The Anchor 27 July 2006

Originally Posted by sv_dan

What a strange ride home! Started out fine on th M40, got the the M25 and it was flooded with standing water. Then got pelted by hail which hurt lots! By the time I got the the M3 I was soaked through but it was rather nice to be cool for a change! The the sun came out and it rained even harder at the same time. Just as I got into my road it was flooded! Great. Now it's raining hard again! Car I think tonight I am not getting soaked again!

sounds about like my journey home this eve! oh, and add to that the fact that most of the roads were like rivers and more than once i had cars coming the other way splash water over me right up to my head!! Still, at least the water was fairly warm!!

having dried off, currently contemplating whether i can bring myself to go back out in it again...hmm...

Originally Posted by Iain51

Dan, hope you don't mind me asking, but why on earth do you go that way?? There are so many cross country options to choose from! If I'm coming down the M40 then I get off at J4 and go down the A404, hop along the M4 to J10, whizz thru the Southern Industrial Estate and off dowwn the A3095 to M3 J4 (and then the A331, but I guess you might be further into Hants). And if the M4 is looking dodgy then there are routes from J8/9 through to either Ascot or Bracknell. [/curious]

I work in Uxbridge and live in Farnborough and the motorways are the fastest way home. I do know a non-motorway route home but I knew that going through Windsor there would be flooding etc. so avoided it. Plus the other way takes twice as long normally.

Aaahhh...didn't think about you coming UP the M40 rather than down! makes more sense now I know the facts! :P

Just got home,

Nice to meet aload of you! Me and Jester were the first arivals after riding thought that huge storm and both got soaked (water proofs didnt help me!) everyone seemed to turn up soon after in either a car or after rain had stopped!

Now gota dry my stuff out before using again tomorrow morning

Yep, did M40 in the sun, M25 in the tropical downpour, lightning, hail, etc - I'd have been dryer if I'd tried to ride along the Thames

Good ride home through the mist

Ok I was wrong!! I got bleedin wet!! Not as wet as Abyss though !

Great to meet everyone though, turned out to be quite a large meet!!

See ya all again soon!!

PS Abyss, London riding does get easier!!

Originally Posted by Jester666

Ok I was wrong!! I got bleedin wet!! Not as wet as Abyss though !

Great to meet everyone though, turned out to be quite a large meet!!

See ya all again soon!!

PS Abyss, London riding does get easier!!

Yer well the makers of my waterproof trousers decided they needed pocket holes... what a stupid idea! Ok so they are ment for rambling not riding at high speeds in a huge storm but thats not the point!

heh im sure it will, I may just close my eyes and pull on the throttle that should get me to work quicker (but maybe in multiple peices).


Mr. Toad... Mist? What Mist? I think that was your visor :P

It was - I set off towards the A3 with my visor up, when I got there and flipped it down I couldn't see a damn thing . . .

Got home (still moist ) and treated myself to a big, fat, juicy bacon butty or two!! Yummy!!!!!!!
Sorry none to offer anyone as I pigged the lot!

Was jolly nice to meet you all....again. Sorry I did not get to speak to you all but I'm a little shy.........honest!

Stu it's a small world. Hopefully catch up with Falc and Law tomorrow. Nice chatting with you Tara about wedding stuff (although it does make me nervous when I realise how close it is!) The missus enjoyed it too and she wil come again next time. Thinking about it, it can only get better being as we came down on the bike and got pelted with raindrops the size of gobstoppers!