Bit nippy this morning...

On 20/12/04 11:57 am, in article [email hidden],

Succorso said:

If only I could find a way to stop my nose running. I'm too squeamish to
just blow it out into the verge as I ride, so have to keep stopping for
a blow. Perhaps a couple of smallish corks would work, or maybe my nose
clip I use in the swimming pool...

The most effective way is to keep the sinuses warm. Full thermal balaclava,
ski goggles, and a cotton scarf under the bottom edge of the ski goggles do
it for me down to about -12.

...d

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If only I could find a way to stop my nose running.

If you pop into Birds in Dereham - go upstairs and they have buffs (not sure if
that's the brand they have, but it's same garment) - just right for having
around the neck & up over mouth & nose - sufficent to warm up the air enough to
stop the worst of the sniffles.

Festive cheers, helen s

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"Succorso" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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... in fact, -3c at Marham when I cycled into Swaffham to the gym this
morning.

Bit nippy last night as well. - 4 C in East Yorks as I cycled home from work
last night at 2300. Finally hung up the road bike for the year a couple of
days ago and got the hybrid out to see me through the rest of the winter.
Still, after tomorrow the days will be getting longer.
--
Simon M.

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If only I could find a way to stop my nose running.

If you pop into Birds in Dereham

When I read that I immediately thought of custard, which seems appropriate
for the weather.

cheers,
clive

Succorso said:

... in fact, -3c at Marham when I cycled into Swaffham to the gym this
morning.

The field runoff was slick in a few places, but in general the roads
were dry; and by wearing two layers of pretty much everything, I still
managed to break a sweat underneath the layers.

If only I could find a way to stop my nose running. I'm too squeamish to
just blow it out into the verge as I ride, so have to keep stopping for
a blow. Perhaps a couple of smallish corks would work, or maybe my nose
clip I use in the swimming pool...

Usual boring grey, damp and unseasonally mild weather here in the South.
Also as usual, I'm hoping for some snow. There's something special
about being out on a bike in the snow - particularly at night.

Depressingly, metcheck is telling me that around Christmas it may well
be snowing here. But I'll be on the edge of the Fens. Where it won't be
snowing.

Not Responding said:

Depressingly, metcheck is telling me that around Christmas it may well
be snowing here. But I'll be on the edge of the Fens. Where it won't be
snowing.

Same here. Good outlook for Scotland, and we're off to London 🙁

Roos

David Martin said:

On 20/12/04 11:57 am, in article [email hidden],

Succorso said:

If only I could find a way to stop my nose running. I'm too squeamish to
just blow it out into the verge as I ride, so have to keep stopping for
a blow. Perhaps a couple of smallish corks would work, or maybe my nose
clip I use in the swimming pool...

The most effective way is to keep the sinuses warm. Full thermal balaclava,
ski goggles, and a cotton scarf under the bottom edge of the ski goggles do
it for me down to about -12.

What about a sawn-off shotgun, just to complete the wardrobe ;-)

On 20/12/04 4:04 pm, in article
1103558652.fc0d70e57d663e368f5b75b8bbe4e230@teranews, "Jack Ouzzi"

Quoted message said:

David Martin said:

On 20/12/04 11:57 am, in article [email hidden],

Succorso said:

If only I could find a way to stop my nose running. I'm too squeamish to
just blow it out into the verge as I ride, so have to keep stopping for
a blow. Perhaps a couple of smallish corks would work, or maybe my nose
clip I use in the swimming pool...

The most effective way is to keep the sinuses warm. Full thermal balaclava,
ski goggles, and a cotton scarf under the bottom edge of the ski goggles do
it for me down to about -12.

What about a sawn-off shotgun, just to complete the wardrobe ;-)

I can't get the fingers encased in silk inner gloves, fleece gloves and
mountaineering mitts through the trigger guard.

...d

Roos Eisma said:

Not Responding said:

Depressingly, metcheck is telling me that around Christmas it may

well

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

be snowing here. But I'll be on the edge of the Fens. Where it won't

be

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

snowing.

Same here. Good outlook for Scotland, and we're off to London 🙁

Roos

Must be nice living in the tropics 🙂 Beautiful, bright sunny day here
in Southern Canada and only -27 C, or -38 C with the windchill factor.
My ears got a bit cold on a 3 km ride. Oh well, I'll just have to pull
the hat down over the ears when I go home.
John Kane
Kingston ON. Canada

Succorso said:

... in fact, -3c at Marham when I cycled into Swaffham to the gym this
morning.

The field runoff was slick in a few places, but in general the roads
were dry; and by wearing two layers of pretty much everything, I still
managed to break a sweat underneath the layers.

If only I could find a way to stop my nose running. I'm too squeamish to
just blow it out into the verge as I ride, so have to keep stopping for
a blow. Perhaps a couple of smallish corks would work, or maybe my nose
clip I use in the swimming pool...

No problems with my nose, but after 20 mins I started to wish I'd worn
one extra sock this morning.

in message <[email hidden]>, Succorso

(') said:

If only I could find a way to stop my nose running. I'm too squeamish
to just blow it out into the verge as I ride, so have to keep stopping
for a blow.

Carry a handkerchief either in the back pocket of your jersey, or, as I
do, in the side pocket of your bar bag.

--
[email hidden] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; Semper in faecibus sumus, sole profundum variat.

"Succorso" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

... in fact, -3c at Marham when I cycled into Swaffham to the gym this
morning.

The field runoff was slick in a few places, but in general the roads were
dry; and by wearing two layers of pretty much everything, I still managed
to break a sweat underneath the layers.

Yes, I was thinking of commenting about it too. The first signs of frost
that I've seen this winter. The gritters had noticeably been out overnight,
I think for the first time, and for the first time this winter I began to
wonder whether I really wanted to do this... It was the sort of morning
where people start asking 'Are you _sure_ you really want to cycle?..
Wouldn't you rather be in a nice warm car/tube etc.?' .. and I find myself
hesitating slightly before answering 'yes', and 'no' in that order, and not
the other way round... It's only the getting out of the door which is hard
of course, once you get going then all doubts are dispelled...

Rich

nobody said:

No problems with my nose, but after 20 mins I started to wish I'd worn
one extra sock this morning.

That's why I still wear padded shorts when I ride a recumbent.

--
Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address)
<URL:http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/>
"He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine

Richard Goodman said:

It's only the getting out of the door which is hard
of course, once you get going then all doubts are dispelled...

I really enjoyed this morning's ride to work. It was cold and crisp,
the Sun was brilliant, the roads were dry, and the traffic was light.

--
Dave...

Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live. - Mark Twain

In article <[email hidden]>,

John_Kane said:

Must be nice living in the tropics 🙂 Beautiful, bright sunny day here
in Southern Canada and only -27 C, or -38 C with the windchill factor.

Being half-swedish I'm used to that kind of temperature, too.

I recollect a rather telling episode from several years back. My swedish
grandmother was visiting the family in .uk in winter. Of course, being
our no-extremes-of-any-kind climate, it was a good deal warmer than
back (for her) home. And she complained of the cold ... the slightly-damp,
dull, weather at round about zero just felt more chilling than
twenty below back home.

Today it turned milder again, back up to close to 10 this afternoon.
But it's pretty mixed. Yesterday was fearsomely windy for cycling, and
cold enough to benefit from my ample layer of fat and hirsute visage.

--
Nick Kew

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 21:41:22 +0000, [email hidden] (Nick Kew)

Quoted message said:

I recollect a rather telling episode from several years back. My swedish
grandmother was visiting the family in .uk in winter. Of course, being
our no-extremes-of-any-kind climate, it was a good deal warmer than
back (for her) home. And she complained of the cold ... the slightly-damp,
dull, weather at round about zero just felt more chilling than
twenty below back home.

I remember when I lived in Stavanger how cold it seemed in the winter.
Once you got up into the nearby mountains, however, away from the
coast, the temperature felt much more comfortable although it was
actually several degrees colder - sharp and crisp rather than the
bone-chilling damp of the town.

--
Dave...

Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live. - Mark Twain

On 21/12/04 1:33 am, in article [email hidden],

Dave Kahn said:

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 21:41:22 +0000, [email hidden] (Nick Kew)

Quoted message said:

I recollect a rather telling episode from several years back. My swedish
grandmother was visiting the family in .uk in winter. Of course, being
our no-extremes-of-any-kind climate, it was a good deal warmer than
back (for her) home. And she complained of the cold ... the slightly-damp,
dull, weather at round about zero just felt more chilling than
twenty below back home.

I remember when I lived in Stavanger how cold it seemed in the winter.
Once you got up into the nearby mountains, however, away from the
coast, the temperature felt much more comfortable although it was
actually several degrees colder - sharp and crisp rather than the
bone-chilling damp of the town.

I'd agree entirely. Much rather have a dry -10 than the up and down around
zero bone chilling damp we have here..

...d

nobody said:

No problems with my nose, but after 20 mins I started to wish I'd worn
one extra sock this morning.

YA a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers AICMFP...

--

Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
World Domination?
Just find a world that's into that kind of thing, then chain to the
floor and walk up and down on it in high heels. (Mr. Sunshine)

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:58:33 +0000, Not Responding <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Usual boring grey, damp and unseasonally mild weather here in the South.
Also as usual, I'm hoping for some snow. There's something special
about being out on a bike in the snow - particularly at night.

Hmm. In this bit of South, the frost on the cars was quite thick this
morning, so I walked the half mile to the station rather than riding
the eleven miles to t'other station.