Exciting ride today!

[george formby]

"Sheet ice? Luxury! When I was a lad ..."

That almost begs to start a "When I were a lad the weather was that bad......" thread. Or a "Cyclone? Don't know their born today..." thread.

[Oakie]

That almost begs to start a "When I were a lad the weather was that bad......" thread. Or a "Cyclone? Don't know their born today..." thread.

I'd play that game!

[george formby]

One of the few times bad weather has had me touching cloth was on my last trip up over.
A69 between Newcastle upon Tyne and Carlisle, I was commuting weekly over to Dumfries in South West Scotland. It rained every day for 6 weeks..
Situation normal, I'm riding west in the pishing rain when mother nature really let rip. Visibility went down to a couple of feet, if that & me to walking pace so I could follow the lights of the car ahead of me. One red blur was all I could see. Enough water was coming across the road it was pushing me & the bike sideways. I'm sure I saw Salmon leaping.
Next thing I hear an almighty parp! Turn around to see a dirty great big artic, lights on main beam, close enough to push me through the torrent. What a bloody fright I got. Couple of minutes later the rain eased so I could see 6ft ahead & all was good again. I reckon the truckie only saw me at the last moment.