Date / Time: 09/03/13 15:00
Route: Norwich (Norfolk) to Melbourne (Cambridgeshire)
Conditions: Heavy rain turning to sleet and then snow by 16:00.
Due to parents being in Cambridge, I decided to head down to meet up with them, stay the night in Cambridge, give mum a mothers day card then high-ho back to Norwich (via a more wiggly route taken from an Adventure Bike Rider article).
As learned from my dad, the first thing for any major trip is to get more kit! Picked up a digital camera from the post office (kindly loaned to me by my brother Max and sister-in-law Asherah), acquired out some high-tech waterproof membrane boot liners (plastic bags), bought some luggage straps (to secure the dry-bag of stuff), got a £4 PVC map cover for my route cards and duct-taped it to my jackets arm and was disappointed that I couldn't find a compact road atlas of the UK.
The day began with light proceeding to moderate 'cruddy' rain which turned the grumpy traffic of Norwich into a state of frenzied horn-blaring rage at the weather gods. I managed to get home from the kit-buying with only one near miss and one bout of rage from a BMW.
As the 3pm set-off time approached, the rain worsened and I got worried that if it got worse overnight I might get stuck in Cambridge on sunday morning. I checked the Met Office who informed me that there were three yellow weather warnings over the east of England for rain, standing water and snow. Taking the brave route, I called the whole thing off, made my apologies to my parents and put Belleraphon away to ride another week.
Moral of the story: Discretion is the better part of valour.
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