Stormy Weather

[Serial_Apologist]

HOLD THE FRONT PAGE! S-A is saving on his energy costs! Seriously, last couple of days, what a difference, somehow Hope Springs Eternal and all that, the darkest days may slowly be lightening and Spring is not far away. Nice feeling.

See my pontifications on the HS2 thread.............

[Anna]

See my pontifications on the HS2 thread.............

Do I have to? My family has a connection to Dai Llama!

[pmartel]

pmartel, the first, and only time, I've been to Toronto was in January 1970. It was frigid indeed! Though I grew up in New England, where cold and snow are the norm (or were the norm), Toronto in January was colder than anything I had experienced. Ten years later, my husband and I went for a mid-winter break to Montreal! Can't seem to stay away from the frozen north! Good luck with your blizzard conditions!

Wow, 1970?? I wasn't even in high school then and I may well remember a nasty winter in the suburbs of Toronto.

You wouldn't recognize the city now. Over 2M people, smoggy as hell in the summer and several neighbourhoods have been ghettoized with crime and gun violence.

We have been classed as 'New York North' or New York wannabe'

Send me a PM so I can send you some recent photos of the downtown core

[Serial_Apologist]

My family has a connection to Dai Llama!

DAI LLAMA???????????????

I know, I know... but surely THIS is taking Welsh pride a bit far!

[Serial_Apologist]

Wow, 1970?? I wasn't even in high school then and I may well remember a nasty winter in the suburbs of Toronto.

You wouldn't recognize the city now. Over 2M people, smoggy as hell in the summer and several neighbourhoods have been ghettoized with crime and gun violence.

We have been classed as 'New York North' or New York wannabe'

Send me a PM so I can send you some recent photos of the downtown core

A very, very dear Canadian friend of mine, long resident in Toronto, has just recently moved into a town house in Livingston Road (M1E 1K6) with a fantastic view of the lake, and she loves it there.

[pmartel]

A very, very dear Canadian friend of mine, long resident in Toronto, has just recently moved into a town house in Livingston Road (M1E 1K6) with a fantastic view of the lake, and she loves it there.

I'm in the Beach area of Toronto, a great neighbourhood with a 'small town' feel to it.

The only headache is when the tourists come in during the summer and think THEY own it.

Taking public transit daily during that time is a headache.

BEST TIME for Beach residents is Spring, Fall and yes Winter

I've taken some stunning winter photos along our boardwalk

[pmartel]

I thought I'd post this article to give you an idea as to what we are up against this is from to-day's Toronto Star;

http://www.wheels.ca/winterdriving/article/801972

When I lived north west of Toronto up on Lake Huron, I had MORE than my share of 'white knuckle' driving.

Living in the city, I still drive, but don't own a car and this is ONE of the reasons.

Other reasons for NOT owning a car are expense in the city and GRIDLOCK

Yes, folks, we have it here

[BBMmk2]

Thank you to those people who wished me well. I think I have turned a corner now, thankfully!!

The temperature has certaqi9nly dropped quite a bit, of late. Certainly noticeable when you have those horrid electric storage heaters!! Not very good at all!

[salymap]

Stay indoors BBM, it's much colder than I realised. Sun in the house is lovely, when I opened the front door to someone, wow, very nasty if you've had a cold or flu.

[antongould]

Hard frost midst the pit heaps last night. Very crisp and fresh on this morning's wander - John Ireland PC ideal for the occasion salymap........

[Serial_Apologist]

Hard frost midst the pit heaps last night. Very crisp and fresh on this morning's wander - John Ireland PC ideal for the occasion salymap........

Nice choice Anton - alternatives could be Delius' "Summer Night on a River", or Bridge's languid "Summer". I always picture Bridge sitting atop the Dunkery Beacon near his home, looking out over a shimmering Sussex Weald on a hot July day, the sound of a distant horse-drawn binder at the harvesting, the smell of the wheat caught on updrafts, oblivious to the biting horseflies...

[Nick Armstrong]

Very crisp and fresh on this morning's wander - John Ireland PC ideal for the occasion salymap........

I had a great al fresco time with John Ireland earlier this week - later on in the dawn bike ride mentioned earlier, by the time I'd got to the Mall, his "London Overture" started, which I'd never heard before. A delight to pedal down to Admiralty Arch as the sun rose, round Trafalgar Square and along the Strand and Fleet Street with the LSO and Barbirolli giving the piece his all, especially that "Piccadilly" theme

[vinteuil]

I always picture Bridge sitting atop the Dunkery Beacon near his home, looking out over a shimmering Sussex Weald ...

good eyesight, that Bridge chappie - what with Dunkery Beacon being on Exmoor some 220 miles from the Sussex Weald...

[Serial_Apologist]

I had a great al fresco time with John Ireland earlier this week - later on in the dawn bike ride mentioned earlier, by the time I'd got to the Mall, his "London Overture" started, which I'd never heard before. A delight to pedal down to Admiralty Arch as the sun rose, round Trafalgar Square and along the Strand and Fleet Street with the LSO and Barbirolli giving the piece his all, especially that "Piccadilly" theme

I worry about you pedalling through central London with those headphones on, Cali...

[salymap]

I worry about you pedalling through central London with those headphones on, Cali...

Me too. Seems extremely dangerous. Good overture though. How have you avoided hearing it for all those years? Err, 35 or so ? Sorry.