Stormy Weather

[Anna]

That was awful, ammy <cringe>

Yes, it was awfully brilliant Ams! Made me laugh out loud.
Thickest mist again this morn but dry, brightness faded to grey cloud so not bad. Lovely clear starry night. Can we ban all talk of Christmas though until nearer the time, I'm getting tired of the shops having displays of nothing but mince pies, stollen, Christmas puds, crackers, tins of Quality Street and boxes of festive biscuits.

[Serial_Apologist]

Yes, it was awfully brilliant Ams! Made me laugh out loud.
Thickest mist again this morn but dry, brightness faded to grey cloud so not bad. Lovely clear starry night. Can we ban all talk of Christmas though until nearer the time, I'm getting tired of the shops having displays of nothing but mince pies, stollen, Christmas puds, crackers, tins of Quality Street and boxes of festive biscuits.

Very little of which has happened here, as yet, much to my surprise. Maybe they're planning a subtler promo campaign for London, nearer the time...

[Anna]

Thankfully the dreaded Halloween seems to be very muted here .... awful American invention that seems to be dying out with the police pouncing on over age trick and treaters, aka, demanding money with menaces, but I like roast pumpkin!

[Serial_Apologist]

Whereas London on the 31st gets invaded by all the witches and gremlins forever lurking out in Essex and Kent!

but I like roast pumpkin!

I loved that afterthought, Anna - had me in stitches!

[salymap]

I see some of my nice little English cousins [actually 1st cousin's grandchildren] are dressed up in strange clothes for Halloween since they have lived in the US for their father's job- about three years.
Pumpkins as big as a house and all the trimmings. Ah well, when in Rome .......
It looks as though they will stay there now,sad in a way.

[mangerton]

Thankfully the dreaded Halloween seems to be very muted here .... awful American invention that seems to be dying out with the police pouncing on over age trick and treaters, aka, demanding money with menaces, but I like roast pumpkin!

I don't know much about how, or whether, Hallowe'en used to be celebrated in England and Wales, but it was in Scotland. We had turnip (ie swede) lanterns, treacle scones, nuts, dookin' for apples, and guising - aka galoshins in some parts of the country. We would dress up, blacken our faces with burnt cork, and visit friends and neighbours. We would do a recitation or sing a song. We would then get a reward of sweets, nuts, or apples. We would have scorned to go around demanding money with menaces.

I find it very sad that these dreadful Americanised, pumpkin-infested, goings-on have now overtaken our traditional Hallowe'en.

[Nick Armstrong]

That reply would be a dry-cycling anti-depressant I guess

That was awful, ammy <cringe>

Yes, it was awfully brilliant Ams! Made me laugh out loud.

I didn't get it....





.....I was so lucky with the weather - torrential all afternoon, I decided I'd just go for it and get soaked, then wash and dry everything on arrival... But the rain had backed off to light drizzle as I set out... I was damp rather than wet on arrival.

I was listening to Albéniz's 'IBERIA' en route - the "Jerez" movement gave me an urge - stopped off at Waitrose en route and am now munching jamón serrano with some delicious chilled old Amontillado....

TGIF & Home sweet Home

[BBMmk2]

Sounds great, Caliban!!

Weather yesterd atrocious! Rained nearly all day! that rather fine rain, which gets you really wet!!

Half term now for two weeks!!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Weather yesterd atrocious! Rained nearly all day! that rather fine rain, which gets you really wet!!

Sorry to hear this: it was a perfect Autumn's day in the Pennines yesterday - dry, sunshine, 14 degrees: lovely! <smugemoticon>

Half term now for two weeks!!

<smugemoticon> wiped from silly face! Enjoy the break, Bbm.

[BBMmk2]

Moving house Ferney!!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Moving house Ferney!!

Oh, Lor'! Well; enjoy the ... err ... return to work?! (, indeed!)

[Anna]

Best wishes to BBM for a smooth move. The thought of which fills me with dread at sorting out all the hoarded items I have. A quite giddying 16.5° achieved today in The Principality, I anticipate a Lurid Sunset streaked with turquoise and gold.

Off-topic, I have an elderly gentleman friend who delights in reciting poetry to me (well, it's something you do on the No. 4 bus innit?) and he had a lovely, (actually terribly sentimental poem), but he couldn't remember the author. A bit of goofling this morning reveals it's Samuel Rogers (1763-1855) How lovely is that, to discover something new when least expected?

[EdgeleyRob]

Best wishes to BBM for a smooth move. The thought of which fills me with dread at sorting out all the hoarded items I have.

All those cds to pack too,nightmare!
Good luck BBM

[salymap]

I've drawn the curtains and put the light on at just after 4pm. The hour goes back a week today, when this would be 3pm [I think] I like daylight, this is miserable and still raining hard. Moan, moan.

[Serial_Apologist]

I've drawn the curtains and put the light on at just after 4pm. The hour goes back a week today, when this would be 3pm [I think] I like daylight, this is miserable and still raining hard. Moan, moan.

Make the most of tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday would be my advice, given that temperatures will be where they should have been at the start of the month, because by the end of the week they will be nearer to December values. At least that gives us all a chance to acclimatise ouselves in good time for Christmas.