Today's Ride

[al-onestare]

Work, holidays, but most of all, dogshit weather has put a real damper on this seasons riding. I've done more running that ever so I'm notably ahead on the yearly goal of 1,023k.

That said, I got out early doors yesterday where no rain was forecast...and got soaked about 5 miles from home The vibe from this picture sums up summer 2023 down here: a glimpse of blue sky, quickly shat on by cloud and mist.

The sun turned up an hour ago after another dull, grey, windy morning so fingers crossed for an after work jaunt

 

[Deleted member 69416]

Work, holidays, but most of all, dogshit weather has put a real damper on this seasons riding. I've done more running that ever so I'm notably ahead on the yearly goal of 1,023k.

That said, I got out early doors yesterday where no rain was forecast...and got soaked about 5 miles from home The vibe from this picture sums up summer 2023 down here: a glimpse of blue sky, quickly shat on by cloud and mist.

The sun turned up an hour ago after another dull, grey, windy morning so fingers crossed for an after work jaunt

Seems similar all over the UK . Shabby summer .

 

[MattiThundrrr]

That said, I got out early doors yesterday where no rain was forecast...and got soaked about 5 miles from home The vibe from this picture sums up summer 2023 down here: a glimpse of blue sky, quickly shat on by cloud and mist

Sounds like Canada as well lately. Had a week's holiday, and I got rained out four times. Here I thought we were killing the rain forests, it seems as though we turned the cooler places into one instead

 

[al-onestare]

Unbelievable scenes. The sun came out and hung around yesterday for an after work ride. It's still here now...

WSW light breeze, a ROASTING 14 degrees, slightly warmer when the clouds parted. A solid lap, avoiding a great big John Deere with a Fiat 500 sounding horn

 

[Stressed]

Sunshine! Dryness! (still plenty of puddles, mind)! An extended loop around three (and a half-but back again) local reser's
Mokomoko continues to be a joy- especially on those rocky descents
Got my ankle nibbled by a terrier, but hey, dog's will be dogs. Had a nice chat with the owner and exchanged stories of terrier stupidity re. trying to attack passing vans and generally being a bit f#*king daft.
Felt great to be out in the sun and the breeze- not many people about and must've covered a good distance- shame summer's nearly over already First three pic's are from the farthest point/rest break. Other two from the dam at the top of the third pond











It really is rather lovely around here when one gets off one's arse and ventures out

 

[al-onestare]

There's witchery about...3 days of riding in a row. Madness!

Stunning morning, barley a whiff of wind but it's from the NE so yes, those ROASTING summer temperatures are back again....12 to 13 degrees. Heavy dew so I was suitably caked, as was Bee, not long after taking a few glory snaps at Kenidjack "castle". The trails are great though, almost hero dirt, lots of grip even on the rocky sections. Not a soul about.

Cape Cornwall getting the first glimpse of morning sun:

Looking back from whence I came:

Short hike-a-bike for the money shot, a golden Bee

 

[raidan73]

There's witchery about...3 days of riding in a row. Madness!

Stunning morning, barley a whiff of wind but it's from the NE so yes, those ROASTING summer temperatures are back again....12 to 13 degrees. Heavy dew so I was suitably caked, as was Bee, not long after taking a few glory snaps at Kenidjack "castle". The trails are great though, almost hero dirt, lots of grip even on the rocky sections. Not a soul about.

Cape Cornwall getting the first glimpse of morning sun:

Looking back from whence I came:

Short hike-a-bike for the money shot, a golden Bee

Great pics Al

 

[2manyoranges]

We were having a rest day from the body-punishing of alpine DH.

So we climbed a near-3000m peak instead.
Long and steep walk-in.
Amazing shattered moraines.
Rockfall.
Challenge.
Marmots.






Now officially Very Tired.

 

[al-onestare]

Back on it this morning after yesterdays volunteering with the NT strimming at Carn Galver.

Thick patchy cloud, mist rolling in the valleys off the sea, quickly burning off, with glimpses of sunshine. SE breeze, 13-15 degrees depending on where you looked Of course, this "settled" weather will disappear quickly with strong winds and more rain coming in...not from the Atlantic, but the SE. If you needed any more evidence of what's going on, the seals at Gweek are malting for winter, 2 months early.

Anyway, some shots on the scoot around Sancreed Beacon and Carn Brea.

 

[2manyoranges]

Back on it this morning after yesterdays volunteering with the NT strimming at Carn Galver.

Thick patchy cloud, mist rolling in the valleys off the sea, quickly burning off, with glimpses of sunshine. SE breeze, 13-15 degrees depending on where you looked Of course, this "settled" weather will disappear quickly with strong winds and more rain coming in...not from the Atlantic, but the SE. If you needed any more evidence of what's going on, the seals at Gweek are malting for winter, 2 months early.

Anyway, some shots on the scoot around Sancreed Beacon and Carn Brea.

Nice desc and photos. Very good to have the observations about wind direction anomaly and unseasonal things. Changes becoming very obvious in Alps, since we have closely observed same glaciers and locations for over two decades.