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:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Well to say it was interesting is an understatement, I got onto the A2 and it began to rain then as I rounded the bend at Kidbrooke the skies opened and a deluge of hail stones the size of 10p pieces fell out of the sky.

I had to drive about 3/4 of a mile in it befoe I could take refuge under a bridge.

It bloody hurt too, my knuckles and legs are a bit sore now - it also felt like I had my head in a bucket and had made a wrong turn onto a driving range.

Did anyone else experience this on the way home?

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i got absolutely drenched on the way to work water was running down my arm inside the jacket after 5 mins it was so heavy then as soon as i pulled up at work the sun came out for a sunny morning, how lovely

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Blue skies on my way home.

About the worst thing that happened to me was opening the throttle hard coming out of a bend to see a puddle. No problem thinks me, and carries on giving it some.

Turns out that below the shallow water lies a patch of mud. Massive fishtail on the exit to the bend, release the throttle, it gripped again & off I went again.

HTH.

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a touching cloth moment then:smt081

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Brixton got hit with hail so thick that people made hail men on the footpath after it was done. i don't know what was wrong with the drains, probably full of rubbish, but most of Brixton road was covered in 6 to 12 inchs of water that wasn't going anywhere. Now that was a fun ride home too.

glad to hear it wasn't just me!

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Sunny here in Shrewsbury:cool:

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Weather fine up here in God's own county... lovely rides to and from work today .. but then we're nowhere near Wimbledon...

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Rode to footy training (Aussie rules :smt081) and just as I got on the bike and all geared up, it started raining, then it started POURING! Got to training which wasnt on :smt092 and checked my phone. Message from wife said "Are you ok? Did you get the hail?". I asked her when I got home, apparently I missed it by about 20 seconds! *phew*

Rode home looking at the rain in the distance thinking I was going to get soaked again, but just got home in time *phew again*

Gotta love summer!

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Actually managed to get out for a few hours after getting home from work. :)

Sunny / partial cloud in West Yorks

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a few weeks ago, after a typical english tropical rainstorm, i too hit that puddle after a bend, only to realise that it wasnt a puddle at all.

it saved me washing my underwear and trousers,