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[mangerton]

Stuff a slit chicken chicken breast aka Kiev or a Portobello mushroom? Mix it with mashed potato into balls and bake? Wrap in bacon and fry it? Crumble, add vegs, gravy, top with mash and make crofters pie?
Give it to the dog?
OT: Not sure if we've had the worst of it or it's still to come. Nice, bright and watery sun here after overnight (not particularly heavy) rain, not in the least bit cold.

What!!!! Give it to the dog? OK, I know you're kidding. The chicken breast idea is very yum. Btw, haggis microwaves really well, and it's quick. I usually add a very small amount of water to stop it going dry. It also avoids the dreadful calamity of the animal bursting when being heated in boiling water. That's calculated to put a real damper on your evening.

OT, it was 2º C and sleeting when I went out at 10.15 this morning. The sun is now out here and it's quite a decent afternoon.

[Serial_Apologist]

Well, the deep low at present located to the west of Scotland is expected to drift slowly across England over the next 4 days as it fills, ending up by Thursday over northern France. In that position it depends which of Brummie Simon's three models whether we get air coming from the central Mediterranean - which means cold after having crossed central Europe at this time of year - or from southern Russia, which means colder and more likely to hang on longer than next weekend, as would be the case in the first instance. All of which says rain in varying amounts virtually anywhere and at any time, I'm afraid.

[Pabmusic]

...Your multi-cuisine collation sounds a winner - roll on Saturday. It must be frustrating to be still phone-less and internet-free but I guess that it must have its advantages too - lots more reading/listening/score-writing?

The food all went very well. It's nice to have a success.

As to other activities, I read a lot (always have done) and write music - I'm just completing (literally tidying up) a 10-minute piece for Liverpool Hope University Concert Band. It's a thing based on sea songs - genuine ones, that is, not drawing-room ballads and snatches of Handel. It's been great fun, especially as I've never done anything for wind band before.

Best wishes to everyone.

Very nice day today. Sun (27° C) and a light breeze.

[amateur51]

The food all went very well. It's nice to have a success.

As to other activities, I read a lot (always have done) and write music - I'm just completing (literally tidying up) a 10-minute piece for Liverpool Hope University Concert Band. It's a thing based on sea songs - genuine ones, that is, not drawing-room ballads and snatches of Handel. It's been great fun, especially as I've never done anything for wind band before.

Best wishes to everyone.

Very nice day today. Sun (27° C) and a light breeze.

Great to hear about this, Pabs - and Bbm is arranging the first movt of Mahler symphony no.6 for an American brass orchestra too - such fecundity!

I hope that you'll consider posting a demo of your new piece on here e'er lang

[Serial_Apologist]

Is everyone in a state of awe, as the depression crosses us, en route for the Continent? Or just waiting for our beloved salymap's return?

Distant thunder just after midday from a large shower cloud that skirted us to the SE and then developed into a supercell - Beckenham would have had the direct hit - another now coming up might have our name thereon as the wind's backing around to southerly/SSE-erly. The temperature, now fallen to 5 C from an earlier maximum of 8 C, could fall still further - I'll be on the lookout for our first visible blobs of snow for 2014.

[mercia]

slowly going underwater here - but not as bad as Somerset-on-Sea

[BBMmk2]

The food all went very well. It's nice to have a success.

As to other activities, I read a lot (always have done) and write music - I'm just completing (literally tidying up) a 10-minute piece for Liverpool Hope University Concert Band. It's a thing based on sea songs - genuine ones, that is, not drawing-room ballads and snatches of Handel. It's been great fun, especially as I've never done anything for wind band before.

Best wishes to everyone.

Very nice day today. Sun (27° C) and a light breeze.

Pabsmusic! I expect you are aware of my activities featuring a concert band. I refer also, (rather cheekily perhaps), to my thread 'The Art of the Arranger.

B o t: Rather a mixed bag today. lovely to start withy and a torrential downpour, a round about lunchtime! :(

[Nick Armstrong]

wind band

concert band

You two should definitely swap notes !! (Literally and metaphorically)

[Petrushka]

Is everyone in a state of awe, as the depression crosses us, en route for the Continent? Or just waiting for our beloved salymap's return?

Distant thunder just after midday from a large shower cloud that skirted us to the SE and then developed into a supercell - Beckenham would have had the direct hit - another now coming up might have our name thereon as the wind's backing around to southerly/SSE-erly. The temperature, now fallen to 5 C from an earlier maximum of 8 C, could fall still further - I'll be on the lookout for our first visible blobs of snow for 2014.

Yet more heavy rain this morning but some possible snow has been forecast for round here tomorrow.

[Anna]

Is everyone in a state of awe, as the depression crosses us, en route for the Continent? Distant thunder just after midday from a large shower cloud that skirted us to the SE and then developed into a supercell - Beckenham would have had the direct hit - another now coming up might have our name thereon as the wind's backing around to southerly/SSE-erly. The temperature, now fallen to 5 C from an earlier maximum of 8 C, could fall still further - I'll be on the lookout for our first visible blobs of snow for 2014.

Not in a state of awe - definitely in a state of depression at the thought of more wetness. Although today has in fact been dry - but dull, drear, with damp air, a high of just 6.8° and zero wind to shift it. Yesterday the temps were up and down like a yoyo with each squally shower. Everyone is saying they wish it would get colder if that meant some brightness (and repeating the maxim of cold air to kill the bugs - although I haven't come across anyone afflicted with coughs/colds although there were plenty of lingering ones prior to Christmas)

My neighbours have the right idea, they are flying off to Lanzarote tomorrow in the hope of blue skies and some gentle warmth .....

[Petrushka]

No snow here but even more heavy rain and a very nasty wind. Not a night to be out.

[BBMmk2]

Quite persistent rain we had yesterday! At least no white stuff! :) Looking the same today, methinks! :(

[Anna]

BBC website have an article about rainfall records (focussing on England) for January. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25944823 Here, so far and with 2 days to go, our rainfall for January is 174.2mm. December 2013 we had 153.3 (the average is 87.1) which was the 9th wettest since records began in 1929.

This morning when I went out it was 3.3°, dully, misty, and horribly raw (but dry), tomorrow is supposedly very wet. (Offtopic: I think I might start some decorating at the weekend, spent yesterday evening studying colour charts, a brighter inside might dispel the gloom outside?)

[Flay]

(Offtopic: I think I might start some decorating at the weekend, spent yesterday evening studying colour charts, a brighter inside might dispel the gloom outside?)

I feel sure it will!. What colours are you looking at to brighten your indoor life?

[Radio64]

If it's any consolation it's cold wet and miserable over here in sunny Italy.

Keep watching those "Italy Unpacked" programmes if you believe 'em.