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Winter is here early
« on: 18.05. 2023 21:44 »
G'day Fellas.
Well it might be warming up n the North half but Winter has started here. Just checked my thermometer is showing -4C, but the official temp is a bit lower. Glad I can't ride for another 4 weeks and not looking forward to then  *ex*
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Re: Winter is here early
« Reply #1 on: 18.05. 2023 21:54 »
Just heard on the news that gas prices went down to the level of December 2021…
Time to heat up your boiler!
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Re: Winter is here early
« Reply #2 on: 18.05. 2023 22:28 »
This week in the UK we've had glorious spring weather 🌸
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Re: Winter is here early
« Reply #3 on: 18.05. 2023 23:12 »
Well Mr Muskrat thems the joys of the mountains!!! Beautiful down on the coast, rolling the A10 out for a run through the park later in the morning. Cheers.

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Re: Winter is here early
« Reply #4 on: 18.05. 2023 23:46 »
G'day Shark.
Is that the Royal National Park? That was my back yard growing up at Heathcoat and the race track as soon as I got my license.
Enjoy.
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Re: Winter is here early
« Reply #5 on: 19.05. 2023 00:50 »
G'day Fellas.
Well it might be warming up n the North half but Winter has started here. Just checked my thermometer is showing -4C, but the official temp is a bit lower. Glad I can't ride for another 4 weeks and not looking forward to then  *ex*
Cheers

about the same at the other end of the world -5 here this morning with a heavy frost ONT Canada.

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Re: Winter is here early
« Reply #6 on: 19.05. 2023 01:55 »
Good one Sean.
You Canuck's are used to cold weather of minus 10-20-30C but I did think it would be a tad warmer there now *ex* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature_in_Canada
I'm from the coast where it rarely gets below double figures. This'll be my third Winter here but the last two have been mild.
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Re: Winter is here early
« Reply #7 on: 19.05. 2023 07:57 »
Well that is what you get for moving from the sunny coast to the inland .
Even going to the Bathurst Bike races Lithgow was always a good 20% cooler 
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Re: Winter is here early
« Reply #8 on: 19.05. 2023 13:17 »
Good one Sean.
You Canuck's are used to cold weather of minus 10-20-30C but I did think it would be a tad warmer there now *ex* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature_in_Canada
I'm from the coast where it rarely gets below double figures. This'll be my third Winter here but the last two have been mild.
usually in the mid plus 20s here this time of yr  ...mother nature likes to throw in the odd cold spell just in time to kill off the blossoms on my cider trees .

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Re: Winter is here early
« Reply #9 on: 20.05. 2023 05:11 »
Yes Muskrat, that is the one. The weekend traffic is terrible but during the week it is ok. I haven’t seen plod down there for a while, after a couple of nasty prangs a while back he was there almost daily.

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Re: Winter is here early
« Reply #10 on: 20.05. 2023 08:48 »
G'day Shark.
Was good back in the day pre radar.
We used to go down to Cliffton Pub for the bands. I very rarely remember riding home  *eek* Most would go the highway and I'd still beat them home even in the wet  *whistle*
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Re: Winter is here early
« Reply #11 on: 19.07. 2023 23:15 »
G'day Fellas.
Hope all you Northerners are coping with the heat.
A bit chilly here this morning.
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Re: Winter is here early
« Reply #12 on: 20.07. 2023 02:36 »
And I whinging about it being to cold down here 11c SW au

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Re: Winter is here early
« Reply #13 on: 20.07. 2023 09:07 »
I know why you moved inland Musky ,its so you can visit the IOM this yr again without feeling the cold this time !
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Re: Winter is here early
« Reply #14 on: 20.07. 2023 09:46 »
I know why you moved inland Musky ,its so you can visit the IOM this yr again without feeling the cold this time !
Acclimatising 😬
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