Checked the weather forecast this morning, which stated that the rain would stop at 1030 and be dry until 1400. Temperature was showing as 8oC but with wind chill, 4oC. Great I thought, I may be able to get a ride in. Put some layers on and off we go at 1100 to do a ride around the villages of North Buckinghamshire.
Unfortunately, the weather had a mind of its own and it was still raining. Checked the forecast and it now shows rain till 1500. I think that they’re not forecasting anymore, but just reporting what the weather presently is. I think I need to go back to hanging up Seaweed as that was more accurate.
What the hell, I’m all dressed up with waterproofs on, so what can go wrong?
So off I go. I was nice and dry, apart from my face and the overspecs did a good job of allowing me to see. Had done about 14 miles and decided to have my lunch, sandwich and Bovril. Found a nice large shelter in Padbury which covered the bike as well, nice to get out of the drizzle. Took off my Sealskinz waterproof gloves and found that my liner gloves were damp, but that may be perspiration. Anyhow, settled down and had my lunch.
This is a picture of the shelter, not from today, but from Google StreetView.
After about 45 minutes, the rain had stopped and there was some blue sky in the distance. Packed everything away, changed my gloves over to my new Goretex Mittens and set off to complete my ride. This time, although not raining now, the wind has picked up which made it a bit harder when riding into the wind. But this at least dried out my waterproofs. The mittens are really nice and warm.
Got back to home after picking the wife up from work and then we walked back.
Since being back home, did some research on weather apps for the phone and found one called AccuWeather, which has some good reviews. I’ll try this for a while and hopefully it will be better than the Weather Channel that comes with the iPhone.