Out of the corner of my eye

I am the windrider!

It was very gusty this morning on the way to work, though the part I feared would be the worst - going across the bridge over the Trent - was relatively calm.

The news this morning announced that there were up to 70mph gales battering N. Ireland and parts of Scotland and Wales, and that the weather front was moving down over the rest of Britain. They also said part of the M6 past the Lake District had been closed, which doesn’t surprise me. I’ve ridden in high winds a few times now, and by far the scariest road is the M6 through the north lakes, where the mountains start to come down again and the wind comes howling unobstructed across the Irish Sea. I think I did about 40-50mph through a lot of that stretch of road, constantly battling against being shoved into the hard shoulder.

Spare a thought for high sided vehicle drivers and motorcyclists today.