Following on from the Lidl thread, here is my new spring outfit.
New black windproof vest from Lidl Fleece-lined top from Decathlon (don't know the name, but it is very warm). Black. Light fleece from Decatlon. Black. (7 quid, recommend them to anybody, good length for cycling and they pack down small) Parrot windshell. Black. New Nike cycling shorts - black. Buff - you guessed it.
I did get some bright front lights and have two Cateye rears though!
"John Hearns" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Following on from the Lidl thread, here is my new spring outfit.
New black windproof vest from Lidl Fleece-lined top from Decathlon (don't know the name, but it is very warm). Black. Light fleece from Decatlon. Black. (7 quid, recommend them to anybody, good length for cycling and they pack down small) Parrot windshell. Black. New Nike cycling shorts - black. Buff - you guessed it.
On 29/3/05 10:28 am, in article [email hidden], "Simon
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"John Hearns" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Following on from the Lidl thread, here is my new spring outfit.
New black windproof vest from Lidl Fleece-lined top from Decathlon (don't know the name, but it is very warm). Black. Light fleece from Decatlon. Black. (7 quid, recommend them to anybody, good length for cycling and they pack down small) Parrot windshell. Black. New Nike cycling shorts - black. Buff - you guessed it.
All you need now is the Spring to arrive ;-)
The rain is blowing past my office window, I have some sort of bug, and the polar bears have retreated up north for another year. Spring has definitely arrived!
"John Hearns" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Following on from the Lidl thread, here is my new spring outfit.
New black windproof vest from Lidl Fleece-lined top from Decathlon (don't know the name, but it is very warm). Black. Light fleece from Decatlon. Black. (7 quid, recommend them to anybody, good length for cycling and they pack down small) Parrot windshell. Black. New Nike cycling shorts - black. Buff - you guessed it.
All you need now is the Spring to arrive ;-)
....and to work out what to wear for the other 363 days of the year ;-)
I don't know how you can wear all that at once; my all year round wardrobe are bib shorts and a long sleeved summer Fox top for the 15 mile each way commute to work. The only thing that changes from winter to summer is whether I add an Ozzo windproof and the socks go from light to heavy coolmax. I guess it must be my added insulation and thick northern blood (blood group, gravy!).
T.T.F.N.
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Following on from the Lidl thread, here is my new spring outfit.
New black windproof vest from Lidl Fleece-lined top from Decathlon (don't know the name, but it is very warm). Black. Light fleece from Decatlon. Black. (7 quid, recommend them to anybody, good length for cycling and they pack down small) Parrot windshell. Black. New Nike cycling shorts - black. Buff - you guessed it.
I did get some bright front lights and have two Cateye rears though!
On 29/3/05 10:28 am, in article [email hidden], "Simon Mason" <[email hidden]> wrote:
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All you need now is the Spring to arrive ;-)
The rain is blowing past my office window, I have some sort of bug, and the polar bears have retreated up north for another year. Spring has definitely arrived!
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How nice for you southerners. Here, spring remains merely a concept. Also, CH boiler keeled over during weekend. I'm working in scarf, woolly hat and coat, clutching large mug of tea frequently to keep fingers from frostbite.
On 29/3/05 10:28 am, in article [email hidden], "Simon Mason" <[email hidden]> wrote:
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All you need now is the Spring to arrive ;-)
The rain is blowing past my office window, I have some sort of bug, and the polar bears have retreated up north for another year. Spring has definitely arrived!
a
How nice for you southerners. Here, spring remains merely a concept. Also, CH boiler keeled over during weekend. I'm working in scarf, woolly hat and coat, clutching large mug of tea frequently to keep fingers from frostbite.
Southerner? South of you yes (Inverness IIRC?), but only by a long day's cycle ride.
On 29/3/05 2:14 pm, in article [email hidden], "JLB" <[email hidden]> wrote:
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How nice for you southerners. Here, spring remains merely a concept. Also, CH boiler keeled over during weekend. I'm working in scarf, woolly hat and coat, clutching large mug of tea frequently to keep fingers from frostbite.
Southerner? South of you yes (Inverness IIRC?), but only by a long day's cycle ride.
Southerner is of course a relative concept; as another example of one, when I lived in Newcastle there was a general agreement that a Cockney was anybody from south of the Tyne; beginning in Gateshead.
Anyway, according to my thermometer where I'm sat it's 12 deg C, the external temp is 7 deg C, and if that's spring I want my money back, it's broken already. Dundee, I notice, is a whole ONE DEGREE warmer, you lucky people.
Anyway, according to my thermometer where I'm sat it's 12 deg C, the external temp is 7 deg C, and if that's spring I want my money back, it's broken already. Dundee, I notice, is a whole ONE DEGREE warmer, you lucky people.
Depends where in Dundee: there's enough elevation within the town for the lapse rate to get rid of that. Up at Ninewells it's basically the inside of a cloud, so if that's luck I want *my* money back! :-(
Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/
Anyway, according to my thermometer where I'm sat it's 12 deg C, the external temp is 7 deg C, and if that's spring I want my money back, it's broken already. Dundee, I notice, is a whole ONE DEGREE warmer, you lucky people.
Depends where in Dundee: there's enough elevation within the town for the lapse rate to get rid of that. Up at Ninewells it's basically the inside of a cloud, so if that's luck I want *my* money back! :-(
Can't see across the Tay from the lab cafeteria either.. That's very low cloud indeed. So low it is making friends with the haar (sea fog, funnily enough, the same word in Norse).
All this just after a thread where I pointed out how lovely Dundee's weather is ;-) Oh well, it means I woun't have to water the allotment this week.
Anyway, according to my thermometer where I'm sat it's 12 deg C, the external temp is 7 deg C, and if that's spring I want my money back, it's broken already. Dundee, I notice, is a whole ONE DEGREE warmer, you lucky people.
That must have been a thermometer inside somewhere - on the way in for my lecture at noon I regretted that I hadn't put on my gloves. Maybe it was the windydrizzlechillfactor
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Southerner is of course a relative concept; as another example of one, when I lived in Newcastle there was a general agreement that a Cockney was anybody from south of the Tyne; beginning in Gateshead.
Seems entirely reasonable. You need a passport to come south of the Tyne!
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I don't know how you can wear all that at once; my all year round wardrobe are bib shorts and a long sleeved summer Fox top for the 15 mile each way commute to work. The only thing that changes from winter to summer is whether I add an Ozzo windproof and the socks go from light to heavy coolmax. I guess it must be my added insulation and thick northern blood (blood group, gravy!).
My year-round ensemble, minus the hat, which I'm told adds a sinister touch: http://tinyurl.com/4qbom
Southerner is of course a relative concept; as another example of one, when I lived in Newcastle there was a general agreement that a Cockney was anybody from south of the Tyne; beginning in Gateshead.
With the dishonourable exception of Macums, thobut...
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