Stormy Weather

[Serial_Apologist]

And more than justified from where I am.

Hang on in there as best you can, Draco - the worst of this should be through where you are soon after midnight, with winds gradually dying down through tomorrow.

[Serial_Apologist]

Has every one of our regulars been washed away?

[alycidon]

Has every one of our regulars been washed away?

Well, I haven't, SA. But I just haven't had anything to report. A soggy week, nonetheless, and several good soakings!

[Petrushka]

Has every one of our regulars been washed away?

Contrary to other parts of the country further north of here it's actually been a reasonable week for December. Relatively mild, not as windy as forecast (the opposite of last year) and nothing much in the rain department to cause comment. Cumbria might as well be on the far side of the moon as far as we are concerned which is an odd thing to say of somewhere less than three hours drive away.

[DracoM]

Was cold, sneaping rain and wind now firmly N/NE; is now snow on tops and descending through the levels, visibility deteriorating.

[BBMmk2]

Rather nippy, and dull! :(

[eighthobstruction]

Yes, the board went quiet for a week....meanwhile its been non stop dull, wet, miserable, often windy here....the worst weather usually noted in the evenings when the ITV transmitters seem to be on the blink, giving buffering, cracks and pops, slow motion linear anomalies, plus blank screen avec message....

[DracoM]

Now very cold oop 'ere, and shovelling down freezing rain in a NE wind that cuts to the bone.

[vinteuil]

Now very cold oop 'ere, and shovelling down freezing rain in a NE wind that cuts to the bone.

... now why is it that people choose to live in they northerly parts?

Actually I' ve never really understood why humans, having left Africa, trekking northward, ever bothered to get beyond the Dordogne. I mean, it wasn't as if there were a massive population pressure - caves, acorns, berries and wild fruit in abundance - why wd anyone want to press on further? I mean - on up to places like Yorkshire - Northumberland - Scotland - Scandinavia - Why????

[Serial_Apologist]

... now why is it that people choose to live in they northerly parts?

Actually I' ve never really understood why humans, having left Africa, trekking northward, ever bothered to get beyond the Dordogne. I mean, it wasn't as if there were a massive population pressure - caves, acorns, berries and wild fruit in abundance - why wd anyone want to press on further? I mean - on up to places like Yorkshire - Northumberland - Scotland - Scandinavia - Why????

Because they foresaw the friendly reception?

[vinteuil]

Because they foresaw the friendly reception?

... have you been to Aberdeen?

[Serial_Apologist]

... have you been to Aberdeen?

I wouldn't mind going to Dundee. For the cake.

[DracoM]

The weather is rarely dull, often dramatic, the landscape both exciting and forbidding, smaller communities friendly and energetic. And for the most part, refreshingly clean and pollution free.

What's not to like?

[vinteuil]

The weather is rarely dull, often dramatic, the landscape both exciting and forbidding, smaller communities friendly and energetic. And for the most part, refreshingly clean and pollution free.

What's not to like?

... well, apart from the weather, two things might put me off -

smaller communities

and

friendly [communities]

I thrive on the anonymity provided by places like London

[Nick Armstrong]

I thrive on the anonymity provided by places like London

'Tis the only way he can go for a walk unmolested, poor soul...