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blowing a gale today!
JoelP - 3/10/09 at 06:49 AM

what a coincidence, just when im off sailing!

Is it windy where you are?


neilj37 - 3/10/09 at 06:52 AM

Yes really windy &gusty and i was hoping to get out kiting today :-(


lotusmadandy - 3/10/09 at 07:27 AM

Yep,its blowing a hooligan here too

Andy


speedyxjs - 3/10/09 at 07:35 AM

Its pretty bad here too. Too bad to do anything on the locost


Staple balls - 3/10/09 at 07:36 AM

Pretty still here, meant to p!ss it down later though.


tomgregory2000 - 3/10/09 at 07:51 AM

nothing down south


Charlie_Zetec - 3/10/09 at 07:52 AM

Blowing old boots here. No chance of flying my kite, replacing my TV aerial on the roof, of cleaning the gutters now....


Macbeast - 3/10/09 at 07:54 AM

And my ex, who hates flying, is off to Spain with her new bloke. har har


MikeR - 3/10/09 at 08:04 AM

Haven't looked out of the window here but i can hear trees rustling.

And i had lots of gardening type stuff planned as well

(then garage insulation stuff so i can go in all through winter).


02GF74 - 3/10/09 at 08:15 AM

seems ok at the mo' so so as not to miss out, I'm gonna guzzle down 2 tins of beans


iank - 3/10/09 at 08:30 AM

31mph winds with gusts up to 37mph this morning apparently, add a mph to those for this afternoon.

Not a cloud in the sky so a nice autumn day.


ReMan - 3/10/09 at 08:38 AM

Breezy , but sunny. So no excuse not to have a blast


mangogrooveworkshop - 3/10/09 at 08:42 AM

Typical work all week in some fine weather only to have the fecking weekend spoiled by an icelantic low dragging in 47mph winds.

Still have a 3 story roof climb to do but in winds like these its a no go.
Joel good luck with the sailing btw
Should try north sea in an easterly gale....not much fun.
Have used RNLIs services as the motor broke down twenty times.
They then towed us into tne harbour where we ran aground the lifeboat had its belly in the mud as well. All off to the pub and warmup till the tide turned and the water came back to fill the harbour......

[Edited on 3-10-09 by mangogrooveworkshop]


Ben_Copeland - 3/10/09 at 08:44 AM

Bloody windy here, chilly too !!


iscmatt - 3/10/09 at 08:55 AM

yup its blowing a lot here too, the weather last night said there could be gusts of up to 70mph in some areas


Flamez - 3/10/09 at 09:00 AM

Its raining in Wales....nothing really changes


Staple balls - 3/10/09 at 09:16 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Flamez
Its raining in Wales....nothing really changes


That's not true, sometimes it rains upwards


twybrow - 3/10/09 at 09:18 AM

quote:
Originally posted by neilj37
Yes really windy &gusty and i was hoping to get out kiting today :-(


Which kites do you have in your quiver Neil? I think you would need something quite modest today...!


iank - 3/10/09 at 09:21 AM

Well from clear blue sky to lashing rain in 20mins

Oh well need to get on with some painting anyway.


Danozeman - 3/10/09 at 09:25 AM

Its blowing a wendy here and cloudy. Not a gale. Need to do some garden stuff ready for my builder next week. Thats gonna be nice.

To blustery for me to go out with my power kite.


SteveWalker - 3/10/09 at 01:19 PM

It's been raining here for the last couple of days and today was forecast to be dry, so I planned on getting to the rooftop aerial today, but now it's too windy.


scootz - 3/10/09 at 05:09 PM

Itīs not too bad here (Spain!).


neilj37 - 3/10/09 at 06:13 PM

quote:
Originally posted by twybrow
quote:
Originally posted by neilj37
Yes really windy &gusty and i was hoping to get out kiting today :-(


Which kites do you have in your quiver Neil? I think you would need something quite modest today...!


I have a range starting 1.2m up to 15m, fixed bridle, arc and inflatable for on the water. Tend to stick to freestyle buggying, heres a pic of me in 20mph winds a few weeks back:




[Edited on 3/10/09 by neilj37]


JoelP - 3/10/09 at 08:33 PM

quote:
Originally posted by iank
Well from clear blue sky to lashing rain in 20mins

Oh well need to get on with some painting anyway.


I got that very storm, as i passed newcastle at about 10!


quote:
Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
Typical work all week in some fine weather only to have the fecking weekend spoiled by an icelantic low dragging in 47mph winds.

Still have a 3 story roof climb to do but in winds like these its a no go.
Joel good luck with the sailing btw
Should try north sea in an easterly gale....not much fun.
Have used RNLIs services as the motor broke down twenty times.
They then towed us into tne harbour where we ran aground the lifeboat had its belly in the mud as well. All off to the pub and warmup till the tide turned and the water came back to fill the harbour......

[Edited on 3-10-09 by mangogrooveworkshop]



We tried, we were under the forth rail bridge at south queensferry, the old pops wanting to test a catamaran. Far too windy to take it out though, was force 7 apparently!


Ben_Copeland - 3/10/09 at 08:56 PM

Went for a drive earlier before it got too dark. Nearly got blown across the fields !!!


Ninehigh - 3/10/09 at 09:37 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Danozeman
Its blowing a wendy here and cloudy. Not a gale. Need to do some garden stuff ready for my builder next week. Thats gonna be nice.

To blustery for me to go out with my power kite.


Too windy for a kite... It'll be too cold to snow next!

Yeah is blowing somewhat this end of the country, has been for a few days now


neilj37 - 5/10/09 at 04:04 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Danozeman

To blustery for me to go out with my power kite.


You just need a small one for these winds, depowerable are best.