Cor! It's hot down 'ere! ;-)

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Hi all,

My name is Mike. I recently moved down to Aldershot for work and other reasons. I’ve come down from Warrington with my girlfriend, but I am originally from Liverpool (no perm or track-suit here, sorry). The first thing I’ve noticed is the weather is a lot hotter down here (it’s about 8˚C hotter than Warrington as I type this). It’s also flatter… I miss Wales :frowning:

I’m hoping I can get to know some peeps to go on regular rides with (I’m going on one tomorrow with a friend, if anyone wants to come?). I had quite a lot of friends up North I’ve left behind now, so I’m riding nomad! Booo! My friend and I also have a trip partially-planned to Italy next year, with us both also having an interest in Spain and France in the mean-time.

I hope I can make the Market meet on Wednesday. It would be nice to meet a few of you, although I’m a bit unsure about heading into the centre of London as I’ve never been there. Also, aren’t there charges for riding into the centre?

Anyway, pleasure to meet you all.

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Alright.

No charges for riding into town, just for parking in the borough of Westminster (not a problem for the borough meet, which is in Southwark).

As a fellow northerner (Preston/Chorley), I’m melting in this heat.

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Good to know, thanks. I shall start getting my head around getting there from Hayes, Greater London (where I work).

Tell me about it. Isn’t it funny how we moan when it rains because we can’t have a ride out, but when it’s blazingly hot and perfect for riding, we moan/melt :stuck_out_tongue:

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Hello, welcome to LB. I’m loving this hot weather, despite it being hot and sticky I still prefer it to the miserable cold and rain and horrible winter :smiley:
might see you out and about while summer is here :cool:

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Hello and welcome :slight_smile:

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welcome

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welcome, i did live in Bootle for a wee while and used to commute to Wigan for work, ah they were the days:) Thankfully i escaped Bootle and moved back to London, enjoy!