No Such thing as Bad Weather...

[Grip Fast]

...Only inappropriate clothing.

Got well wrapped up yesterday and went for a solo hike across the fields behind our village. Tried to get lost and went off down a path I didn't know. Met the farmer, who said I was the only person he'd seen out, but confirmed I was on the correct route for the circuit back to the village. About 6 miles, and bleak but made me feel much better.

The glove on the pole is one of a pair of Sportex motorcycle gloves I bought when I came back to bikes 21 years ago. Not much good for the bike (pulls off too easily), but been brilliantly hard wearing. Same make and age as my leather bike jeans, and they're still going strong too. Can't find replacements that are so comfortable.

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[Neil178]

6 miles walking on snow? You must’ve got lost then!
You have put me to shame. I try and do similar most days but no matter what I wear I still get cold so I’ve been frequenting the coffee shops during this ‘beast’ time.
Normal rountine again this week ...

[Grip Fast]

6 miles walking on snow? You must’ve got lost then!
You have put me to shame. I try and do similar most days but no matter what I wear I still get cold so I’ve been frequenting the coffee shops during this ‘beast’ time.
Normal rountine again this week ...

To be fair, it wasn't as cold as it looked. The warm (relative) front had moved in and the snow was melting rapidly.

[The Teutonic Tangerine]

So glad I missed the snow - I was out of the country skiing in California where we had a two day storm that dumped about 5 feet of snow - we had to dig the hire car out twice and fit snow chains. It's true that we don't cope well because we don't get snow regularly - Where we were 80% of people were not even using snow chains on packed snow.