I think it was Billy Connolly (perhaps quoting) who said "there is no such thing as bad weather only the wrong clothes".
I'm happy anywhere I'm free to just ride. I'll take an old Alpine pass on a starry night in January with fresh snow, or the variation in Arctic Tundra crossing a range between fjords over a ride down the Mallaga coast road or Glen Coe on the August bank holiday anytime.
There is also the challenge of getting places through weather conditions a lot of people will claim to be impossible. Riding in snow is really just a form of off road riding.
There are bad days on every run of course. Fog and a main road full of tourist coaches is hell be it Norway in March, Scotland in May or the Todra gorge in October. You can get "bad" weather at any latitude, I'll take an Northcape electrical storm over a Pre-Typhoon Hong Kong fugg anytime.
Andy
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