Easter 2013

Anyone got any plans for the Easter weekend? I'm torn between watching the rain at home or sitting in a lay-by watching it fall on me. Not worth going anywhere in the car as the traffic is usually horrendous trying to get back onto the Fylde (Blackpool - Fleetwood).
Watching the weather report on the TV yesterday (Wednesday) they were saying that the temperatures weren't expected to rise for at least a fortnight.
At least we have the pleasure of staying up on Saturday night to wind the clocks on an hour at 2 am on Sunday morning. Just means I have to stay in bed an extra hour to make up for it.

Cheers,

Tarmackburner , Your more then welcome for a visit, We can make snow angles and bunnies. Bring the grumpy 96 years old with you ,It might cheer him up.

Bit of a no brainer down here on the on the south coast this weekend also - we've cancelled our weekend away on the edge of Exmoor but every cloud has a silver lining & looks like I might be able to get out for a ride locally at some point - even if only 25miles to Southampton for a cuppa!

Do I have to bring him with me

Cheers,

Is he to grumpy for you to?

tinman wrote:

Tarmackburner , Your more then welcome for a visit, We can make snow angles and bunnies. Bring the grumpy 96 years old with you ,It might cheer him up.

I had a holiday to Toronto with Mrs M planned for late September 2011, and we had the hotel and car hire booked, and sightseeing planned. I was going to wear a toque, do a bit of a culinary tour and have classic Canadian food like poutine, Kraft Dinner, and Timbits eh? If it had been in October we could have maybe gone to a hockey game and watched a load of big fellas with no teeth beating the crap out of each other.

Unfortunately I had a stroke earlier that month and we had to cancel.

I will be out riding on Saturday and Sunday unless it is snowing.We seem to have escaped the worst of the weather were iam so, Thermals on (and heated vest, insoles and gloves) and let's see how far i get.

Sorry to here about your stroke,I hope you fully recovered. I live 8 to 9 hours north on Toronto ,the only thing that the north share with each other is the size of my province .All the natural resources Like hydro, lumber , moose tags ,go to the south then comes back north at a higher price .One out of 10 moose tags goes to the south and we don't get to hunt unless we go 300 or more miles for a tag.

tarmacburner2 wrote:

Anyone got any plans for the Easter weekend? I'm torn between watching the rain at home or sitting in a lay-by watching it fall on me

Just popping by.... hello all!

Easter weekend... Now there was a disaster for me and some mates, as we were meeting up in Galloway for a couple of nights camping and a day in the Galloway forest roads (by special permission) but 3 weeks beforehand, the very long range forecast I get was warning that things were not as they should be.....

As we now all know, the snows came again almost to the day of the forecast. A couple of hardy souls went to the Galloway activity centre (http://www.lochken.co.uk/) and camped for the night, but massive drifts in and around the area meant only limited on road and zero offroad riding... What a shame the weather messed up again.... If you are ever looking for a site near Castle Douglas, the GAC folks are friendly and its not too pricey, even a caff on-site if you book your food earlyish. Brilliant riding in the area too

Happily the Mayday w/e was as it should be, I was busy farming but had been out up the Horshoe pass earlier in the week and Wales was nice....

Warning: The long term forecast is crap for Whit weekend which is a PITA, as I am pencilled in for 3 nights in the Harz mountains...

The one good thing is that I have not booked the Harwich/Hook ferry yet, the thought of 6-7 hr crossing of the North Sea in gale force winds.... ugh!

Still Summer cannot be as bad as last year.... can it??

Hello mate, whereabouts are you staying in the Harz, I've been there a few times myself.

An ex-forces chap who belongs to the Honda xrv forum and lives an hour away, has organised us loosely, staying a night near Hückeswagen, then to the head of the Edersee, then back to Hückeswagen for the final night. Looks some cracking riding from the maps....

If the weather was nice I was pondering a more leisurely run back to Dunkirk and see a few more bits of the area and grab an extra night, as I have never really been this far North in Germany, as I usually was heading South, Black Forest and the Vosges etc.

Any suggestions...?