[OT] Is it Snowing Where You Are?

Forecasts have been vaguely forecasting snow around the place. Any
sign of it near you? There's not a cat's chance of me (ever) seeing
any here in the sunny strawberry fields on the South Coast, so I await
reports with great envy.

[Not Responding] wrote:

Forecasts have been vaguely forecasting snow around the place. Any
sign of it near you? There's not a cat's chance of me (ever) seeing
any here in the sunny strawberry fields on the South Coast, so I await
reports with great envy.

Plenty of rain in North London. No snow. No chance of snow either, too warm.
--
Chris

Monkey Hanger typed


[Not Responding] wrote:

Forecasts have been vaguely forecasting snow around the place. Any
sign of it near you? There's not a cat's chance of me (ever) seeing
any here in the sunny strawberry fields on the South Coast, so I await
reports with great envy.

Plenty of rain in North London. No snow. No chance of snow either, too warm.

Too warm here. Been on phone to Peter Coulson (Audax UK Events
Secretary) in Northants. It's snowing there.

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Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 20:27:43 GMT,
Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:
Monkey Hanger typed


[Not Responding] wrote:

Forecasts have been vaguely forecasting snow around the place. Any
sign of it near you? There's not a cat's chance of me (ever) seeing
any here in the sunny strawberry fields on the South Coast, so I await
reports with great envy.

Plenty of rain in North London. No snow. No chance of snow either, too warm.

Too warm here. Been on phone to Peter Coulson (Audax UK Events
Secretary) in Northants. It's snowing there.

Some snow in Peterborough, but it is quite localised as there is none
in Crowland 8 miles to the north. It is also big wet flakes and they
aren't settling.

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"The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials"
- Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_

Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Andy
Leighton gently breathed:

Some snow in Peterborough, but it is quite localised as there is none
in Crowland 8 miles to the north. It is also big wet flakes and they
aren't settling.

I cycled to work today for the first time in a while, dry and not to
cold on the way in, but when I came out to come home again it was
freezing and sleeting. Thoroughly miserable ride through the city
centre ensued, with brakes at about 25% of normal due to the combination
of frozen fingers and wet rims. As I crossed the footbridge over the A58
a couple of cars went past with an inch of snow on their roofs, so it
wasn't far away. Once I got through the city and started the climb to
the house it seemed to warm up, or perhaps that was just because I was
working harder and moving more slowly through the air.

One good thing came of it though - a while back I asked here about
saddle heights and made an adjustment as a result, which certainly
helped. Last week I was riding the bike with my New Rock boots on (huge
Goth boots with lots of metal and 2" thick solid rubber soles), so I
raised the saddle a bit more to compensate for the extra distance to the
pedals. Today I was wearing baseball boots with 1/4" soles, and I
forgot to lower the saddle - and found in fact it was an even better
ride than before - I didn't use the smallest chainwheel at all and kept
wishing I'd a larger one than the max I've got (this is a cheap MTB).

Next year I think I'll investigate the gearing options, if today's
experiences bear out. The fastest I can sensibly pedal the bike just
now is 18mph, would be nice to cruise faster than that on the level,
againsterlies permitting.

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Pyromancer wrote:

: Next year I think I'll investigate the gearing options, if today's
: experiences bear out. The fastest I can sensibly pedal the bike just
: now is 18mph, would be nice to cruise faster than that on the level,
: againsterlies permitting.

Even on a MTB, this means you are pedaling way too slowly. Now you've
got your saddle up, work on spinning your legs faster. It'll seem odd
at first but does work.

Arthur

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Nigel Slater.

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 20:11:43 +0000, [Not Responding] wrote:

Forecasts have been vaguely forecasting snow around the place. Any
sign of it near you? There's not a cat's chance of me (ever) seeing
any here in the sunny strawberry fields on the South Coast, so I await
reports with great envy.

The denizens of uk.sci.weather are reporting snow all across the midlands
into Yorkshire. Mildenhall in Suffolk is reporting rain/snow but there's
no sign of it 15km away.


Mike

[Not Responding] wrote:
Forecasts have been vaguely forecasting snow around the place. Any
sign of it near you? There's not a cat's chance of me (ever) seeing
any here in the sunny strawberry fields on the South Coast, so I await
reports with great envy.

I cycled home from Leeds to Morley in the snow at approx 18:35 tonight -
'twas great.

MSeries typed


[Not Responding] wrote:
Forecasts have been vaguely forecasting snow around the place. Any
sign of it near you? There's not a cat's chance of me (ever) seeing
any here in the sunny strawberry fields on the South Coast, so I await
reports with great envy.

I cycled home from Leeds to Morley in the snow at approx 18:35 tonight -
'twas great.

But Jimmy's is without electicity so go elsewhere if you need A&E...

--
Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.

[Not Responding] wrote:
Forecasts have been vaguely forecasting snow around the place. Any
sign of it near you? There's not a cat's chance of me (ever) seeing
any here in the sunny strawberry fields on the South Coast, so I await
reports with great envy.