just cycled home through a thunderstorm

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In the middle of London, this evening (6-6.30pm).

Impressive rate of flashes and bangs, and it was very
close - about 10 second gaps. But also very
dissatisfactory as I couldn't watch the sky and get the
benefit.

It eventually started raining properly during the last
couple of miles, so I was drenched and by the time I got
home it was pelting down like a tropical cloudburst.

Snap, the rain was so hard it was painful.

But I was wearing sandals and the puddles were warm when I
rode through them, like paddling on the beach.

Frank X said:

Snap, the rain was so hard it was painful.

Bits of it (as seen from my office window) were actually
hailstones - or at least solid white objects of some form -
which may help explain the pain.

-dan

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congokid said:

In the middle of London, this evening (6-6.30pm).

Impressive rate of flashes and bangs, and it was very
close - about 10 second gaps. But also very
dissatisfactory as I couldn't watch the sky and get the
benefit.

It eventually started raining properly during the last
couple of miles, so I was drenched and by the time I got
home it was pelting down like a tropical cloudburst.

Likewise. Got home, dried off and /then/ remembered I had to
buy some more
milk. Bah!

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congokid <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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In the middle of London, this evening (6-6.30pm).

Impressive rate of flashes and bangs, and it was very
close - about 10 second gaps. But also very
dissatisfactory as I couldn't watch the sky and get the
benefit.

It eventually started raining properly during the last
couple of miles, so I was drenched and by the time I got
home it was pelting down like a tropical cloudburst.

It was a very wet ride home with lots of deep puddles, but
fast as the wind was directly behind me. At first the bangs
were 15 seconds after the flashes but at Harrow-on-the-Hill
there was blinding double flash followed by an impressive
clap of thunder 1 second later. Simon's safety video effort
was wasted on me, I'm afraid.

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It was a very wet ride home with lots of deep puddles, but
fast as the wind was directly behind me. At first the
bangs were 15 seconds after the flashes but at Harrow-on-the-
Hill there was blinding double flash followed by an
impressive clap of thunder 1 second later. Simon's safety
video effort was wasted on me, I'm afraid.

I only did those for the work's bonus (they love any new
safety nitiative) - I got roughly 100 quid for doing each
one and every time I ride the new Fondriest, I'm glad I did
the videos :-)

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Simon M.

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Likewise. Got home, dried off and /then/ remembered I had
to buy some

more

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milk. Bah!

Was that because yours had all turned sour?

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Likewise. Got home, dried off and /then/ remembered I had
to buy some more milk. Bah!

Was that because yours had all turned sour?

More because I had no milk left, really.

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In the middle of London, this evening (6-6.30pm).

Impressive rate of flashes and bangs, and it was very
close - about 10 second gaps. But also very
dissatisfactory as I couldn't watch the sky and get the
benefit.

It eventually started raining properly during the last
couple of miles, so I was drenched and by the time I got
home it was pelting down like a tropical cloudburst.

And I moaned about ten minutes of heavy drizzle. "There's
always someone worse off than you".

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Frank X said:

Snap, the rain was so hard it was painful.

Bits of it (as seen from my office window) were actually
hailstones - or at least solid white objects of some form
- which may help explain the pain.

Hail. Large hail. The boss rode home through it last night,
and this morning had the face marks to prove it.

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It eventually started raining properly during the last
couple of miles, so I was drenched and by the time I got
home it was pelting down like a tropical cloudburst.

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And I moaned about ten minutes of heavy drizzle. "There's
always someone worse off than you".

AND I got soaked again on the way into work this morning.

Luckily after last night I decided to wear all my goretex,
so I wasn't as wet as I might have been.

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