feet and battered us from all sides. Defeated, we decided to head back home. So far in 2 days we've managed a measly 12 miles :( Hoping to go a bit further tomorrow...

[grrrr - crappy English summer weather]

7 hours.. large amounts of it wet but I also got sunburnt. #WTF

This is incredible!
I love rain like this.
Just been outside for the sake of it.

Was going to ask where the hell you were but...

Just got this by me too, haha!

You wallies are more than welcome to stand in it.. while you're out there.. wanna give my bike the once over? Ta.

72 Miler around Essex yesterday morning in glorious sun, the we headed home via Romford and West Ham..... The last 10 Miles or so was head first into that hail filled driving rain. Tested my meagre metal that's for sure! Wouldn't have minded if it had happened on the lanes, but battling through the footy traffic of Stratford sucked.

I've got stripy arms and legs

Thoroughly not impressed with this so called flood yet. Better be good when I wake up.

is there a flood alert in london?

apparently so - ironically it's dry as a bone here in Wales

is there a flood alert in london?

there's a flood alert in London?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14622549

Its above Northern France at the moment and heading North.

So basically I should put mudguard on the bicycle then.

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