Reply to: Scared tulipeless about this evening…..

[Spacecadet]

Well don't drive so fast on a dodgy road in poor conditions!

it was too much fun

[billybiro]

My arms are aching...

Gotta do something to relieve the boredom of bench time, eh?

[Wilmslow]

How did it go Wilmsy ? are you still in one piece ?
I saw a car being blown over the houses from the Leeds direction with some bloke singing 'chitty chitty bang bang' as he zoomed past


was that you?

Probably, I usually sing along to Radio 2.

Made it in less than an hour.

A very surreal journey – local flooding joining the motorway, but once on the road, it was very empty – most were put off.

Lanes 2 and 3 were totally empty, and found it bizarrely easier to drive at speed coming back – must be because I was heading into the wind coming over, but wind was behind me going back!

Sleet and slow forecast for this evening though

[EternalOptimist]

there goes another one

oops

[EternalOptimist]

How did it go Wilmsy ? are you still in one piece ?
I saw a car being blown over the houses from the Leeds direction with some bloke singing 'chitty chitty bang bang' as he zoomed past


was that you?

[d000hg]

Do you not have power steering then? How weedy do you have to be to be aching from steering a car?

I think less the physicality, as the stress causing you to grip very tight and be tense the whole time.

[doodab]

I once came over the St Bernardino pass and when I rejoined the motorway and came down the other side towards Lugano there was a massive storm with lightning striking the ground 100m or more below where I was. That was pretty spectacular.

[BoredBloke]

Happened to me once when driving fast along a very twisty, although open bnnnn road with a very bad surface (it was close to being unpaved). I was literally having to constantly adjust the steering and battle against the various bumps and pot holes whilst also accommodating a gusty cross wind. After about 20 minutes my arms were f**ked.

Well don't drive so fast on a dodgy road in poor conditions!

[Spacecadet]

Do you not have power steering then? How weedy do you have to be to be aching from steering a car?

Happened to me once when driving fast along a very twisty, although open bnnnn road with a very bad surface (it was close to being unpaved). I was literally having to constantly adjust the steering and battle against the various bumps and pot holes whilst also accommodating a gusty cross wind. After about 20 minutes my arms were f**ked.

[PAH]

BBC weather warning m62 closed due to Gale force laughter coming from merseyside

A perfect storm.


I missed out on a superb plan B idea: sails for cars.


Edit: Just seen on the BBC website that there are now gusts up to 165mph.

The wind's also too strong for the wind turbines:

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/image...ireturbine.jpg

[PAH]

Do you not have power steering then? How weedy do you have to be to be aching from steering a car?

He forgot to disengage the steering lock.

[Arturo Bassick]

BBC weather warning m62 closed due to Gale force laughter coming from merseyside

[BoredBloke]

My arms are aching from this mornings drive – feel like I have wrestled a tiger.

Do you not have power steering then? How weedy do you have to be to be aching from steering a car?

[PAH]

Saw some birds flying backwards today, as they attempted to land and take off from the bird table in the garden.

Though they were probably being blown backwards rather than doing it by choice.

The lazy neighbourhood cats were nowhere to be seen, missed out on some easy pickings.

[that's about as interesting as it gets working from home ]

[d000hg]

A1, A66, M6

A66 is hardly a good shout if it gets bad either. Those big metal gates they can close are a bit of a giveaway

looks bad here in Glasgow.

That's not the weather. Its Scotland.