Lucky With the Weather

Yesterday I went for a 50km bike ride that took two hours. During the first half the weather was good, and it felt warm. I cycled down to Nyon and towards Prangins, before cycling back towards Nyon before heading to Duiller and from there up towards Genolier, but not the direct route because of roadworks. I went up via a smaller town. When I got to Genolier I then went down the hill before heading back up to the road that takes you via the top of Trelex before cycling to Gingins and up via the golf of Bonmont before riding to La Rippe and up via the upper route that takes you to Divonne via the upper route.

After this I cycled down on a very straight road towards Versoix before turning to head towards Coppet, and Nyon. As I got towards Nyon I could see the clouds forming and I thought “It’s going to rain on me”. It didn’t. In the end I got home, parked the bike.

Within five minutes of parking the bike I heard rain begin to fall on the veluxes and felt lucky that I had missed the rain so narrowly. Two neighbours were not so lucky. The weather was warm so if I had been caught I would have been okay. I could always have cut the ride short. We had two or three lightning strikes that occured within 700m of where I live.

Sixteen Millimeters of Rain

The forecast for Sunday is 16mm of rain, and if that does happen then the hike that someone is planning will be drenched and unpleasant. For this reason I don’t know whether to do that activity, and then see that the weather forecast was wrong, or go, and hope that I don’t get rained on. If it does rain it’s easy to have a rain coat, an umbrella, and shorts and fast drying shoes.

Other Options

My real reason for not committing to the walk on Sunday, yet, is that something else could be organised, and if it is then I could enjoy it more. I have also been around the Vallorbe region quite a few times recently, so it would be nice to go somewhere else.

And Finally

I expect that the forecast is for rain, but that it will rain for a few minutes, and then the weather will be good. Yesterday the storm was short and sweet. It was meant to rain for hours, but rained for half an hour or less. If hard rain does start it’s quite easy to find a shelter for the duration of the rain, and continue walking.