2024 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

[MartsEbike]

What about the weather in the British Isles? What I hear is terribly bad!

It's pouring down here right now with high winds.

I'm gutted as I have managed to leave work early today and there is no chance I'm taking my bike out in it. My drive home was horrendous enough! I had to dodge a wheelie bin being blown down the road.

The worst of it should pass by this evening though.

Tomorrow and Tuesday are looking pretty good! Hopefully, I can get a few miles in before my night shifts.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

I'm gutted as I have managed to leave work early today and there is no chance I'm taking my bike out in it.

Meanwhile, in London yesterday. The cyclist on the right certainly enjoyed the tailwind ride!

So we went from small bit of snow on Weds:

Seeing snow in England is so rare, isn't it!

 

[Rás Cnoic]

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Meanwhile, in London yesterday. The cyclist on the right certainly enjoyed the tailwind ride!


Seeing snow in England is so rare, isn't it!

It's common enough up North, especially across the Pennines but rare in the South West. But it never lasts long - we never get that long spell of below freezing dry sunny weather, it all ends up as slush within a day or two at most. Dartmoor gets snow occasionally because of the elevation. Towns 20 miles away to the south of Dartmoor had little or no snow this time. The other advantage of being up on the moor is the flooding happens somewhere else lower down.

Ireland was hit bad with flooding, Bertie hit harder there. Killybegs in Donegal had terrible flooding. It's what we always say in Ireland - we shelter England from the worst of the weather! The Winter Atlantic storms roll in and wallop the west Irish coast (Hence the Wild Atlantic Way) or they crash into North West Scotland or they veer south to hit Brittany and then the Bay of Biscay.

 

[Prairie Dog]

@Stefan Mikes , @Rás Cnoic – Kudos. Nice to see you fellows riding in those conditions. Not what we would all prefer but nevertheless no reason to stop just because it’s slippery, dark, cold and snowy. Gear up, winterproof your bike, layer and stay warm should be every winter cyclist’s mantra.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Killybegs in Donegal had terrible flooding.

We were to Killybegs this year, made friends with our host, and now I was watching her reports in horror!

Not what we would all prefer but nevertheless no reason to stop just because it’s slippery, dark, cold and snowy.

I could not live in Canada... My utmost respect to you, Art!

 

[Prairie Dog]

I could not live in Canada... My utmost respect to you, Art!

Even I have my limitations. It’s currently -24C wind chill and it snowed all of yesterday dumping 20 cm over the city so I may forgo my ride today, hit the indoor trainer and work on our other bikes. The fresh powder is really tempting but the bitter cold negates any impulses that I might have.

@MartsEbike – At least I can head out in snowy conditions whereas riding in the wet is also a no go for me. Glad to see that it’s short lived for the time being and that you are able to get reacquainted with your normal routine.

 

[Chargeride]

It's pouring down here right now with high winds.

I'm gutted as I have managed to leave work early today and there is no chance I'm taking my bike out in it. My drive home was horrendous enough! I had to dodge a wheelie bin being blown down the road.

The worst of it should pass by this evening though.

Tomorrow and Tuesday are looking pretty good! Hopefully, I can get a few miles in before my night shifts.

Storm Bert, Im waiting for Ernie next week.

 

[MartsEbike]

Storm Bert, Im waiting for Ernie next week.

I was hoping this would be the last of it...

 

[RabH]

5 inches of snow here on Saturday and it was totally gone by Sunday, 13C overnight so its no wonder it was gone...now we have 50mph winds approaching!

 

[JGcycle]

A couple of pics from today's 23km ride: