Wrinklies Welsh Wramble

[richtea]

Derri boots with holes drilled, and duct tape to block them if it rains. I'm ready.

[raesewell]

As it stands at the moment the weather seems to be in our favour  we need a fingers crossed emoji.

[richtea]

With a small panicky face?

[raesewell]

In case anyone wants to check the weather along a route this is the site I use. It's the best I have found so far.
The site I used to use was just a start and finish map. On this one you can add waypoints (I don't know how many).
https://morecast.com/en/plan-your-route#

[Phmode]

And Dark Sky for ultra-local weather with an uncanny accuracy for the next hour at your (or any other) location.

So, are those big black clouds up ahead a portent of doom or just casting a pleasant shadow over your route? Dark Sky will tell you. Going for a walk/ride in perfectly clear skies? Dark Sky will tell you whether to take your Pac-a-mac or pack your waterproofs.

Used to be free on the App Store but then it was so successful, Apple bought it. Now I don't know. But it is rarely wrong by more than few spots of rain.

[raesewell]

Dark Skies is no longer available for Android. I now use the Accuweather app which is also very accurate as the name would suggest. But for route weather planning Morecast is great.

[TomL]

XCWeather.co.uk is excellent. Used by cross country glider pilots when plotting a route.

[raesewell]

My initial advice was for people to look at weather along a certain route rather than just weather.

[sudolea]

In case anyone wants to check the weather along a route this is the site I use. It's the best I have found so far.
The site I used to use was just a start and finish map. On this one you can add waypoints (I don't know how many).
https://morecast.com/en/plan-your-route#

On that site, I have to fill out my credit card details ? On top of that page (of some Columbian domain), there's a mention : (translated) "Your creditcard won't be charged for the free subscription". But worryingly, at the bottom of that same page, there's a checkbox (automatically checked !) with a (very small print) clause which, translated, states : "Yes, I want an extra games subscription package with a 14-day trial subscription for 1.95€, which automatically extends thereafter into a full monthly renewed subscription for 4.95€, unless you cancel it. I accept the conditions of the games bundle".

OK, you can uncheck that checkbox, but what the f.ck

[richtea]

We don't see the same in the UK, Phillipe. I'd be very careful.

Unless you meant the app? That's £2.60/year, and looks legitimate.

[Matt]

Yeah if you're seeing that on the site, I suggest checking on a different device, and then burning whichever one showed the dodgy stuff.

[sudolea]

It looks like it was a GoogleAd. Brings my "confidence" in Google to yet another level 

[raesewell]

I use AdBlock so I don't see all that Cr*p

[richtea]

I use AdBlock so I don't see all that Cr*p

Exactly.

DuckDuckGo browser + uBlock (+ uMatrix if you really want to see the full horror).

I remember when HTML used to be readable, just like you guys remember distributors.
Just like distributors it definitely wasn't better, but at least you knew where you stood...

[Matt]

Ditto. Plus PiHole on my home network for even more fun. And it gets around "we've noticed you're using an ad blocker"