Looks like the Met Office.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/gcqzwtdw7#?fcTime=1421452800
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Looks like the Met Office.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/gcqzwtdw7#?fcTime=1421452800
Stonechat
Guru
- Location
- Staines, Middlesex
Now climbed 4162 metres of the target 6142 metres in the Strava climbing challenge
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
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Nigelnaturist
Guru
- Location
- Pontefract
@Supersuperleeds as @Afnug says its the metoffice
@Berk on a Bike a bit like today then. Sleet abound this morning.
@Berk on a Bike a bit like today then. Sleet abound this morning.
Berk on a Bike
Veteran
- Location
- Yorkshire
Berk on a Bike
Veteran
- Location
- Yorkshire
I had an early start so missed the "fun" but Mrs. Berk told me it was wintry. Oh the joys...
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Nigelnaturist
Guru
- Location
- Pontefract
@Berk on a Bike I don't think there will be many winters in my life (whats left of it) as bad as 2012/13, as bad winters in the U.K. come in sort of 10-15 year cycles, to do with the sunspot max/min I suspect (as was the mini ice age of the 16th/17th cent when there was very little sunspot activate for about 60 years, another minimum like that is due, as there was one in the 13th and seems to be one also about 7th-9th centuries)
Berk on a Bike
Veteran
- Location
- Yorkshire
Was 12/13 a bad one? Can't remember...
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Nigelnaturist
Guru
- Location
- Pontefract
@Berk on a Bike 12/13 was the last bad one in terms of snow and temps, but the preceding two at least 11/12 and 10/11 were pretty bad as I have pictures and they are date stamped, 12/13 we had snow here (Pontefract) at least mid April and towards May I think.
Temps on this chart before Oct/Nov 13 are just averages. So the max temp is the max temp for the warmest day but that was the average for the day, I can now show max temp on a ride (and min) so that will show as the max temp in a month ect..... I still need to go back and do a load of data but can't be bothered at the moment.
Temps on this chart before Oct/Nov 13 are just averages. So the max temp is the max temp for the warmest day but that was the average for the day, I can now show max temp on a ride (and min) so that will show as the max temp in a month ect..... I still need to go back and do a load of data but can't be bothered at the moment.
Justinslow
Lovely jubbly
- Location
- Suffolk
If I recall correctly quite a bit of snow and lots of minus temperatures, down to -12 c one morning here in Suffolk.
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Nigelnaturist
Guru
- Location
- Pontefract
They were the recorded temps, -5.4 is with wind chill, my full temp data goes back to sep 13 and then from june back to jan,
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Nigelnaturist
Guru
- Location
- Pontefract
It wasn't till the 5/4 that the avg temp started to get above 5C though there were a few days it did, I was riding in minus temps as late as the 26th of March, and remember I usually ride early to mid afternoon
my average ride time
and these were the days below zero.
my average ride time
and these were the days below zero.
Got out for the first time this year, forgot my gloves and ended up with my first blood blister, a lot of firsts as I gave SPD's a go for the first time (and a Garmin Edge 200) and like I knew it would be, no problems clipping out, lots of problems clipping the left leg in but fortunately I can cycle without being clipped in so it isn't as scary as I thought it would be. 
I must be one of the few people terrified of clipping in instead of clipping out.
https://www.strava.com/activities/242051446 Absymal times though, that's what skipping out on Winter rides does.
Though this was just a trip to poundland to get some memory foam insoles in the hope of curing my feet for an upcoming 32 mile walk
Never having a blood blister before I was terrified when I saw my little finger I thought it was a leech or something had dug it's way into my skin!
I must be one of the few people terrified of clipping in instead of clipping out.
https://www.strava.com/activities/242051446 Absymal times though, that's what skipping out on Winter rides does.
Though this was just a trip to poundland to get some memory foam insoles in the hope of curing my feet for an upcoming 32 mile walk
Never having a blood blister before I was terrified when I saw my little finger I thought it was a leech or something had dug it's way into my skin!
Stonechat
Guru
- Location
- Staines, Middlesex
Have been attacked by leeches before nowGot out for the first time this year, forgot my gloves and ended up with my first blood blister, a lot of firsts as I gave SPD's a go for the first time (and a Garmin Edge 200) and like I knew it would be, no problems clipping out, lots of problems clipping the left leg in but fortunately I can cycle without being clipped in so it isn't as scary as I thought it would be.
I must be one of the few people terrified of clipping in instead of clipping out.
https://www.strava.com/activities/242051446 Absymal times though, that's what skipping out on Winter rides does.
Never having a blood blister before I was terrified when I saw my little finger I thought it was a leech or something had dug it's way into my skin!
You would know - you would be bleeding and it would not easily stop
More in tropical climates
That's one knowledge experience I'd rather not have! Maybe I'm thinking of ticks for the UK, not that I keep sheep in the shed.
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