Last week Pete was on holiday, which meant that although I was working, he did all the cooking and picking up kids from school, which made things much easier for me. I also had 2 days off (as usual), and on Tuesday, we took the opportunity to go to the cinema - yes - in the daytime! First time we've done something so decadent for at least 8 years... We saw Captain Phillips, which was pretty amazing.
On Friday, my other day off, I simply insisted that we do something more worthy, so we decided to have a bike ride together. I can't remember this ever happening before. We biked to the coast, did the crossword over a leisurely coffee, then biked home (in the rain). It was a really nice way to spend the morning.
Not at work = beard |
After seeing them at the half-way point, we were on our way back to the finish when there was a huge clap of thunder. It was so out of the blue it came as a surprise, and Emma was a bit scared...
It started to rain, so we walked a bit quicker, and then suddenly the skies opened and there was a HUGE hailstorm. I've never been out in anything like that - the hailstones were fairly big and it just went on for ages. We got totally soaked to the skin - I mean I literally couldn't have been wetter if I'd jumped in the lake - and we ran to a bus shelter to wait for Pete and Robbie.
Not happy |
Hailstones and water everywhere |
Emma managed to cycle really well, and although Robbie fell off his bike after skidding in mud at the end, we all had a good time.
It's rained all day today, and the same is forecast for tomorrow (when I'm planning a longish run). Will the mud ever dry out? Bring on the cold and frost!
I've never been caught out in a hailstorm. It must have been a great incentive to get a Parkrun PB. Rain's one thing but being pelted with blocks of ice is something that really doesn't appeal.
ReplyDeleteHmm. Bring on the cold. Not so sure about that one. Love the picture of your family biking together.
ReplyDeleteNice park run! I enjoy rain and have been in hail a few times. We get lots of hail storms in our summer. We have sunny days with quick storms most of the time.
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