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Commuting weather diary

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  • #152
    Lundar.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 120 ✭✭Lundar.


    Trip: Work
    Mode: Cycle @ 09h30 and 17h00
    Weather: Mild Frost this morning, had some rain this evening,
    Comment: Another nice day for cycling.


  • #153
    inisboffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,393 ✭✭✭inisboffin


    2 x evening commutes less than a couple of miles each way.
    Biked, very cold and wet in both directions - wind worse for me on the outward journey.
    Reading back over other commuters' logs today I'd swear I was in a different universe! :p


  • #154
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Trip: morning school run 9th January.
    Mode: cycle, Senior Infant on own bike.
    Weather: fine.
    Comment: IWH-OH did 3 km school run, followed by 4 km commute to work.

    ==========================

    Trip: morning school run 10th January.
    Mode: bike.
    Weather: rainy.
    Comment:too wet for Senior Infant. Preparing for rain definitely increases the faff quotient.


  • #155
    Lundar.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 120 ✭✭Lundar.


    Trip: Work
    Mode: Cycle @ 09h30 and 14h00
    Weather: Raining fairly heavily this morning, it was spitting rain when i started cycling home in the afternoon but soon cleared up
    Comment: Although it was raining this morning it was nice cycle as long you had the wet gear...


  • #156
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Trip: total 7 km school+work morning commute by IWH-OH.
    Mode: cycle, Senior Infant on own bike.
    Weather: overcast, but not raining.
    Comment: roads wet. 4.6 mm rain since midnight, 11 mm last 24 hrs, according to galwaycityweather.com.


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  • #157
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Trip: 3 km school run.
    Mode: cycle, Senior Infant on own bike.
    Weather: threatening rain on way there, extremely light rain (barely noticeable) on way back.
    Comment: 2 mm of rain since midnight.


  • #158
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Trip: 6 km total journey to and from school.
    Mode: cycle.
    Weather: no rain during trip, road wet following heavy rain earlier. 6.6 mm of rain from midnight until this moment. 4.6 mm 06:00-09:00.
    Comment: Looked out the window around 08:15 and it was raining. From the looks of it, and recalling last night's forecast, I thought it would be a wet trip. Put on all the gear and got offspring sorted. By the time we got on the road the skies were clear. Temperature 8 deg, was steaming by the time I got home.


  • #159
    antoobrien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭antoobrien


    Trips - To Work Monday-Wed (13-15th)
    Weather - Rainy
    Approx departed: 7.45-8.10
    Approx arrival times 8.05-8.30
    Comment - It was raining each day when I went from my morning coffee at approx 9.20.

    Trips From work Monday & Tuesday (13 & 14th)
    Weather - Rainy
    Approx departed: 4.00-4.30
    Approx arrival times 4.20-5.00
    Comment - need new wipers, these ones are starting to wear out.


  • #160
    Lundar.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 120 ✭✭Lundar.


    Trip: Work
    Mode: Cycle @ 09h30 and 17h00
    Weather: The Rain finished up just before my cycle this morning , nice and mild this evening.
    Comment: Had not much wind the last few days, but a fair bit of rain and it was cold whilst cycling early in the mornings.


  • #161
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Usual school run.

    No rain.


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  • #162
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    IWH-OH 3+4 km morning school-work run with SI on own bike. Beautiful day, no rain.


  • #163
    slideshow bob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 367 ✭✭slideshow bob


    Clear weather this morning. Very cold and could see frost on the footpaths, although non evident on the roads. I need glove upgrade, although the youngsters seem to manage fine on the school trip with poor ones or non.


  • #164
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Trip: 6 km total journey to and from school in the morning.
    Mode: cycle, SI on own bike.
    Weather: frosty, around 3 deg.
    Comment: Beautiful morning, but icy. One skid on black ice when turning a corner, and new surface near a pedestrian crossing was like glass. All part of the learning experience. Otherwise a very enjoyable cycle. SI's face glowing as I departed.


  • #165
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Usual morning school run. Expecting rain, following last night's forecast, but there was none.

    From Met Eireann's website:
    Generally cloudy and blustery at first today with outbreaks of rain or drizzle. The rain will gradually clear eastwards through the late morning and early afternoon with bright or sunny spells and scattered showers following from the west. Highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees with fresh to strong southerly winds, which will ease as the rain clears.

    0.4 mm of rain 06:00-07:00 hrs according to IRUSE weather data.


  • #166
    antoobrien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭antoobrien


    Iwannahurl wrote: »
    Usual morning school run. Expecting rain, following last night's forecast, but there was none.

    Lots of water on the road for "no rain".


  • #167
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Galwaycityweather.com says 0.8 mm rain since midnight.

    Now that you mention it, there was some ponding on the roads, such as a large pool of water right in front of a pedestrian crossing on a narrow road. Had to keep back to in case passing vehicles might splash through it.

    No rain falling out of the sky during entire 6 km return journey, however, which is what counts in the context of this thread.


  • #168
    antoobrien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭antoobrien


    Iwannahurl wrote: »
    No rain falling out of the sky during entire 6 km return journey, however, which is what counts in the context of this thread.

    My wipers needed using on a few occasions during my 20 odd minute drive.


  • #169
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    My experience was that no rain fell during the 6 km round trip to school and back this morning. This is supported by the IRUSE and galwaycityweather.com websites, both of which report 0.8 mm of rain since midnight.

    Lots of cars on the road this morning, though I can't claim to have noticed whether their drivers felt the need to use their windscreen wipers or not.


  • #170
    inisboffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,393 ✭✭✭inisboffin


    Iwannahurl wrote: »
    My experience was that no rain fell during the 6 km round trip to school and back this morning. This is supported by the IRUSE and galwaycityweather.com websites, both of which report 0.8 mm of rain since midnight.

    Lots of cars on the road this morning, though I can't claim to have noticed whether their drivers felt the need to use their windscreen wipers or not.

    It rained on me but my commute was lunchtime today. Nippy air but wind not too bad.
    Less than 2 miles each way.
    Lovely sky this evening but my face is numb :D

    *edit - in case it wasn't clear I cycled as opposed to sticking my face out a car window!


  • #171
    antoobrien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭antoobrien


    Not my commute by my sister from school yesterday approx 4pm.

    Bus journey - got soaked walking to the bus.

    My journey about 4.15 - no rain but lots of water on the roads meaning lots of spray (wipers) & some splashing (fortunately I managed to miss all the pedestrians with the splashes).


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  • #172
    antoobrien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭antoobrien


    Iwannahurl wrote: »
    My experience was that no rain fell during the 6 km round trip to school and back this morning. This is supported by the IRUSE and galwaycityweather.com websites, both of which report 0.8 mm of rain since midnight.

    Interesting, you said this earlier:
    Iwannahurl wrote: »
    Now that you mention it, there was some ponding on the roads, such as a large pool of water right in front of a pedestrian crossing on a narrow road. Had to keep back to in case passing vehicles might splash through it.

    but you insist in preferring to believe something that does not tally with your own observations about the actual road conditions.


  • #173
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Trip: morning school run, 6 km round trip.
    Mode: cycle, Senior Infant on own bike.
    Weather: no rain during outward leg. 0.6 mm rain since midnight.
    Comment: left house without rain-gear because wasn't raining. While passing a very long line of cars on the outward journey, I did a quick check and noticed a few motorists were using their wipers. Not raining at the time, so I guess they were clearing water (condensation) off the windscreen. Delayed a bit before return leg and got caught in a shower. Sheltered for a few minutes and then resumed journey. Arrived home dry.


  • #174
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Trip: morning school run, 6 km in total.
    Mode: cycle.
    Weather: raining prior to departure. 2 or 3 mm of rain since midnight, depending on which weather website consulted.
    Comment: raining while getting ready for school run. Sounded heavy on shed roof. Went inside, put on all the rain gear and got Senior Infant ready. By the time of departure, significantly more daylight and rain had stopped. No rainfall during outward leg. Passed approx 1.2 km line of stationary or slow-moving vehicles. Didn't notice much use of windscreen wipers (viewed from rear/side). No rainfall most of the way home. Had closer look at vehicles while cycling past approx 800 metre line of slow-moving traffic going in the opposite direction. Only two using windscreen wipers. Started to rain a short distance from home. Not very wet, was able to hang rain-gear up in hall without drip-drying first. Coffee and Advertiser to finish (interesting Insider piece about new Sligo County Manager and his traffic-related legacy in Galway).


  • #175
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Trip: morning school run.
    Mode: cycle.
    Weather: raining prior to departure. 6.4 mm of rain between midnight and 09:00.
    Comment: raining while getting ready for school run. Large patch of blue sky and no rainfall on 3 km outward leg. Took 4 km scenic route for return leg, and stopped along the way. Brief light shower en route. Started raining heavily just as arriving home at 09:25.


  • #176
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Trip: morning school run, 28 & 29 January.
    Mode: cycle, SI on own bike.
    Weather: no rain. Lovely clear weather.


  • #177
    sonandheir
    Registered Users Posts: 235 ✭✭sonandheir


    Trip: work commute 28km round trip
    Mode: cycle.
    Weather: nice commute no rain and roads dry as well.
    Comment: days are getting longer and looking forward to commute on way home as there's a bit of light before sun sets.


  • #178
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    OH 3+4 km morning school-work run with SI on own bike. No rain.

    Number of school days since thread started: 44.


  • #179
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Trip: morning school run.
    Mode: bike.
    Weather: very wet and windy.
    Comment: unpleasant traffic and weather conditions. Saw child trying to cross road on Green Man. Because of cars going through on red, she had to step back off the road and wait in the driving rain for next change of lights. Sad and infuriating.


  • #180
    sonandheir
    Registered Users Posts: 235 ✭✭sonandheir


    Trip: work commute 28km round trip
    Mode: cycle.
    Weather: very wet around 6:30 this morning and windy, not too bad at 15:00 one heavy shower
    Comment: Tough commute into work, very windy. If I'd known how windy it was I would have drove, bit dangerous with the gusts .


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  • #181
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Trip: morning school run.
    Mode: bike.
    Weather: very wet, 17.6 mm rainfall since 05:00.


  • #182
    sonandheir
    Registered Users Posts: 235 ✭✭sonandheir


    Trip: work commute 28km round trip
    Mode: cycle.
    Weather: extremely wet around 7:00 this morning bit no wind, evening commute dry and mild
    Comment: completely drenched on way to work, need to get some better wet gear.


  • #183
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Trip: morning school run.
    Mode: cycle, Senior Infant on own bike.
    Weather: clear, cold and dry.
    Comment: light traffic. SI got puncture at around the half-way mark.


  • #184
    Lundar.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 120 ✭✭Lundar.


    Trip: Work
    Mode: Cycle @ 09h30 and 17h00
    Weather: Very mild this morning, no wind, this evening was very windy and with some rain
    Comment: The pedestrian crossing at Dun na Coiribe (dunnes store side) is not working right, once you press to activated it , it turns off after 5 secs or so and never once have i seen a green light for the pedestrian crossing. it been like this since before christmas.


  • #185
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Lundar. wrote: »
    The pedestrian crossing at Dun na Coiribe (dunnes store side) is not working right, once you press to activated it , it turns off after 5 secs or so and never once have i seen a green light for the pedestrian crossing. it been like this since before christmas.


    Could actually be storm-related. I know of some traffic signals still out of action following the severe storms, and weekly 'walking bus' programmes have been cancelled as a result.


  • #186
    Lundar.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 120 ✭✭Lundar.


    Hi Iwannahurl ,

    i doubt it storm related, it look a mis-configuration on that crossing, as it been like that for over 6-7 weeks, been meaning to post about it several weeks ago but with Christmas and so on, i forgot to post about it. Not sure who to contact about this issue tbh.


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  • #187
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Trip: morning 3+4 km school-work run, Wednesday 5th February.
    Mode: cycle, Senior Infant on own bike.
    Weather: no rain.

    Trip: usual morning school run, Thursday 6th February.
    Mode: cycle, Senior Infant on own bike.
    Weather: clear, cold and dry. Lovely day.
    Comment: left home later than usual. Traffic light but fast-moving in places. Waited at uncontrolled junction for opportunity to cross. When motorist stopped to let child across, other drivers beeping within seconds. 49 school days since thread started.


  • #188
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Usual school run. No rainfall worth mentioning, other than a few drops of rain out of a pale blue sky for a minute or two. Large pool of water at one road crossing point. 0.6 mm of rainfall in last 24 hours.


  • #189
    zarquon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,734 ✭✭✭zarquon


    Lundar. wrote: »
    Hi Iwannahurl ,

    i doubt it storm related, it look a mis-configuration on that crossing, as it been like that for over 6-7 weeks, been meaning to post about it several weeks ago but with Christmas and so on, i forgot to post about it. Not sure who to contact about this issue tbh.

    Right here:

    http://www.galwaycity.ie/AllServices/RoadsandTraffic/MaintenanceandComplaints/TrafficSignalFault/

    Posting on boards is not going to fix the issue. I recommend you contact Galway CC asap to fix this.


  • #190
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    TBH I haven't reported any of the broken traffic signals. The storm damage was so extensive that the Council must have a mountain of repair work to do.


  • #191
    Mr_A
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 501 ✭✭✭Mr_A


    A months worth of commuting done this year by bike and generally it's been grand. A few days were the level of wind made bike handling tricky when signalling or looking backwards, but not more than some of the bad road surfaces around the city. A few tough days battling into a gale, but sure it feels good afterwards. And some of the nights cycling home the stars have been wonderfully clear.

    Comment: At night the lights at Briarhill as you approach from the West do not detect bikes for the right turn (past Dunnes) and will never go green unless a car triggers them.


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  • #192
    sonandheir
    Registered Users Posts: 235 ✭✭sonandheir


    Trip: Friday work commute 28km round trip
    Mode: cycle.
    Weather: dry and mild
    Comment: Bit of a flu this week so drove Tues/Wed/Thurs to work. Was a nice week for cycling (except Mon morning when I got drenched, now that I think of it may be how I picked up flu)


  • #193
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Was it this kind of flu? ;)


  • #194
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Usual school run. A few drops of rain on return journey. 0.2 mm rainfall last 24 hours.


  • #195
    swine
    Registered Users Posts: 301 ✭✭swine


    It's really hard to see a purpose to this thread other than you wanting to tell us your senior infant cycles to school.


  • #196
    sonandheir
    Registered Users Posts: 235 ✭✭sonandheir


    Iwannahurl wrote: »
    Was it this kind of flu? ;)

    It will take more than that to keep me off the bike.

    (I am a man + I did have the flu ≠ manflu)


  • #197
    sonandheir
    Registered Users Posts: 235 ✭✭sonandheir


    Trip: work commute 28km round trip
    Mode: cycle.
    Weather: dry but cold
    Comment: Nice day for commute. Bright the whole commute home. Spring is here.


  • #198
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    swine wrote: »
    It's really hard to see a purpose to this thread other than you wanting to tell us your senior infant cycles to school.


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=87557148&postcount=1

    Usual school run today, by bike. Looked icy, so Senior Infant didn't cycle. Turns out there was no ice. No rain either.


  • #199
    antoobrien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭antoobrien


    Iwannahurl wrote: »
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=87557148&postcount=1

    Usual school run today, by bike. Looked icy, so Senior Infant didn't cycle. Turns out there was no ice. No rain either.

    It rained this morning as I drove in between 8.35 & 8.55. It snowed at about 9.30.

    I also liked the shower that washed the ice off my car yesterday morning at about 7.45.


  • #200
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    antoobrien wrote: »
    It rained this morning as I drove in between 8.35 & 8.55. It snowed at about 9.30.


    That must have been the 0.2 mm of rain that fell between 08:00 and 09:00 this morning.

    Have you replaced those hard-working, worn-out wipers yet?


  • #201
    inisboffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,393 ✭✭✭inisboffin


    Iwannahurl wrote: »
    That must have been the 0.2 mm of rain that fell between 08:00 and 09:00 this morning.

    Have you replaced those hard-working, worn-out wipers yet?

    I am now almost convinced that our road has its own weather system as the rain falling outside my house always seems more than these reports! :P
    Bike has a boo boo so walked in the sleet today.


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