tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post1718305097663925867..comments2024-03-27T12:53:39.298+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: It almost never rains (het regent bijna nooit)David Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-36204499410275010782011-11-29T12:39:41.879+01:002011-11-29T12:39:41.879+01:00I was directed to this post, as I'v just blogg...I was directed to this post, as I'v just <a href="http://middleagecyclist.blogspot.com/2011/11/whatever-weather.html" rel="nofollow">blogged about people using the weather</a> as an excuse not to cycle. I plan to record the weather on all my commutes over the next year in 'rainy' Manchester (UK) to see how valid the concerns really are.<br /><br />Should be (mildly) interesting!MiddleAgeCyclisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03873996681529127207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-70746844989941533252009-09-09T13:59:00.825+02:002009-09-09T13:59:00.825+02:00I do a +30Km commute every day from Amsterdam to A...I do a +30Km commute every day from Amsterdam to Alsmeer. I started three months ago and so far I've only been properly soaked twice. The thing about The Netherlands is that when it rains hard, is feels like if they had turned the canals upside down. It's better to stop and wait for the storm to pass. No mountains to hold it means it will eventually :)<br /><br />Wind is an altogether álvarohttp://britpopcorn.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-20819248158500425342009-09-06T18:49:25.491+02:002009-09-06T18:49:25.491+02:00I'm just finishing a one week holiday trip in ...I'm just finishing a one week holiday trip in the NL and we <i>did</i> get a fair quantity of rain and very strong (head)wind. The word "deluge" as you said was pretty appropriate...<br />We went to Dordrecht - Utrecht - Arnhem - Zwolle - Assen (where I lost my wallet incidentally!) - Groningen - Wadden Islands. So we must have crossed the same weather pattern as you described.<br /Colibrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05632588162383623031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-52177973015549337332009-09-04T21:44:53.964+02:002009-09-04T21:44:53.964+02:00The Dutch quite famously are resistant to the temp...The Dutch quite famously are resistant to the temptation to stop cycling due to rain. Comparisons within Europe were <a href="http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2008/11/newsbrief.html" rel="nofollow">made last year</a>. There is a Dutch expression about being <a href="http://www.bakfiets-en-meer.nl/2009/02/05/dutch-ride-in-rain-germans-are-sugar/" rel="nofollow">not made of sugar</a> so it's safe toDavid Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-91349013559084907752009-09-04T20:53:41.880+02:002009-09-04T20:53:41.880+02:00I have not had many rainy rides, but we were havin...I have not had many rainy rides, but we were having a drought for most of the summer. We seem to have a lot of people who only ride when the weather is absolutely perfect. How often does that happen? Less than rainy days for sure.spiderleggreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07306905473637646256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-4190684005934080132009-09-03T19:09:43.620+02:002009-09-03T19:09:43.620+02:00I'm beginning to regret posting this. This mor...I'm beginning to regret posting this. This morning I had slight drizzle for the entire commute, and this evening I had to delay my ride home in order to miss a major deluge. I got home in the dry, but against the world's mightiest headwind. Clearly I annoyed the weather gods...David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-11983234145097449822009-09-03T15:56:40.408+02:002009-09-03T15:56:40.408+02:00As far as I can remember I've only got wet onc...As far as I can remember I've only got wet once over the past 6 months of bike commuting - plus a little bit damp round the edges a couple of times. (Right now, though, it looks like today might wreck that record.)Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112462990202280587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-89045666966064539092009-09-03T06:34:45.533+02:002009-09-03T06:34:45.533+02:00I should also write that my grandfather was wounde...I should also write that my grandfather was wounded on April 15, 1945 while fighting in The Battle of Groningen. Fortunately, not seriously. He was hit by a fragment from a mortar bomb while fighting his way through the German machine gun nests set up in buildings north of the Grote Markt.<br /><br />It was raining that day too.Kevin Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13186428862833389619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-67627851345994987392009-09-03T05:58:17.540+02:002009-09-03T05:58:17.540+02:00My grandfather fought all the way across The Nethe...My grandfather fought all the way across The Netherlands with my old Militia unit, The Royal Regiment of Canada. The Scheldt was his nastiest battle.<br /><br />According to the unit diary, in April of 1945 it rained every day. To quote my grandfather: "#$@*!! Nazi weather!"<br /><br />When I was a child, whenever the weather was drizzly and miserable he would say "Dutch weatherKevin Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13186428862833389619noreply@blogger.com