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Recent content by Lucy J
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Official Umbrella aficionados thread
Well the wind was wild when I was walking home last night... Thankfully it wasn't raining so I was able to have my Brigg safely furled and tied closed. I wouldn't have been able to hold it up in the gusts which were absolutely brutal! Usually we get gusts which last a few seconds but last night...- Lucy J
- Post #466
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Official Umbrella aficionados thread
My Brigg solid stick gents walking brolly survived heavy driving rain and 45-50mph gusts in Brighton earlier today. I was worried that the seafront would be too wild for it so didn't venture out there, but even the side streets were testing my ability to hold it into the weather. Just about to...- Lucy J
- Post #465
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Official Umbrella aficionados thread
Home safe now despite full on storm conditions in Brighton earlier. Wore my waterproof mac and beret (definitely NO fedora today) and used my 10-rib Longchamp walking brolly to get through lashing rain to a meeting at the Grand Hotel on the seafront at lunchtime. I really think the 10 ribs help...- Lucy J
- Post #460
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Official Umbrella aficionados thread
Wretched drenching day here in Brighton... wind is not too bad (20-25mph) but the rain is heavy and continuous. Using my 68inch Gustbuster golf brolly to protect my fedora and Burberry trench coat. It's a day for the biggest umbrella you can find... 💦💦💦💦- Lucy J
- Post #459
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Official Umbrella aficionados thread
You read my mind! Our office is in a pedestrianised complex so I needed the Maglia for the first 100 yards or so and was fighting to keep control of it even then until I got to the cab. When I got home I made a dash from the cab without even opening the brolly... Pretty sure I wouldn't have...- Lucy J
- Post #458
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Official Umbrella aficionados thread
Further to previous discussion about Maglia umbrellas, I have mine with me today at the office and the weather has really turned, so in 10 minutes time I have the choice of risking it in 40mph gusts and horizontal rain, or accepting a soaking on my 20-25 minute walk home...... What's a girl to do???- Lucy J
- Post #455
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Official Umbrella aficionados thread
Make sure you bring a sturdy umbrella if you're going anywhere near the seafront.... Up to 30mph and you shouldn't have too much of a problem; 30-50mph - hang on tight with both hands; over 50mph - any umbrella is going to be really at risk; 70mph gusts - avoid the seafront - you won't even be...- Lucy J
- Post #454
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Official Umbrella aficionados thread
First up - no umbrella is indestructible. In a battle between stormy wind and an umbrella, eventually the wind will always win. Second - the bigger the umbrella, the more strength it takes to keep hold of it when the wind starts blowing. Some days (don't forget I'm a girl!) I choose to take a...- Lucy J
- Post #444
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Official Umbrella aficionados thread
I've had a Maglia solid stick (navy with red zigzag stripes), which was a present from a client, for about 8 years. I try not to use it in severe weather, but over those years there have been a few times when the weather has turned and I've found myself in storm conditions with the Maglia. It's...- Lucy J
- Post #439
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Official Umbrella aficionados thread
Just home from Wednesday evening meeting. Forced to close my Brigg walking length solid stick brolly as the wind was just threatening to rip it completely out of control. I decided not to take a golf size umbrella as I thought I would struggle with something that size in the wind that was...- Lucy J
- Post #433
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Official Umbrella aficionados thread
Expecting Storm Ciaran to hit us overnight and tomorrow. My walk to the office in the morning may be in torrential rain with 70-90mph gusts depending on which forecast model you believe. A day for my Arcteryx waterproof hooded jacket and my waterproof golf trousers plus long boots I think...- Lucy J
- Post #432
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Official Umbrella aficionados thread
Had to close my James Smith 10-rib walking brolly earlier in Brighton. It blew completely inside out twice in 45mph gusts and although I got it back under control without damage I didn't want to risk the frame bending or breaking if it kept on taking a battering...- Lucy J
- Post #431
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Official Umbrella aficionados thread
A couple of the girls at the office both lost their brollies in the storm last night...! They were both using "birdcage" umbrellas - the clear plastic ones that you can get right inside. Sadly the dome shape means that the sides of the brolly can take a real battering (as I know to my cost) when...- Lucy J
- Post #430
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Official Umbrella aficionados thread
So tonight we had the tropical rain AND the strong to gale force gusts. I had the choice of using my Gustbuster golf brolly, and having it blown inside out and getting soaked, or else not using my brolly and getting soaked anyway. I used the brolly for a while but it became obvious that it was...- Lucy J
- Post #429
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Official Umbrella aficionados thread
Heavy thunderstorms as i was walking home from the office last night, with tropical intensity rain battering my Brigg golf brolly. Thankfully very little wind as that sort of rain with strong to gale force winds would have been impossible for any umbrella to handle. Even with no wind I was...- Lucy J
- Post #428
- Forum: Classic Menswear