lightening

Gordon said:

I must admit to feeling better in a car than out in the
open during a violent electrical storm,

I must admit that lightning is pretty rare in South Wales so
it's not something I usually worry about. Only once
experienced it out in the hills and I was camping in a deep
valley at the time in the sunshine so I wasn't too worried.

Paul
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"Gordon" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I must admit to feeling better in a car than out in the
open during a violent electrical storm, and one
contributing reason was that the rain is often coming down
like stair rods. :-) It happened to us recently, and
visibility was so bad that I pulled into a lay-by and let
those with more urgent journeys carry on.

Try it on a bike. I got caught in a really horrendous
downpour once. Couldn't see a thing and decided maybe it was
a good idea to stop when I realised I was on the wrong side
of the road heading into a ditch.

In article <[email hidden]>, Paul
Saunders <[email hidden]> writes

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I must admit that lightning is pretty rare in South Wales
so it's not something I usually worry about. Only once
experienced it out in the hills and I was camping in a deep
valley at the time in the sunshine so I wasn't too worried.

Rare or frequent, hill or valley - always be concerned.
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AndyP <[email hidden]> wrote

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"Gordon" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I must admit to feeling better in a car than out in the
open during

a

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violent electrical storm, and one contributing reason
was that the

rain

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is often coming down like stair rods. :-) It happened
to us recently, and visibility was so bad that I pulled
into a lay-by

and let

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those with more urgent journeys carry on.

Try it on a bike. I got caught in a really horrendous
downpour once. Couldn't see a thing and decided maybe it
was a good idea to stop

when I

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realised I was on the wrong side of the road heading into
a ditch.

Push-bike or motorbike? I owned one for 6 months whilst
doing National Service, and it was then that I discovered
that rain is made

up

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of thousands of sharp needles. ;-)
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...and they get sharper the faster you go!

Regards, Paul www.lakelandwalker.co.uk - My Lake District
walking site

Paul Rose Middlesbrough, England, U.K.

"Gordon" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Try it on a bike. I got caught in a really horrendous
downpour once. Couldn't see a thing and decided maybe it
was a good idea to stop when I realised I was on the
wrong side of the road heading into a ditch.

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Push-bike or motorbike? I owned one for 6 months whilst
doing National Service, and it was then that I discovered
that rain is made up of thousands of sharp needles. ;-)

Push bike, although I still don't know why they're called
push bikes. At least you'd get a bit of protection with a
full face motorbike helmet.

AndyP said:

"Gordon" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Try it on a bike. I got caught in a really horrendous
downpour once. Couldn't see a thing and decided maybe it
was a good idea to stop when I realised I was on the
wrong side of the road heading into a ditch.

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Push-bike or motorbike? I owned one for 6 months whilst
doing National Service, and it was then that I discovered
that rain is made up of thousands of sharp needles. ;-)

Push bike, although I still don't know why they're called
push bikes.

So called to distinguish them from the other kind of bike
with an engine in it. Whether it is because you push on the
pedals to make it go or because you end up pushing it a lot
if you live somewhere hilly I don't know. I once walked into
a cop-shop and said, "My bike's been nicked." The sargeant
on the desk asked me for the registration number. It took a
while for the penny to drop that I wanted to report my
bicycle stolen.

Tecnically a motorbike is a motor-bicycle of course.
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