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Fast Eddie
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Too hot for me. Took a bike for MOT yesterday morning early on, some bloke there on a bike in T-shirt, shorts, sandals no gloves. His choice obviously but in his favour the local A&E was only down the road. I didn’t get into a conversation with him as it would only have wound me up.
Yep, not complaining but there is no doubt (in my mind) that the climate has changed. A few days in the low-mid 30s every year is now the norm, and I dont necessarily remember that previously.
however, lets not derail this into a climate change debate. In short, yes, I like it... For now!
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however, lets not derail this into a climate change debate. In short, yes, I like it... For now!
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It’s a nice 27 degrees C here in West Wales but no need to worry as the rain will be back in a couple of days.
Currently 33 on the Herefordshire / Radnorshire borders. Hoping it stays nice for a few more days, its Herefordshire on the Edge on Sunday.
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It was 83F mid afternoon in the shade in my front garden here in Kernow. Rode 75 miles this morn before it became torrid. It is not often that I'm warm when I ride but today I was. And just out of interest, when caught in a tail back,noticed that the OP faded off as well. A short distance of riding and it recovered.
Ah, summer! Huzzah!
Ah, summer! Huzzah!
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ashman
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33c is our normal summer time temp and some days up over 38+ in my home town Brisbane, Australia, living in the sub tropics those summer temps are normal but with our heat the humidity is also high which does make it a bit uncomfortable but we are used to it and just find a cool place to ride it out, lucky for me I live up on high ground and Moreton Bay is only 1km away so get a lovely cool change with a nice sea breeze in the afternoon.
Further up the Queensland coast North of Rockhampton its in the tropics and even hotter and humid and more rain, but over the Great Dividing Range west of the east coast and further out west the summer temp can be well over 40c + and up to 50c, but the heat is a dry heat with no humidity, why most of the population of Australia live close to the coast, well 70% of the population live.
One of the reason we love our beers cold here in Aus, up north in the NT and Dawin in the tropics lots of British tourist go Troppo from the heat, Dawin has temps over 30c+ all year round even in winter and the top end of Australia cop a lot of cyclones as well big wet seasons in our summers, climate change, no just normal for us down under.
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The ‘problem’ for us is that temps really do not get up to the mid 30s as they are now very often. Therefore we’re just not used to it / acclimatised to it.
It will only be like it for a few days, so just as we’re managing to begin to acclimatise… it’ll be back to low 20s and rain (I’m not kidding… see pic below).
Hence I refuse to complain about it! Brits spend MILLIONS every year jetting off somewhere to enjoy a week or two in the sun… yet as soon as it happens here all we do is freakin whine about it (you’d piss yourself as to what’s going on here, schools closing, events cancelled, “DO NOT GO OUTSIDE” warnings etc)!
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It said on the radio this morning that 'hundreds' of schools were closed!!!
Because of hot weather affecting children and teachers!
They should come and work in my place fabrication welding for a day
Or work in a bakery for a day then report back!!! FFS
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