104-99 The Weather

N and D are off into the hills on Sunday. They start from Dorking at 07.15 hundred O'clock on a 75 miles sportive (long distance bike race for amateur psycholists). I can't be doing with such an early start so I will put in 75 from my pad. I am looking forward to glancing the perimeter fence of Luton Aeroporto before heading back south to Rickmansworth and Denham to board a train at West Ruislip. This sudden burst of activity has, of course, been inspired by the improving weather. The thin veneer of the glossy shop window sunshine is, however, only hiding a resilient chilly wind which is still whipping around. Big, grown-up men and women are still out there on their shard-like saddles in tights, booties and ballroom gloves.
Thank you Sister Rebecca for your donation. It is my plan to cycle up to her place in Buxton.
I have had easy week with just one commute to Brixton and back, though I have walked plenty of miles as a penance. With just a week to go to Le Dash, it is time to tease oneself by scouring everyweather site available - from the BBC's, where the viewers send in the weather themselves, to the lurid graphics of Accuweather or the minutae of xc-weather. Currently, there is a strong possibilty of rain with sunny spells with temperatures hovering between -17  and 35, and variable windspeeds and a chance of snow on higher low ground.

a typical BBC weather forecast

There are also the classy european sites.

sunny spells with broken swirly cloud