Stormy Weather

[doversoul1]

Wheatear, Oenanthe oenanthe One of the first harbingers of spring, and the last to leave...

Thank you. Wondrous things, aren’t they, these small birds? He looks too small even to cross the Channel.

[BBMmk2]

Torrential rain here today! Could'nt believe it!

[amateur51]

i'm going out this evening. The forecast for today since Monday last has been wet and wetter. By yesterday evening it had refined slightly and by 10.00 this morning it was a showing a shower at 13:00, which arrived at 12:30 (pretty much spot-on ) and then two much light showers around 17:00-19:00.

Now I see that they're forecasting light showers from 19:00 to after midnight

I think they should offer a generalised forecast instead of the apparently (in)accurate) detailed one, such as - "you'll need a brolly and some stout shoes from early evening onwards"

[Anna]

Yesterday wasn't as bad as forecast, yes it was rainy, (at times torrential), but we only had 10.5mm overall. Today has cleared to a lovely sunny afternoon, hitting 20.8° so no need for central heating or winter woollies yet as it's really quite muggy, especially at night.
I'm just waiting for proper Autumn, crisp and clear, hips and haws and shiny conkers, leaves changing colour, dragon's breath and rosy cheeks and spiders' webs frosted (love days like that!)

[Serial_Apologist]

Yesterday wasn't as bad as forecast, yes it was rainy, (at times torrential), but we only had 10.5mm overall. Today has cleared to a lovely sunny afternoon, hitting 20.8° so no need for central heating or winter woollies yet as it's really quite muggy, especially at night.
I'm just waiting for proper Autumn, crisp and clear, hips and haws and shiny conkers, leaves changing colour, dragon's breath and rosy cheeks and spiders' webs frosted (love days like that!)

Plenty of conkers strewn about on pavements around here. And acorns. Question: are conkers edible? Or poisenous? I'd really like to know, recalling the lovely flavour of roasted chestnuts on sale in Piccadilly as one emerged from a movie feeling hungry; there might be a feast going buckshee all around here!

[Anna]

Plenty of conkers strewn about on pavements around here. And acorns. Question: are conkers edible? Or poisenous? I'd really like to know, recalling the lovely flavour of roasted chestnuts on sale in Piccadilly as one emerged from a movie feeling hungry; there might be a feast going buckshee all around here!

Don't even think about it S_A !!! Horse chestnuts (conkers) are poisonous but I think they are, like acorns, favourites with pigs and used as animal feed
The chestnuts you roast/eat are Sweet Chestnuts (easy to tell difference, sweet chestnuts have casings like little hedgehogs, loads of soft spines) I remember, when I lived in London, going to Kew Gardens and eating loads of the sweet ones .... if the Keepers didn't see!

[Serial_Apologist]

Don't even think about it S_A !!! Horse chestnuts (conkers) are poisonous but I think they are, like acorns, favourites with pigs and used as animal feed
The chestnuts you roast/eat are Sweet Chestnuts (easy to tell difference, sweet chestnuts have casings like little hedgehogs, loads of soft spines) I remember, when I lived in London, going to Kew Gardens and eating loads of the sweet ones .... if the Keepers didn't see!

Oh thanks for letting me know, Anna.

Lovely afternoon after drizzly start - jacket off while returning with the weekend groceries; 20 C attained, which is 3 C above the mean. With high pressure persisting to the south it looks likely to remain on the warm side nearly everywhere, with cloud breaking up to the lee of high ground, meaning practically everywhere south of a line from Hull to Manchester, and east of a line from western Scotland to Exeter.

[mangerton]

No rain here today. Left work at 3 pm and the temp was a balmy 17º C. Came home, parked car, went into town on bus. Got a few items of shopping, and caught bus for home. It was absolutely rammed, so I had to stand. I was very pleasantly surprised to be offered a seat by a young man aged about 20 - a rare event in this day and age. I declined, but thanked him most kindly.

This made me think. Do I really look so old and decrepit?* Perhaps I do. I would still offer my seat if I saw an older person standing.

*No-one here knows what I look like, so I'm not fishing for compliments. If I asked Miss m, she'd probably answer "Yes".

[Richard Tarleton]

Horse chestnuts (conkers) are poisonous but I think they are, like acorns, favourites with pigs and used as animal feed

A tip I discovered from a holiday cottage where we stay was that conkers left in the corners of rooms discourage spiders (if you want to discourage spiders, that is). Plenty of discussion on t'internet if you google spiders conkers.

[salymap]

No rain here today. Left work at 3 pm and the temp was a balmy 17º C. Came home, parked car, went into town on bus. Got a few items of shopping, and caught bus for home. It was absolutely rammed, so I had to stand. I was very pleasantly surprised to be offered a seat by a young man aged about 20 - a rare event in this day and age. I declined, but thanked him most kindly.

This made me think. Do I really look so old and decrepit?* Perhaps I do. I would still offer my seat if I saw an older person standing.

*No-one here knows what I look like, so I'm not fishing for compliments. If I asked Miss m, she'd probably answer "Yes".

I know what you mean about not knowing whether to be pleased over seats offered or not mangerton.

After working years battling London roads, cars here screech to a halt when I cross the road with my big shopping trolley. I give them a gracious wavebut usually start laughing too. After all,it's only a few years since I roller skated down the slope in the nextroad.

[amateur51]

I know what you mean about not knowing whether to be pleased over seats offered or not mangerton.

After working years battling London roads, cars here screech to a halt when I cross the road with my big shopping trolley. I give them a gracious wavebut usually start laughing too. After all,it's only a few years since I roller skated down the slope in the nextroad.

I've checked on youtube and sadly no film of this event is to be found

[mangerton]

I've checked on youtube and sadly no film of this event is to be found

That has quite spoiled my whole weekend.

[BBMmk2]

Looks like it's going to be a rather a wet day today! We have road works down our road for fourteen days! It has really changed the make0up of the traffic using the lane I go to work on. The traffic going away, at times takes up the whole lane (on their side!). I'll certainly be glad when this is all over.

Not only in Cuckfield, where I live, buit also in the nearby town of Haywards Heath, two major road works, within ther space of around half a mile apart. Plus, going further south about a mile and a half, a major by-pass is in operation!!

Amidst all this, we are moving house!! :)

[Anna]

(Firstly, if Mr. Metrosexual aka Mr. Popularity is reading this ..... your inbox is overflowing and Miss Congeniality cannot reply!! )

Peaceful morning shattered at 8am by mechanical hedge cutting of the fields which is still going on as having finished lane-side it's now turn for field-side. Joys of country living! Morning mist in valley, blue sky overhead, grabbed a pic, not sure how it'll come out, pleasant at 18° with no breeze.

[eighthobstruction]

Ah that will explain why I cannot get in touch with TransglobalMetrosex

....Salymap?????....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPIYXpxjL1w