Stormy Weather

[Nick Armstrong]

Hmmm, a few pints of Spitfire?

Precisely the prescription Dr Caliban had in mind

[amateur51]

Hotel du Lac?

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_du_Lac

That production starred the late Anna Massey, of whom someone said "I always feel that Anna Massey is looking for something"

Coward replied "Her chin, I imagine!"

A cruel remark but I understand that when reported it made that wonderful actrine laugh

[amateur51]

Well, not too bad a day so far! MrsBBM made American style pancakes, with maple syrup and bacon for breakfast today. Not very calorific either, the way she cooked them! 358 calories, I think, so not bad at all!

Three-five-eight calories in each pancake, Bbm? You shared just the one, I assume

[Anna]

I am also Tudor Royal Stuart and York, Catherine of Aragon, Dukes of Burgundy and of Lorraine, Eleanor of Castille, King Rollo of Norway, Dukes of Normandy.

Is anyone else imagining BBM dressed in drag, tuba slung nonchalantly across his chest, wolfing down pancakes stuffed with bacon and smothered with maple syrup? (That's the pancakes smothered in maple syrup - not BBM! )

On topic, lovely weather, creeping up to 22°, breezy, grass not yet dry enough to cut, seems we shall have dry and sunny all week until Saturday and a scorching bank holiday.

[amateur51]

Is anyone else imagining BBM dressed in drag, tuba slung nonchalantly across his chest, wolfing down pancakes stuffed with bacon and smothered with maple syrup? (That's the pancakes smothered in maple syrup - not BBM! )

Nurse! A wipe down with an oily flannel for young Anna!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Is anyone else imagining BBM dressed in drag, tuba slung nonchalantly across his chest, wolfing down pancakes stuffed with bacon and smothered with maple syrup?

No more than usual.

(That's the pancakes smothered in maple syrup - not BBM! )

You have your fantasies, I'll have mine.

On topic, lovely weather, creeping up to 22°, breezy, grass not yet dry enough to cut, seems we shall have dry and sunny all week until Saturday and a scorching bank holiday.

Wind and rain contested overnight in the Pennines, and exhausted themselves by Noon. It's now a lovely, sparkling day - 'tho a bit parky: there's an edge to the air that doesn't like short sleeves. 17º "feeling like" 14º.

[BBMmk2]

Is anyone else imagining BBM dressed in drag, tuba slung nonchalantly across his chest, wolfing down pancakes stuffed with bacon and smothered with maple syrup? (That's the pancakes smothered in maple syrup - not BBM! )

On topic, lovely weather, creeping up to 22°, breezy, grass not yet dry enough to cut, seems we shall have dry and sunny all week until Saturday and a scorching bank holiday.

Ams, no the whole lot!!

Anna, that's too much multi-tasking, for me, surely?

[Richard Tarleton]

Is anyone else imagining BBM dressed in drag, tuba slung nonchalantly across his chest, wolfing down pancakes stuffed with bacon and smothered with maple syrup? (That's the pancakes smothered in maple syrup - not BBM! )

Piles of pancakes and maple syrup brings just one image to mind - breakfast time with The Simpsons

[amateur51]

A wonderfully pink sky just now to the south, patches of clouds apparently under-lit in pink, roseate clouds in fact with the unaffected clouds in a dove grey

[Serial_Apologist]

A wonderfully pink sky just now to the south, patches of clouds apparently under-lit in pink, roseate clouds in fact with the unaffected clouds in a dove grey

Just spotted it here - going outside before it disappears.

Edit: the orange-pink illuminated cloud is last vestiges of an old weather system - cloud base at about 10,000 feet I'd estimate, whereas the grey cloud underneath would be between 4-6,000 feet. Altocumulus always gives the best sunsets.

[Petrushka]

BBC forecast for this and next week looks very good indeed. Predictions of another heatwave may not be far off the mark after all. Fingers crossed.

[mangerton]

Just spotted it here - going outside before it disappears.

Edit: the orange-pink illuminated cloud is last vestiges of an old weather system - cloud base at about 10,000 feet I'd estimate, whereas the grey cloud underneath would be between 4-6,000 feet. Altocumulus always gives the best sunsets.

I've just been out taking pics of the sunset across the water. Tide could have been further in, but you can't have everything.

[Nick Armstrong]

Is anyone else imagining BBM dressed in drag, tuba slung nonchalantly across his chest, wolfing down pancakes stuffed with bacon and smothered with maple syrup?

No... that's just you...

[BBMmk2]

Goodness! How some people's minds work!!

[Anna]

"As the remains of the grey cumulus congestus clouds stood proud and retreated to the horizon, their outlines picked out by the evening sun, white ragged remains of little grey cumulus hung on overhead. Above them were medium-level altocumulus, puffy little clouds that spead out to resemble sheets of bread rolls.
Even higher were much smaller cirrus floccus - round clouds below which long strings appeared to dangle. These strings are streaks of ice crystals which fall from the cloud before evaporating Alongside the cirrus floccus, and to complicate things further, was a fibrous veil of cirrostratus and a blanket of cirrocumulus stratisformis; rounded cloudlets that join up to create a blanket of cloud.

This was an evening sky reminiscent of Constable's painting A View of Hampstead painted in 1822when a westerly airstream brought showers."

Isn't that lovely? It was a weather report from Saturday's Times about the weather in London on last Thursday evening. I kept it as I thought, as S_A oft reports looking out over London to Hampstead he might like it

On topic. Been ok, last two days, 22° today, bit fresh this morning but near enough perfect summer weather.

Edit: If mangerton or 8obs have wireless on their devices, hope they are having a lovely time on hols!