The Glorious British Summer

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The Glorious British Summer

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5 days of rain forecast. Probably more to come after that

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crap isnt ,especially for us fair weather riders :)
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Absolute shite, worst UK spring/summer I can remember. I still had my heating on at times in June!
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Nice here :). (Sorry)
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I'm coming down on Tuesday, Euro camping in the Vondee. What's the forecast like?
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Monty wrote:I'm coming down on Tuesday, Euro camping in the Vondee. What's the forecast like?
That's not too far west of us.

28 and sunny :)
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If you fancy popping over for an ice-cream, we'll be here
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Well was planning a quick blast after tea as was a good forecast but just got back from football and it's spitting rain.

Not sure whether to sit it out and see if it improves or just say fook it and crack a beer.
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Monty wrote:If you fancy popping over for an ice-cream, we'll be here
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What dates are you there to and from fella?
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Arriving Tuesday 25th and leaving Saturday the 5th. Get your selves over, we could use some baby sitters LOL
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Will see what's going on. Our girls are over at the moment so depends on levels of exhaustion :(
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Girls you say, they make great baby sitters
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Monty wrote:Girls you say, they make great baby sitters
They seem to be better at drinking all our booze and sunbathing!
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Well went for a evening blast and had an epic time. Even a little rain couldnt spoil the evening in fact it helped make it a little more fun as there was loads of bikes out and I felt like a hero overtaking everyone in the twisties in the wet.

It was wet but mainly only on your visor as the temperature was so warm the rain evaporated as soon as it hit the ground so could sill have a good giggle (giggle)
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C00kiemonster wrote:Nice here :). (Sorry)
Gorgeous here too, 31-33c 8)

Back to work next Tuesday though. (doh)
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Horrible isn't it. Been raining everyday down here (Cornwall) however I knew it would be because eveey year my partners birthday week has always had rain haha!!
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We seem destined never to have a decent spell of summer weather again.

Forecast is shite all through next week too.
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C00kiemonster wrote:
Monty wrote:Girls you say, they make great baby sitters
They seem to be better at drinking all our booze and sunbathing!
Fair point, you can baby sit and I'll take your girls out!
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When was the last time we had a hot and dry summer? Late 90s?
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About 15+ years ago and before i used to spend the whole summer wearing shorts at home. It was usually mid September before you really wanted to wear jeans again.

The early to mid 90s we had some brilliant summers one after the other.
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