Stormy Weather

[Nick Armstrong]

Oh I say Cali - it says: the spectacular lightshow will see a sparkling and brilliant white Venus snuggle up to the Red Planet beside a crescent Moon.

Cripes! And you want me to watch that in stereoscope?

Oh well, if we are all doomed - I might as well enjoy it!!

[Anna]

It was indeed a wonderfully starry night - and cold at -2°, first thing this morning the landscape was truly a Winter Wonderland with everything bright white after a hard frost. However it's now horrible, raining and suddenly very, very, windy and none too warm.
The sort of Sunday afternoon just made for curling up with a book, a mug of tea and a slab of fruit cake!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

A weekend of two halves - lovely sunny and mild yesterday, drizzerable and grey today. The slab of fruit cake is such a good idea!

[eighthobstruction]

skipton w/f saying it's going to be like this till at least end of tuesday....cherry cake from colne....

[mangerton]

After a lovely few days, there's been rain and snow here this afternoon.

These stories of cake are making me feel quite envious. Still, I had home-made soup for lunch, and later I'll be having pheasant and a glass or so of French red.

[Serial_Apologist]

a slab of fruit cake!

That's me!!! Just PM me and I'll give you my phone number for those urgent occasions, Anna!

Temperatures reached - 2 C here last night as well, which surprised me, and had struggled up to a 7 before the wind and moderate rain quickly moved in following lunch. Having cold rain thrust in the face was no fun as I curtailed my afternoon constitutional to the statutory 20 minute round-the-blocker. As 8th says, it looks like we're stuck with this yo-yo for a while yet.

[BBMmk2]

Lovely start to the day today, then as promised Rain and wind!

[DracoM]

Well, oop 'ere. it is shovelling it down, can barely see the fells, temp has not got about 3C all day, snow and sleet on the hills and all being driven by rising westerly.
Enjoy your fair weather, O MoreSouthEasternish Tribes, because the dreech is deffo coming your way!

[Nick Armstrong]

Vile, vile afternoon - blowing a gale and driving, very cold rain travelling diagonally if not horizontally. Made two (mercifully short) cycle rides to get around this pm pretty painful

[visualnickmos]

Vile, vile afternoon - blowing a gale and driving, very cold rain travelling diagonally if not horizontally. Made two (mercifully short) cycle rides to get around this pm pretty painful

I hope it's going be better from next Saturday when I arrive for 10 days!

[Nick Armstrong]

I hope it's going be better from next Saturday when I arrive for 10 days!

I hope so too... for equally selfish reasons!

One assumes it's pleasant shirt-sleeve weather in Languedoc?

[BBMmk2]

Lovely sunny, crisp winter's morning, but then, how weather changes. As Cali said, afternoon, vile, vile, vile!!

[DracoM]

Driving squalls of near horizontal sleet and nastiness oop 'ere. Coming your way, I'd say, chaps et al.

[visualnickmos]

I hope so too... for equally selfish reasons!

One assumes it's pleasant shirt-sleeve weather in Languedoc?

Not quite, although afternoons can be that for a few hours; early mornings are very chilly, and to have some sun at 6.30pm is rather nice

[BBMmk2]

Looks like it will be a good day to0day! Long one at work though, as school comes back. :)