Hang in there @Wessa! Spring will be here before you know it. In the meantime, enjoy the warmth of that pot belly stove.
I’ve said feck it all and come over for 10 days winter sunshine in the Canary Islands. All going well and feeling very smug whilst getting texts from friends back home saying how cold it was. Until the new Covid showed up and now we’ve got todo all sorts of tests and swabs and feck knows what to get back into the Uk..Ho Hum…
…but who’s counting, right? I do feel your pain, @Wessa. Here in the desert, our count down is to October when the temperatures start to provide some blessed relief from the heat.
I wish you luck and wish you well and getting back home, @Oldskool. Please let us know when you’re home safe and sound. With all that’s going on, you might even be relieved to be back in spite of the crummy weather.
I'd say that's the understatement of the year, @Oldskool! WOW!!! Absolutely gorgeous. The blue skies and sun I'm used to. But oooh, that water!
Go ahead Sandi. Rub it in. High here today was 50 - not bad. I'll ride down to 40 or so. Used to be 30, but as I age the temp at which I'll ride goes up. Rides will be fewer and farther between, so I hooked up the trickle charger on the Speedy today.
Hang in there. @Fork Lock. Spring will be here before you know it (hopefully!). We start out with the temps in the 40'sºF somewhat regularly here in Tucson in the winter but I think the major difference is that it always warms up at least into the 50'sºF even on the coldest of days. Once in awhile our temps dip to around or below freezing but you can count the number of days that happens in a year on one hand. On those days we just pat the bikes on the tank and stay indoors by the fire with a cup of coffee. I found this chart some years ago. You may already have one like it but I've found it to be useful. Stay warm!
Finishing touches to my T595 Top Yoke conversion today. Really pleased with the results. More details here if you’re interested: https://www.thetriumphforum.com/threads/t595-top-yoke-change.30008/#post-560973
Needed to get some groceries. Went outside, looked at bike tucked up under it's cover. Looked up at the rain, just so some could run down my neck. Thought about waterproofs and thermals. Thought F. That. Went and got in the car.
Too true. An avid snowboarder I know suggested on a FB post that 50% of the year should be winter - she lives in the Cairngorms where winter = snow. I live on the east side of the Pennines where winter = mostly rain and snow. My response F. No! I do like her so she can have 4 months, that wouldn't make a difference here.
Well we managed to get home Sandi, Wessa, DCs et all. 12 hours, 2 taxis, 1 ferry, 1 aircraft and a lift in some kindly friends car and we are home. Was it worth it, oh yes.
