On Jun 8, 12:20?pm, steve auvache <dont_s...@thecow.me.uk> wrote: It might do in the bits you remember but you are obviously totally unfamiliar with sunny Essex, where getting wet is not an item on any riders agenda. Tales of the foul weather coming off the North Sea go back to the 16th century diaries of Samuel Pepys... http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QKAR0DAFL._SS500_.jpg