Stormy Weather

[amateur51]

"RSPB says heavy rain has been disastrous for birds"

.................. and asparagus too (apparently) ........

Trust the RSPB to get its priorities wrong

Must check out the possibilities of English asparagus & Jersey Royals today, if I can arrange the security transport to get them home

[Anna]

Must check out the possibilities of English asparagus & Jersey Royals today, if I can arrange the security transport to get them home

Is it just me or have Jersey Royals lost their distinctive taste? They seem not to use Vraic (the seaweed) anymore and a lot are grown in polytunnels and they haven't been worth shelling out the extra for. There's an asparagus farm not far away who also produce white asparagus (evidently the subject of special festivals in Germany) and a purple asparagus.
On topic, perishing cold wind today

[Serial_Apologist]

6 degrees Centigrade when I checked my thermometer. Must be one of the lowest noon temperatures for May I have ever recorded. Steady light-moderate rain, with the brighter skies to the NW always out of reach. And just to cheer myself up even more, Boris got back in!

[salymap]

You wouldn't rather have Ken would you?

[vinteuil]

Is it just me or have Jersey Royals lost their distinctive taste? They seem not to use Vraic (the seaweed) anymore and a lot are grown in polytunnels and they haven't been worth shelling out the extra for.

... yep, I agree - i have found other baby potatoes just as good and much cheaper - today some little maris peers that were lovely...

Vraic - is I suppose Jersey for what the French call varech and the Brits wrack...

[Nick Armstrong]

Vraic - is I suppose Jersey for what the French call varech and the Brits wrack...

Lovely, vindepays! I love tracking derivations like that!!

[amateur51]

You wouldn't rather have Ken would you?

Every time, salymap

[Serial_Apologist]

Every time, salymap

Seconded!

[BBMmk2]

Rather overcast today. Had thye usual rain earlier. the water authorities would like a steady rain all summer¬ How dare they say that!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Sunshine all day (so far) in this part of the Pennines; but perishing cold.

But other signs of Spring (!): the Dandelions are in full flower! They are a lovely plant to see in the wild; just as they are horrendous to tackle in the garden!

A fledgling Robin being fed on my windowsill this morning before tottering off à la Woodstock into the hedging.
A family of Swallows in the eves of a neighbour's house chirrupping away.

Good things!

[Serial_Apologist]

Rather overcast today. Had thye usual rain earlier. the water authorities would like a steady rain all summer¬ How dare they say that!

Some government-employed geek must've worked out the equation, differentiating, nationwide, the amount of water table absorption obtainable from summer of steady rain, from that from the existing number of leakages ending up in the Atlantic, actual, predicted and guesstimated.

[BBMmk2]

Some government-employed geek must've worked out the equation, differentiating, nationwide, the amount of water table absorption obtainable from summer of steady rain, from that from the existing number of leakages ending up in the Atlantic, actual, predicted and guesstimated.

There's always someone ready to do thiose geekiness things!

I am very happy today! i have fouund oput that Black Dyke Band are European Champions!! Had to wait till 10pm for the results! This yearit was held in Rotterdam. It's the first time since 2005 when this great band achieved this title! In that year they achieved Tehe Grand Slam in brass band contesting terms!

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

Black Dyke Band are European Champions!!

and one might well ask why this fails to make the evening news eh?

stormy squalls and bl**dy cold last night in the middle kingdom ..... one venture out yesterday and the heavens opened but met the retired deputy head of VIth form college when it was a blessing to the kingdom in the 80s under the canopy outside the butchers .... and we had a great chat ... so stuff the weather it is people who make the climate!

[BBMmk2]

Yes I kinow, Calum! Why can't they promote these kind opf events more on the mainstram media outlays?

[Serial_Apologist]

Yes I kinow, Calum! Why can't they promote these kind opf events more on the mainstram media outlays?

"Black Dyke Band" headline might be feared to cause instant PC apoplexy?