Who enjoys walking in the rain?

[winjim]

I do enjoy a nice petrichor.

 

[Fab Foodie]

As long as I can keep myself dry and warm I quite like walking in the rain. I don't mind cycling in it either but find keeping warm & dry without the boil-in-the-bag effect is a tad more tricky.

I think non boil in the bag cycling kit is hard to find. Harder than walking/mountain kit.
Summer cycling in the rain is OK, just get wet. In fact some of my best club times have been set in heavy rain, I think the cooling improves my performance, where heat seriously saps it.
For the rest of the season good kit costs. I rashley spent just short of £200 on a Paramo Velez light smock for primarily cycling/audax usage and dog walking/camping etc as a secondary use.
It was money bloody well spent. On the bike it's ace, comfortable, warm when required, vents and wicks well and absolutely 100% waterproof. Down side is that if you need to take it of it's bulky, but you rarely need to remove it unless it's really warm. Last Sundays fastish club run saw regular stops to don or remove waterproofs, all I needed to do was open or close zips as conditions changed. Ace.
In Sweden where we lived they said there was no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing ....

 

[KneesUp]

What about walking in the rain in the nuddie?

You don't often get the weather for that here!

 

[Fnaar]

 

[ayceejay]

I was going to suggest Johnny Ray but maybe that would give my age away

 

[Maverick Goose]

Good old rain
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3DgAJwVeVU

 

[KneesUp]

Not all rain is enjoyable

 

[stuee147]

yea i do and its best of its the first rain after a few hot days that always seems to be the best , or a good thunder storm late at night

 

[slowmotion]

Sometimes it's worth it.
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[raleighnut]

I like walking in the rain... well mountaineering in the rain with the proper kit, it is great fun.
But there have been times when that kit has failed and it has not been pleasant.

Cycling in the rain does not have quite the same appeal as mountaineering in the rain, but I do still enjoy the occasional storm, but have to say that thunder storms and cycling are now another matter after a 'scare' some years ago on my commute home from work. The main road was closed due to a fatal RTA, so I have to find another route home and that meant through woodland, across the nature reserve and across the common. Part way through the woodland the storm hit. Going across the most exposed section of the nature reserve, just as I was going under the high voltage power cables (with pylon very close by) lightning struck and I mean stuck a tree less than 100m away from me. Every hair on my body stood up before that strike and I was soaked to the skin from torrential rain... It was not nice and I have to say put me off cycling across exposed places in thunder storms.

Similar but when hiking in the Peaks, what you didn't mention is the bloody great BANG ! My ears were ringing for hours

 

[biggs682]

must admit as long as got water proof clothing on i dont mind walking or riding in the rain

 

[MetalPig]

Not keen on walking but i don't mind cycling in it. Love running in the rain though

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Similar but when hiking in the Peaks, what you didn't mention is the bloody great BANG ! My ears were ringing for hours

this was that close that there was very little bang. it was much more like a clap and definitely no rumble!

 

[IDMark2]

A couple of times this winter I pulled on my Ski jacket and salopettes because it was that windy the the rain was coming in on the almost horizontal... Once firmly in my suit of rainproof armour, wellies on, waterproof gloves on I take the dog out, he really enjoys his walk for about, oh, a minute.. I look at him and admonish him..'You've been whining about needing a walk for the last two hours, so here we are..' He looks up at me sadly, doesn't say in reply, but does in my head..'but look at what you've got on, I've only got my fur...' I snigger.
On a bike I find it's rarely worse in it than it is contemplating it from the armchair or car seat, and I find a shrug of the shoulders and acceptance of what you can't change goes a long way. Anyway, think of the heroes welcome when you get home! Bath run for you, steaming tea and a slice of cake (ymmv).

 

[Lullabelle]

According to the weather people this morning I was supposed to be walking home in the rain this evening, I had my raincoat and brolly, guess what