All packed for Chimay

Keen? Moi?

It's been a quiet weekend.

What's the roll call this year, anyway?

 

Me and the F-i-L, for starters.

I need to remember to keep an eye out for these two:
http://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/spo...th_trophies_1_512795?referrerPath=sport/other

 

Me

 

I'm booked to go. The weather's still looking to be shit.

 

Make sure you let me know if you decide to wimp out because I don't
want to take an extra tent over there for **** all.

 

Same here. And if it is shit, I'm wimping out.

 

21°C and 10% chance of precipitation is not what I'd call "shit".

 

Me, although I've not packed or even thought about packing yet.

 

I am not packing until Thursday mind

Bollox, wonders how much of a wimp I am.

 

Where are you looking to find this shit weather?

This is the report I've been going on, and it looks fine
http://uk.weather.com/weather/10day-Charleroi-BEXX0006

 

Me too, but the beeb are a little less optimistic...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/2169

Friday
* Heavy Rain Shower
* Max: 22°C

Still not exactly the end of the world though, and I usually lean toward
whatever weather.com says as GFS often seems to be a bit more reliable
than the Met Office.

 

I'm going to work on the basis it's described as a shower, so won't be
sustained rain. Plus even if it does piss down France is a big enough
country to justify doing something else for a couple of days instead
of camping so it won't be a wasted weekend.

 

We're going to Belgium, YTC.

 

Only just.

 

Metcheck use the same GFS data as weather.com, and whilst they're not as
optimistic, it still looks acceptable:
http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/europe_forecast_7days.asp?locationID=1388

 

If it's decided Chimay is a wash out, I'd keep things simple and just
go where there isn't rain, which probably means diverting to somewhere
French.

 

I'll be deciding by Wednesday evening, so I can get a refund on the
hotel booking (24 notice required).

 

http://weather.excite.co.uk/forecast/europe/belgium/chimay/10000

http://www.zoover.co.uk/belgium/hainaut/chimay/weather

http://www.foreca.com/Belgium/Chimay

etc.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love it to be sunny, but if it's wet it'll be
into negative fun values, and I won't bother with it.

 

A bit of rain on Friday, probably before we even get there, and sunny
for the rest of the weekend.

Gaylord.

 

well, if the forecast remains like that by Wednesday evening, I'll
probably[1] still be going.

Just had a new BT016 fitted to the 12R to replace the shagged 014, and
despite the usual "take it easy for the first 100 miles" bollocks, has
completely transformed the feedback/cornering feel and has a knock-on
effect of much improving my confidence in slinging it round bends.

you're projecting again.

[1] somewhat suspiciously, given our current in-theory ban on
uneccesary business travel, my boss is coming to London on Thursday
for a suspiciously short (30min) one-to-one meeting with me. This
could finally be my turn to help reduce the London permie headcount.