"Tumbleweed" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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"is" easier???? Dont you mean, "is easier ...when the prevailing wind is in that direction, but on other days when it isnt, its not".
The prevailing wind in Britain is /always/ westerly. Every single day of every year. That's what 'prevailing' means. The actual local wind on any given day may not be, but there are only a few exceptional places in Britain where on average westerly winds aren't considerably more frequent than any other direction.
Simon, in what way does that invalidate what I wrote, which points out what you then state, that 'the actual local wind on any given day may not be Westerly". Exactly.
Tumbleweed - although what you meant was correct, what you wrote the first bit of your paragraph was wrong. I suspect if you remove the word 'prevailing' from your sentence quoted above (top - "when the prevailing wind is in that direction"😉, it will mean what you wanted it to mean.
"Simon Brooke" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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"Simon Brooke" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > in message <[email hidden]>, Peewiglet > ([email hidden]'😉 wrote: > >> I'm just at the Sustrans site looking at guides to the C2C and >> trans-Pennine routes. I like the idea of doing the C2C and >> returning via the Reivers route, but I'm a bit worried about >> encountering headwinds. Am I less likely to encounter difficult >> winds if I do the trans-Pennine route instead? >> >> Sorry if there's an obvious answer to this question, but I'm a bit >> thick about this sort of thing. > > There's an obvious answer to this question. The island of Britain > lies to the east of the North Atlantic Ocean, over which the > prevailing wind is westerly. So it doesn't matter /where/ you cross > Britain, west to east is easier than east to west.
"is" easier???? Dont you mean, "is easier ...when the prevailing wind is in that direction, but on other days when it isnt, its not".
The prevailing wind in Britain is /always/ westerly. Every single day of every year. That's what 'prevailing' means. The actual local wind on any given day may not be, but there are only a few exceptional places in Britain where on average westerly winds aren't considerably more frequent than any other direction.
Simon, in what way does that invalidate what I wrote, which points out what you then state, that 'the actual local wind on any given day may not be Westerly". Exactly.
You wrote '...when the prevailing wind is in that direction, but on other days when it isnt...' That's not possible. The day-to-day wind may change, but by definition the prevailing wind does not. 'The wind is westerly' is a statement about the weather. 'The prevailing wind is westerly' is a statement about the climate.
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Simon, in what way does that invalidate what I wrote, which points out what you then state, that 'the actual local wind on any given day may not be Westerly". Exactly.
You wrote '...when the prevailing wind is in that direction, but on other days when it isnt...' That's not possible. The day-to-day wind may change, but by definition the prevailing wind does not. 'The wind is westerly' is a statement about the weather. 'The prevailing wind is westerly' is a statement about the climate.
Sorry, that came out a little hostile; I wasn't meaning to be more obnoxious than usual. Bad day at the office.
"Clive George" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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"Tumbleweed" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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> "is" easier???? Dont you mean, "is easier ...when the prevailing wind > is in that direction, but on other days when it isnt, its not".
The prevailing wind in Britain is /always/ westerly. Every single day of every year. That's what 'prevailing' means. The actual local wind on any given day may not be, but there are only a few exceptional places in Britain where on average westerly winds aren't considerably more frequent than any other direction.
Simon, in what way does that invalidate what I wrote, which points out what you then state, that 'the actual local wind on any given day may not be Westerly". Exactly.
Tumbleweed - although what you meant was correct, what you wrote the first bit of your paragraph was wrong. I suspect if you remove the word 'prevailing' from your sentence quoted above (top - "when the prevailing wind is in that direction"😉, it will mean what you wanted it to mean.
cheers, clive
agreed, I stand corrected, I should have put 'when the wind is in the prevailing direction' :-)
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You wrote '...when the prevailing wind is in that direction, but on other days when it isnt...' That's not possible. The day-to-day wind may change, but by definition the prevailing wind does not. 'The wind is westerly' is a statement about the weather. 'The prevailing wind is westerly' is a statement about the climate.
"Prevailing" can equally mean "generally current", ie the prevailing weather here is hot and sunny, but a couple of weeks ago it wasn't.
