It's official! The Scots are dafter than the Irish!!! 😄 (1 Viewer)

[Minxy]

I thought that the Irish family we met in Ireland were nuts for sitting on the beach in their deck chairs having a picnic in the rain but that has been matched, if not beaten, by what we're just witnessed at Irvine in Scotland!

We were in our MH having tea when a load of people in running gear started gathering, shortly afterwards they set off on a run, nothing wrong with that you may say, trouble is it was blowing a hoodie and absolutely chucking it down! They looked like drown rats!

(I've put this thread in here so that some of our Scottish and Irish members, especially those with dogs, can comment! )

 

[Pausim]

I have picnicked in the rain, just a Brit doing what we Brits have to do with our changeable climate. Make the most of it and laugh about it later sat round a roaring pub fire thinking I deserve this drink.

 

[carolyn]

Normal behaviour for proper runners and cyclists and walkers for that matter. Not strange at all. My SIL cycles 8 miles into London every day in all weathers. Nothing stops him.

 

[Nonna]

Old saying = The Scots are just the Irish who couldn't swim

 

[TrudeandDall]

Normal behaviour for proper runners and cyclists and walkers for that matter. Not strange at all. My SIL cycles 8 miles into London every day in all weathers. Nothing stops him.

Normal behaviour for proper runners and cyclists and walkers for that matter. Not strange at all. My SIL cycles 8 miles into London every day in all weathers. Nothing stops him.

And cycle tourists, who ride for weeks on end using their own power with nothing but a tent to sleep in and whatever the weather brings each day. In a different league to the softies in tin and plastic boxes who look out of the rain swept windows and then put the heating on .
I know - I do both......

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[Gellyneck]

I thought that the Irish family we met in Ireland were nuts for sitting on the beach in their deck chairs having a picnic in the rain but that has been matched, if not beaten, by what we're just witnessed at Irvine in Scotland!

We were in our MH having tea when a load of people in running gear started gathering, shortly afterwards they set off on a run, nothing wrong with that you may say, trouble is it was blowing a hoodie and absolutely chucking it down! They looked like drown rats!

(I've put this thread in here so that some of our Scottish and Irish members, especially those with dogs, can comment! )

Were they dressed in red shirts?

If so, probably Irvine Running Club hosting a memorial 10k race that takes place in mid August.

It normally starts at the ice cream shop so we know how you saw them!

 

[Jo May]

In Scotland if you don't picnic in the rain, you don't picnic.

 

[Minxy]

It normally starts at the ice cream shop so we know how you saw them!

No need, we we're munching on Lidl freebie doughnuts.

 

[Gellyneck]

In Scotland if you don't picnic in the rain, you don't picnic.

Unless it's snowing!

 

[phil1946]

We were in Eire, in October, and I walked to the shops wearing just a T, shorts and sandals. A local lady suggested that I was mad but I told her it would dry much quicker than a full set of 'winter' clothes. (As the saying goes 'Where there's lochs, lakes and green green grass - there's a reason and, without wind, it falls vertically' or 'There's no such thing as bad weather - just the wrong clothes').

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[scotzsue]

I thought that the Irish family we met in Ireland were nuts for sitting on the beach in their deck chairs having a picnic in the rain but that has been matched, if not beaten, by what we're just witnessed at Irvine in Scotland!

We were in our MH having tea when a load of people in running gear started gathering, shortly afterwards they set off on a run, nothing wrong with that you may say, trouble is it was blowing a hoodie and absolutely chucking it down! They looked like drown rats!

(I've put this thread in here so that some of our Scottish and Irish members, especially those with dogs, can comment! )

If your going for a run you are going for a run, not much point in waiting for dry weather, that rain cools you down too

 

[Minxy]

If your going for a run you are going for a run, not much point in waiting for dry weather, that rain cools you down too

... and if you need a wee no-one will notice it running down your leg!

 

[Barriesimpson]

I have picnicked in the rain

I would kill to picnic in the rain.

 

[scotzsue]

... and if you need a wee no-one will notice it running down your leg!

There is that of course, wonderful benefit

 

[G-RMPS]

... and if you need a wee no-one will notice it running down your leg!

Can you really pee while running? What about poo?

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[Phill D]

... and if you need a wee no-one will notice it running down your leg!

Warms the muscles

 

[Nanniemate]

Can you really pee while running? What about poo?

The girl marathon runner did it in the Olympics caused huge debate .blonde lady https://www.businessinsider.com/mar...ed the remaining miles,pants!" to her friends.

 

[Geistguy]

On Thursday past at Cullen beach ( north Aberdeenshire ) I counted 15 folk swimming in the sea and some then using the beach sauna. It was cloudy, cold and windy .

 

[Gellyneck]

On Thursday past at Cullen beach ( north Aberdeenshire ) I counted 15 folk swimming in the sea and some then using the beach sauna. It was cloudy, cold and windy .

Nae wonder it'd called Cullen Stink then!

 

[CAB96]

One of my clearest childhood memories is of playing cricket in the rain on Bodmin Moor while on holiday!

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[jollyrodger]

I thought that the Irish family we met in Ireland were nuts for sitting on the beach in their deck chairs having a picnic in the rain but that has been matched, if not beaten, by what we're just witnessed at Irvine in Scotland!

We were in our MH having tea when a load of people in running gear started gathering, shortly afterwards they set off on a run, nothing wrong with that you may say, trouble is it was blowing a hoodie and absolutely chucking it down! They looked like drown rats!

(I've put this thread in here so that some of our Scottish and Irish members, especially those with dogs, can comment! )

We're they carry bars of soap free water for a shower

 

[Graydo]

Normal behaviour for proper runners and cyclists and walkers for that matter. Not strange at all. My SIL cycles 8 miles into London every day in all weathers. Nothing stops him.

Yup,
if you waited for good weather in Scotland you would wait forever.
I cycle in the snow...in July!

Graydo

 

[CaptainPaul]

I thought that the Irish family we met in Ireland were nuts for sitting on the beach in their deck chairs having a picnic in the rain but that has been matched, if not beaten, by what we're just witnessed at Irvine in Scotland!

We were in our MH having tea when a load of people in running gear started gathering, shortly afterwards they set off on a run, nothing wrong with that you may say, trouble is it was blowing a hoodie and absolutely chucking it down! They looked like drown rats!

(I've put this thread in here so that some of our Scottish and Irish members, especially those with dogs, can comment! )

Rule Brittania, Brittania rules the rain.....

 

[Geistguy]

January. Snow on the ground. North East Scotland - Postie still in shorts !

 

[stewartwebr]

I thought that the Irish family we met in Ireland were nuts for sitting on the beach in their deck chairs having a picnic in the rain but that has been matched, if not beaten, by what we're just witnessed at Irvine in Scotland!

We were in our MH having tea when a load of people in running gear started gathering, shortly afterwards they set off on a run, nothing wrong with that you may say, trouble is it was blowing a hoodie and absolutely chucking it down! They looked like drown rats!

(I've put this thread in here so that some of our Scottish and Irish members, especially those with dogs, can comment! )

It’s nothing wrong with the Irish and Scots it’s just we are made of stronger stuff than the English. Reminds me of the the weather forecast, “ tomorrow shall see large snow fall with sub zero temperatures, people in the England are being warned that the M25 is likely to be closed, chaos shall occur at Heathrow with many flight cancellations, schools shall be closed and people told to stay at home, for those in Scotland, you may want to put on your warmer jacket”

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