http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Weather en Thu, 21 May 2026 22:02:35 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=3#post-84176 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:06:36 +0000 steveo 84176@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looks like its time to consider the winter plumage. </p> <p>/digs out merino, puts away razor. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=3#post-84175 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:05:33 +0000 Smudge 84175@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Mutter grumble bloomin sunshine mutter mutter bloomin car, bloomin trambles grumble mutter miss me bike mutter mutter" etc etc </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=3#post-84171 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:31:02 +0000 cc 84171@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Gorgeous lovely beautiful ride to work today though, sunny and fresh and cool. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=3#post-84170 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:02:02 +0000 chdot 84170@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yep, temp fall continues as 'fall' approaches. </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/7975532924/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8304/7975532924_b1ffbcacc7.jpg"></a></p> <p>Due to be windy later. Wrap up. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=3#post-84166 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:32:15 +0000 cc 84166@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Next morning and it's down to 7C. Brr </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=3#post-84151 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:58:20 +0000 Smudge 84151@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wont affect me tomorrow as I'll be in a tin box doing an errand/good turn :-/ </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=3#post-84148 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:03:54 +0000 chdot 84148@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Due to be sunny and windy tomorrow - '12 feels like 8'</p> <p>Autumn? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=3#post-84146 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:37:27 +0000 chdot 84146@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> that's almost 10%!</p> <p>"</p> <p>That's one way of looking at it...</p> <p>Actually the last 24 hours is even more interesting, an almost steady, continuous, drop -</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/7972008028/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8445/7972008028_671ce330c8.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/abs/Weathercam/station/24hours.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/abs/Weathercam/station/24hours.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=3#post-84145 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:37:19 +0000 amir 84145@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Well, plummeted by one degree. But that's almost 10%!"</p> <p>Nearly 4 degrees since 2pm. And 6 degrees since this time yesterday.</p> <p>"When will summer go? "</p> <p>How cold before it's not summer?<br /> I hope to be able use shorts and short-fingered mitts well into autumn. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=3#post-84142 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:18:20 +0000 wingpig 84142@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>When will summer go? I fished out and washed all my full-fingered gloves a couple of weeks back but I'll probably mislay them all again by the time they become necessary. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=3#post-84141 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:10:41 +0000 Arellcat 84141@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well, plummeted by one degree. But that's almost 10%!</p> <p><a href="http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/abs/Weathercam/station/hour.html">KB Weather Station</a></p> <p>Where did summer go? :( </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=3#post-84121 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:54:07 +0000 amir 84121@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wow - the temperature has just plummeted (see King's Buildings Weather Station). Still that will make at least one person happy! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=3#post-72867 Thu, 31 May 2012 21:27:07 +0000 gembo 72867@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The midge like some more than others. They do not like pipe smoke </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=2#post-72865 Thu, 31 May 2012 20:53:08 +0000 Nelly 72865@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>wingpig we are off camping this weekend too - looks like good wind conditions for erecting a tent.....and therefore not enough wind to deter the midge blighters </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=2#post-72862 Thu, 31 May 2012 20:33:29 +0000 Claggy Cog 72862@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@wingpig - sadly nothing seems to deter those pesky midges and they actually prefer the damp conditions...one would think as a sort of mosquito that citronella based stuff would deter them, but I have not found this to be the case, and slathering on a skin product from a well-known catalogue beauty firm also has limited if no effect either, they just seem to absolutely love me, and I hate them! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=2#post-72790 Thu, 31 May 2012 11:19:09 +0000 crowriver 72790@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We also had a mini summer in March, lest we forget. That's probably our lot then: it is Scotland after all. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=2#post-72787 Thu, 31 May 2012 11:13:49 +0000 wingpig 72787@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hopefully the rain will stick around until at least Sunday evening so that I don't get too fried and bitten when camping at the weekend. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=2#post-72781 Thu, 31 May 2012 11:05:54 +0000 Claggy Cog 72781@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>On the upside, we have no drought!! Still summer down Sarf with temperatures in the lower 20's. </p> <p>All this wetness is, of course, why there are midges in Scotland...</p> <p>We have had two weeks of summer so far this year, that sounds about right! It will be a bonus if we get more. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=2#post-72758 Wed, 30 May 2012 22:51:57 +0000 Arellcat 72758@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This is perfectly ridiculous. Tomorrow, like today, I shall be riding to work with multiple layers and front and rear lights, while my forehead, arms and legs begin peeling from too much sun last Saturday. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=2#post-72757 Wed, 30 May 2012 22:41:22 +0000 chdot 72757@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/7304376374/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7224/7304376374_26822e32e6.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=2#post-72523 Mon, 28 May 2012 22:52:06 +0000 Uberuce 72523@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thank monkeys for that. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=2#post-72507 Mon, 28 May 2012 21:40:12 +0000 cb 72507@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Someone's turned the sun off. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=2#post-72498 Mon, 28 May 2012 20:18:02 +0000 amir 72498@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Brrrrr </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=2#post-72496 Mon, 28 May 2012 20:02:51 +0000 chdot 72496@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/7288832442/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8020/7288832442_9d94edc93d.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/7288832442/">Tomorrow</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=2#post-72482 Mon, 28 May 2012 17:41:43 +0000 amir 72482@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Watch out - the temperature is plummeting. Also need to change level of tint of sunglasses. It's a hard life. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=2#post-72164 Fri, 25 May 2012 15:52:14 +0000 spytfyre 72164@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@fimm we were bbqing there last night - thankfully we are well schooled and don't burn the grass </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=2#post-72153 Fri, 25 May 2012 14:41:17 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 72153@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>I don't know, you people. Complaining if it's cold, raining, windy, and now when it's hot and sunny. Will you never be happy?</em>"</p> <p>No complaints from me. I think the only complaints on this thread are from wingpig (who doesn't actually complain when it's cold, so he is capable of weather happiness) and Insto (which appears to be more on a factual 'this is what I'm doing today and the heat makes that more difficult' thang).</p> <p>Everyone else seems quite content with the sun.</p> <p>Nelly - <em>Lovely weather</em><br /> Steveo - <em>Yeah short sleeves today!</em><br /> amir - <em>I return to gorgeous weather here. Very welcome though</em><br /> Zenfrozt - <em>Hope the warmth today is a sign that summer may have arrived?</em><br /> SRD - <em>Blue sky! bring on the vitamin D :)</em></p> <p>And after the post...</p> <p>Spytfyre - <em>Sat on the balcony again - soaked up the rays</em><br /> fimm - <em>Looking forward to the ride back in glorious sunshine</em><br /> DaveC - <em>Scorching in Portabello over lunchtime!!</em></p> <p>For my part, needed something in the centre of town at lunchtime, took the bike, t'was utterly lovely feeling the heat of the sun.</p> <p>I'd say, for the most part, yes, we <em>are</em> happy... ;) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=2#post-72146 Fri, 25 May 2012 13:43:31 +0000 DaveC 72146@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Scorching in Portabello over lunchtime!!</p> <p><img src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p86/Dave_Crampton/Melt_icecreemvan.jpg"></p> <p><a href="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p86/Dave_Crampton/Melt_icecreemvan.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p86/Dave_Crampton/Melt_icecreemvan.jpg</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=2#post-72144 Fri, 25 May 2012 13:40:55 +0000 fimm 72144@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nasty, haar-y ride in. Looking forward to the ride back in glorious sunshine followed by joining the hordes (and hordes there will be) barbequing in Harrison Park. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6667&page=2#post-72142 Fri, 25 May 2012 13:23:24 +0000 spytfyre 72142@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sat on the balcony again - soaked up the rays </p>