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#1 2024-05-26 04:40:55

An Unseen Scene
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From: Nottingham, UK
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Rain shower Ivy

Lightweight hooded raincoat or mac and umbrella?

Worrying about your suede Derby's or the rain getting through your boat shoes/mocs?

Suddenly a bit chilly got a polo top, maybe a knitted button down instead. That bleeding madras shirt might be right but the dye won't run in the rain shower.

Wish I had chinos on not these knee length shorts

Hope the seersucker or linen blazer does not get soaked

Suppose I'll put my shades in my pocket

Still I'll be dry in the pub soon enough...

Last edited by An Unseen Scene (2024-05-26 13:15:38)

 

#2 2024-05-28 06:13:10

Kingston1an
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Re: Rain shower Ivy

I am more worried about mowing the lawn before rain showers.

Raincoats, headgear and umbrellas were created for rain but most would now rather chance it and get wet.


"Florid, smug, middle-aged golf club bore in this country I'd say. Propping up the 19th hole in deepest Surrey bemoaning the perils of immigration."

 

#3 2024-05-28 16:17:26

AlveySinger
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Re: Rain shower Ivy

On Sunday 18 degrees but very heavy showers.
Needed my full length Burberry but a polo shirt, cream jeans and deck shoes underneath.
In one pocket sunglasses in the other a small umbrella.
It felt like a weird compromise especially without socks.
Trying to look considered whilst battling storm conditions is a new one for late May.
I blame the start of the international cricket season. Cricket in England wouldn’t be complete without an epic storm or two.

 

#4 2024-05-29 05:23:25

Kingston1an
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Re: Rain shower Ivy

Cannot afford test matches, but county games at Lords or The Oval are fine. You can bring your own scoff and a bottle of wine or four cans of beer. Fifty over games best as there is a winner as opposed to the usual draw.

Unfortunately Middlesex are playing county games more at outstations, as are Surrey to a lesser extent.


"Florid, smug, middle-aged golf club bore in this country I'd say. Propping up the 19th hole in deepest Surrey bemoaning the perils of immigration."

 

#5 2024-05-29 06:48:34

AlveySinger
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Re: Rain shower Ivy

I love visiting out grounds.

Typically the facilities are a bit rough and ready but the grounds are in lovely locations.

Cheltenham Ladies College for Gloucestershire, Stratford upon Avon Warwickshire and Chesterfield for Derbyshire are all worth a visit. I'm off to Rugby School for some 50 over business next month. Edgbaston will be hosting The Hundred - cricket for people who don't like cricket.

 

#6 2024-06-06 00:45:26

FlatSixC
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Re: Rain shower Ivy

Some while back I commented on here that Grenfell were selling some odds and ends on eBay. A few weeks ago I took the plunge on a Malvern raincoat listed for sale at a bargain price - possibly a discontinued line. When it turned up it proved to be a much lighter cloth than I was expecting, slightly shorter than I normally wear and I was initially a bit disappointed. But it was good quality and well made as one would expect of Grenfell, so I decided to keep it.
It has really come into its own during the wet and at times chilly weather we’ve had. It works well over a cotton sweater or a thin jacket.

A pac-a-mac type rain jacket from Muji also works well e those times where you are out all day and have to cart it around because the sun has come out in the afternoon. Function over style.

 

#7 2024-06-08 05:55:57

RobbieB
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Re: Rain shower Ivy

I rarely carry an umbrella but have all sorts of raincoats ranging from a great Brookes Brothers stone coloured proper Mac to various PAC a macs for running and other outdoor pursuits. I dont wear the BB coat as it now seems too formal but I wouldn't get rid of it. I nearly always wear a hat or cap but like a hooded coat as well.


'I am a closet optimist' Leonard Cohen.

 

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