Not long ago, we had had storm Darragh. That was a red weather alert in my area. When it actually came over, it was sure windy, but not anywhere near as disruptive as I thought it would be. And now Eowyn was approaching. The storm was supposed to come with gusts of up to 75 mph (Darragh had up to 84 mph), and was associated with an amber alert. It sure didn't look like biking weather! So I decided to work at home for a day.
It would start in the evening. I did wake up in the middle of the night because the wind was quite loud, and I was just snugly listening to it in bed with the cat. And in the morning I agreed with myself that this was not biking weather, but it wasn't as bad as it could've been. I was just snug in my home office. And it even quietened down quickly enough for me to go for an afternoon run. I need my exercise on this non-biking day!
I ran up Penrhyn Quarry, as that is convenient, but also, by coincidence, in distance and ascent quite comparable to my upcoming race: Sbrint Stiniog. And that was fine; it was never difficult to stay upright. It was even nice and quiet in a way; it was clear that Zipworld had closed for the day. I would imagine the storm would have blown any punters a bit too quickly to the end of the zip wire!
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| Long shadows in the quarry |
Altogether, this amber weather warning, quite like the red weather warning of the previous month, was rather inconsequential. Good! I like it that way…
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