Do any non drivers not walk to nursery/pre school if it is chucking it down?

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I'm being selfish to even consider not going aren't I?

DD will be dry as I'll use the buggy but I am going to be soaked. Not sure how dry my wellies and raincoat will keep me when I'm in it for an hour (30 min walk each way). Then back into them once it's time to collect her!

I will go. I'm just wondering if other people do cancel going if the weather is horrid?

decent clothes ( bloke stuff, not stupid female fashion gear) and set an example that you arent made of sugar.

sort this driving thing out

Some people can't afford /are not physically capable /allowed to drive.

I wish I could drive but a) can't afford to run a car and b) don't have proper binocular vision so no depth perception/spacial awareness. Not a big deal in daily life but a massive one when trying to keep a car in lane and an appropriate distance away from other cars on the road/determining breaking etc.

To answer op, could you get a bus or a taxi? My ds is in a school nursery five days a week, has been since he was three.

It's only half a mile away so we usually walk but if the weather is really awful we take a taxi. It's about £4 round trip so does have to be really throwing down but it's worth it so he's not spending hours soaking wet. And it's only ever the going in journey. It doesn't matter as much if we get soaked on the way home as we can get warm and dry when we get in

Eh? It's only a bit of water, it won't kill you :0)
I take the dog out come rain or shine, just wear some decent waterproofs. You might still get a bit wet though, even with alleged fully waterproof gear. My waterproof boots always manage to collect water (they are Hi-Tec/Karrimor type rubbish though). One of my Berghaus jackets will let in rain through the zip seam, so get a coat that covers the zip.
If you wear wellies, I find tucking in main trousers into the wellies then over-trousers over the wellies, so any rain won't trickle into the top of your wellies that way (but you do need wide over-trousers for this - mine have a zip at the bottom). Unfortunately my over-trousers let in water through the seam in the crotch so guaranteed wet knickers if it's torrential!
When you get home you can always have a nice shower/bath in peace. Something to look forward to!

I find it harder to be cooped up at home with restless toddler

My Dm never sent us to school in the heavy rain. Ds and I were thrown when we started work and had to travel in the rain!! It’s a standing joke in the family.

I do a 20 minute walk each way, I can cut this down by catching the bus 3 stops so sorry walk, bus, short walk.

I've also caught the bus because I have a poorly chest and can't breathe, we left Kate, it's literally pulling up as I get there and I've already paid for a ticket that day so really fate is telling me to get on the bus.

I do bed a better waterproof though

Yes to good waterproofs! Is there not a bus you can take at least part of the way, though? Or failing that, as you currently save a lot by not driving could you not put part of the money saved towards a couple of taxis?

I never owned wellies till I had my Ds . I do drive but as a cm I always walk school children to school esp if it likely to be wet play as they are calmer for teachers .
Rain does usually come at school run time. Hope you didn’t get too wet

Line up some music or an audio book for the solo journey home. Makes the trip feel quicker.

Good waterproofs as everyone else has said, and stick a change of clothes or some pyjamas on a radiator before you go out (make sure heating is on). It's so much better when you know you'll have something nice and dry and cosy to change into once you're home.

No. I just take a brolly and wear my wellies.

My dd has to walk in the rain now too. I make sure she has her wellies on and her brolly up.

I also make sure she has clean dry socks/tights in her bag in case she gets them wet.

I will put the heating on when I leave the house and then change as soon as I get home. I'll follow that with a cup of tea if I'm really cold

If I stayed home every time it rained, dd would never go to school

I’m a driver and we still walk the school run in bad weather. That’s what wellies and waterproofs are for.

What's the point of raincoats and wellies if they don't keep you dry! The UK gets enough rain that manufacturers ought to be making them properly waterproof rather than shower-resistant. Urgh. Definitely invest in good quality.

I sympathise.for me its not the bits that are covered by waterproofs though. It when the pissing rain gets driven into your face by the sodding wind 😂

30 mins walk away is really your closest nursery? How come?

When I went back to college as a mature student I had to catch 2 buses to get there.
There were often people who didn't come in if it was raining. It had never entered my head that you could choose to stay at home because it was raining.
Nothing wrong with a cosy sofa and CBeebies day with a pre school child though. I'm quite envious actually OP. Enjoy your day.

Nope, we go whatever the weather. The only time I kept my eldest off nursery for something other than her being ill was when I broke my big toe- just as we were about to leave.

As everyone else said, get good gear. You'll be using it for years. Look in sales for outdoorsy places? Rohan is pricey but often do good sales deals (look in their Souk which is the permanent sales bit, or they'll have a summer sale fairly soon). Their stuff lasts for years and is truly waterproof.

You can’t put your life on hold for a day just because there is heavy rain! What do you do about work and school?

We're a shorter walk than yours but twice last year didn't go because it was raining so hard the track would have been dangerous. Think ahead to school days though when you haven;t got a choice. Is there a bus you can take?

I'm not sure staying in every time it rains heavily is a feasible strategy in Britain!

It's not pleasant, granted, but you'll only be wet for a short time, and DD will benefit from going, even if she is still settling. It will be much better for her to keep going and settle quickly, rather than interrupt the process.

Definitely get some proper waterproof clothing. And a nice hot cuppa when you get back.

Thing is, when it's chucking down this hard, everyone else will have booked a taxi too and they are nearly impossible to get on rainy mornings unless you had the foresight to book the night before.

Don't set a precedent about no school when it's raining. It's a hard habit to break. Honestly, these mornings are actually rare, and sometimes you just have to get on with it. We have no car and have had a 2 mile return school run for 7 years. I can count on 1 hand the number of times it's really been a problem. I work afternoons and can head home to change if necessary. School is usually good with allowing DS to wear pe clothes if we were caught out and his things are soaked through--but again, rare. With proper waterproofs and a handy change of clothes, it is not a problem.

If it's raining on the way home, we just walk as fast as possible and look forward to dry pyjamas and cocoa when we get home. Not a big deal! And, no, I'm not learning to drive/buy a car just so my child can avoid a 20 minute walk in the rain. He won't melt!

Always walk (don't drive), sometimes the bus. Important to remember that getting really wet (and then going somewhere dry) is part of life. But if you are elderly / unwell / whatever then stay inside, you know your limits. I discovered in Edinburgh that you can get loads of waterproof clothes / shoes really cheaply and of good quality, certainly compared to London where waterproof coats are hundreds of pounds.

I didn't have any choice but to drive because of where preschools were relative to our house really - couple of times the traffic was so atrocious I did keep them off purely since it was going to be about lunchtime by the time I got them there (part of town where if there's any incident on the motorway everything gets routed onto the local roads and causes chaos).