Mick Hazlewood Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Did anybody go out today and avoid the rain, did see JohnS going towards Tardebigge. More to the point did you dodge the showers and keep dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs DAVIES Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Struggled to Tardebigge in !Terrible! weather. Pedalling downhill in to the wind and hardly moving. About 5/6 people. Off we set. Two turned back in the first 10mins. I got dropped in the first 30mins. Saw the C ride riding the opposite way home. The guy who was with me said something. In the the torrential weather I thought it was a toilet stop. No he had gone home. Pushed on through water so heavy I could hardly see in front of me. My wheels were submerged halfway up to the axle. Stuck my head down out of the weather and pushed steadily. As it cleared I made out the Radford Arms. However, the side winds were scary. Trying to stay on the drops below the hedges. Made it to Alcester (HAD). No one there. Rode to the other Alcester. No one there. Quite nice autumn day now so started to ride home. Turned at the Huff Cap and down it came again! Riding uphill, scary winds, heavy rain in to the wind. Got to Ullenhall and felt defeated. Beginning to wonder if I would survive the day. All I could think was rescue Vehicle. Caffeine stinger & Water and pushed on. Cars looking at me as if i were a crazy woman. Not sure what happened next, very low visibility. God was I glad to be home! My daughter had baked me a cake. Didn't touch the sides. Up there with the worst rides of my life. Where was Ivor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Barker Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Well done Kay, I would have come out but I'm not feeling well at the moment, been burning the candle at both ends and it's caught up with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Hazlewood Posted October 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Good on you Kay, we went through Tardebigge at 9.30 with very dark clouds behind us and sunny sky in front of us so we carried on going more or less the same route as yourself. Got to within 5 mile of home and the heavens opened, thunder lightening the works so dived under a tree for some shelter, five minutes later when it subsided a bit we took off for the home run. Not to soaked, not to cold but feeling pretty lucky with our ride. Could have been a lot worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Lad Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 A challenging ride, Big gear Bob and I were the last ones standing. The B group members are made of stern stuff. Well trained by Ivor. It was too wet and windy to turn round and see who was with us. We pushed along and did a none stopper, never stopped raining, but the wind did blow us home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyS Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 I looked at the weather forecast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveM Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Well trained by Ivor. You must have missed his lecture on avoiding riding in bad weather. Notice he stayed at home. May I recommend http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2633563 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovi Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Put it down to experience. Friday morning looks o.k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovi Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 To those of you who ventured out today Watch the ........forecast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Lad Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 The BBC weather forecast at 9am said occasional showers during the morning, more persistent from midday. Wrong AGAIN !, it was persistent from 10am with a slight easing after midday for a short period. As Kay said, 7 in the AB group and 3 in the c group started from Tardebigge, perhaps we were the optimistic ones, others may say the idiots. but we did have the benefit of a ride, albeit a wet and windy one. I guarantee we will have worse to come during the winter months, when it will be more difficult to stay upright on the bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgbob Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 It was raining that hard, it brought a smile to my face :-) I thought to myself, this is why I do cycling! I went up the Lenches and was depressed because the sun was out But from Studley back to the Man on the Moon... It absolutely threw it down and the smile returned :-) B G Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovi Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 Kay & b g b Water babies Who'd have thought it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs DAVIES Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 Rip Van Lucas and Pardoe were out! Did they quit too? I thought they toughed it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs DAVIES Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 Barry probably decided it was boring and slept all the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyS Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 Takes all sorts, Ivor. I've spent too many hours riding in the rain when I had to. Now I don't ..... I go out on lovely sunny days with a tail wind home ..... like TODAY!!! And Barry was probably snoring, not boring :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveM Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 It was raining that hard, it brought a smile to my face :-) I thought to myself, this is why I do cycling! I went up the Lenches and was depressed because the sun was out But from Studley back to the Man on the Moon... It absolutely threw it down and the smile returned :-) B G Bob Bob you are now certified as mad and qualify for The Beacon Little Mountain Time trial or a hill climb of your choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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