Just on my way back the Highways agency scuppered most of my plans because they've shut the A1(M) north up to BuroughBridge I went up to around Thirsk (cus of sitting in traffic on the way back). Stopped by on the way back @ Dishforth army airbase and spoke to the guard there, they had some rain just before I got there @ 19Z, i'd driven through it, and there was a couple of sounds of what he calls thunder but he was not sure, I seemed to have predicted well where the action was likely to have happened as that was my target area after leaving sheffield (confirmed by Ibex as an active place), I just happened to have got there a bit late... (ty highways agency). Other than a little rain, it was pretty un-eventful. I was usnig this as an exercise to see how well I can "forecast" things like this and tbh I was pretty close. One thing I did notice was that there was a ton of low level cloud (fog) going across parts of the A1(M) not very dense, but you could see it if you looked across and it was starting to get thicker on the way back. As I say, all in all an uneventful trip, but a good exercise in trying to predict patterns.. I have to give a plug to maccy-D's, their wifi is awesome, didnt even have to leave the car I recommend for those people that do take laptops with them (I used it for obvious reasons, radar, maps etc) it does come in very handy just pull in and grab the latest info... A must imho. It gets very boring on your own, so if any1 wants to come with me if anything starts flaring up, just let me know.... PM me and i'll pass on my MSN info