The Great British Weather

Tiswas rap cheered me up though.

At least we don't have to race up the Galiber today..

Have you seen what the weather is like up there?

I've spent all morning dreaming about doing just that.

In the cold. In the wet. In the dark. Legs and lungs burning. Sobbing from the pain.

Sounds like a date with Hippy!

Hippy rode up the Galibier yesterday. In the snow.

I can't be the only one who loves this weather, it's fucking awesome.

This from a man who was complaining in mid-winter that his housemates put the heating on. :)

Hippy rode up the Galibier yesterday. In the snow.

HTFU Pro cyclists.

He does have a permanent winter coat though.

Superprecise, this isn't aimed at you, it's been bubbling along for a while now..

not to rain on anyone's parade, but when has an english summer ever been different? Which parallel universe have you been living in for the last thirty years, when come May/June/July, the sun came out and it was hot, sunny with no sign of rain?

hasn't happened, and if that's the case just accept it, and get on with it. No HTFU, just a good old case of english stoicism. It's going to rain, sort out your clothing and make the best of it.

No one likes a sodden ride home, apart from McCarthy, but it's going to happen probably more than once during an english summer so stop with the FFS, Where's the sun? Why isn't it hot in summer anymore and just ride.

Not sure if this is part of the 21st century character, but there seems to be a lot of moaning and whining about the weather (stereotypical english mentality, or ongoing human reaction to the prevailing nature of the skies, I'm not sure) but there will be just as much pouting, and whining and disgust when winter rolls around. English weather is what it is. And be glad you live in the south east, it be worse up north..

and just as a addendum, short memories are prevalent as well, what happened to the great end of march/april we had huh. HUH!

As maya angelou states.

"if you don't like something, change it.
If you can't change it, change your attitude"

and if none of that is possible, at least try and adopt the blitz spirit and suffer it in silence every once in a while.

1975/76, was very very hot.

I read about it in history.

When I was a kid it was sunny every summer, without fail. True FACT!

^^^ I concur.

I think that's a bit of a grandiose way of putting it, Cornelius. It'd just be nice to have a little glimmer of sunshine now and then. Let's not get carried away. The weather has been truly gash, and atypically so.

And FWIW I'm not surprised (except by it's relentlessness over the past fortnight) and I always maintain that spring is nearly always better for weather than summer in the UK.

We all expect a bit of rain during summer - But i don't think I've seen the sun in a week, pretty depressing tbh

‪Ray Charles - You Are My Sunshine LIVE‬‏ - YouTube

I can see the sun as I type. It, like the rain and mud, is ace.

When I was a kid it was sunny every summer, without fail. True FACT!

This. +100

There was a program on the BBC last night about why we seem to get wet summers, it was fairly interesting (if you're into clouds and shit).

Basically, as the air is warmer in the summer it's less dense, which allows larger clouds to form, which can hold more water, and can lead to showers. Also because the air is less dense the surface tension of the water droplets is lower which allows larger rain drops to form, leading to what seems like heavier rain.

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1975/76, was very very hot.

I read about it in history.

2003 was hotter. It was the last time I had a Tourettic relapse, ticcing like a freak again. Heat is a trigger (as are stimulants and disrupted sleep, and I was drinking a lot of coffee and staying up till 2/3am every night to watch 30min of TdF highlights - the great tour of the Armstrong years).

This summer's seemed pretty average so far. Drier than normal at the start, with the balance being redressed during the past week and a bit. Nothing like the floods of 2007.

And now andy.w with the regional news…

This week I have mostly been eating.

Brie.

I think that's a bit of a grandiose way of putting it, Cornelius. It'd just be nice to have a little glimmer of sunshine now and then. Let's not get carried away. The weather has been truly gash, and atypically so.

It has been quite gash, the English Summer Rain is always going to be quite heavy, but it seemed to feel like it's autumn.

we had some great summer back in Apirl/May, those were bloody warm proper summer weather.

Ohhh its time for the 'time to go home' chuck it down.

Exactly what I was thinking. Hopefully it's all rained out by half 6... hopefully.

Got drenched last night but enjoyed the ride nevertheless

Isn’t it just. Just the other day I waited forlornly under the canopy of a Lebanese restaurant on Westbourne Grove, shielding my roll-up from the rain I was avoiding. Heading there again it seems.

Any road, the smack of newly released fresh air afterwards will be worth it.