Currently having a thunderstorm with very heavy rain. Typical Bank Holiday weekend really.
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A seven-minute hail storm just after 19:05 with hail the size of frozen peas - quite a racket!Comment
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I was tucked up, having a snoozeOriginally posted by amateur51 View Post
It didn't wake me
Maybe it vented its fury on NW2 and gave W2 a miss....
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Missed SE19 too. Dry here since 3 pm, if a little windy and cold.Originally posted by Caliban View PostI was tucked up, having a snooze
It didn't wake me
Maybe it vented its fury on NW2 and gave W2 a miss....
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A mix of sun and cloud today but quite chilly. Anna, I hope your water logged garden dries out so that you can get those Peaches and Cream Heuchera planted.Comment
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You have a extended weekend too Marthe?Don’t cry for me
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A snooze? Was that in preparation for a heavy Saturday night or recuperation from a hard week Cali?Originally posted by Caliban View PostI was tucked up, having a snooze
Here, we also had the sudden plunge in temps and torrential rain for over two hours, in fact I confess I flipped the heating on. This morning I see the school's fields (adjoining the river, which is a raging torrent) are lake-like, the watertable is obviously still high from the constant rain/floods in the Spring. Any chance of planting has gone, it's all absolutely waterlogged and our projected sunny bank holiday weekend seems to have been reduced to a couple of hours this afternoon and the same tomorrow and then showers on and off for the next 10 days.
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Hammering down here in the SW. Perfect excuse not to mow the lawn, like yesterday
I keep hitting the Escape key, but I'm still here!Comment
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The heating has been turned on here, too. It's another cool, wet day though wind has dropped. Last week's little heatwave seems like an age away."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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Back home in Moonraker country now, after the hols.
Nice here today, warm, rather breezy, done a bit of gardening.
Here is the view from our holiday cottage window, last week. Looking out towards the mainland coast just north of Mallaig.
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Don't give up, Anna - evaporation rates are much quicker at this time of the year, and could see you putting your plants in at some point this week. The worst of the rain looks likely to be on this side, but even Brummie Simon's not sure what the weather details will be.Originally posted by Anna View PostA snooze? Was that in preparation for a heavy Saturday night or recuperation from a hard week Cali?
Here, we also had the sudden plunge in temps and torrential rain for over two hours, in fact I confess I flipped the heating on. This morning I see the school's fields (adjoining the river, which is a raging torrent) are lake-like, the watertable is obviously still high from the constant rain/floods in the Spring. Any chance of planting has gone, it's all absolutely waterlogged and our projected sunny bank holiday weekend seems to have been reduced to a couple of hours this afternoon and the same tomorrow and then showers on and off for the next 10 days.Comment
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Lovely picture, teamsaint; nice trees too! Thanks.
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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostLovely picture, teamsaint; nice trees too! Thanks.
- with views like that, who needs "hols"?!
The Central Heating (set to 16 degrees) came on of its own free will this morning - 'tho' then there was quite a bit of sun, and I managed to get a 20 minute walk around the "village" and an hour's gardening (I dug up a whole colony of what I hope are weeds). Then, at about eleven o'clock, the rain began and it's chucking itself at us! I hope there's at least one clear day next week - I'm hoping to walk up to the top of Pen-y-Ghent: something I've never done in the 17-and-a-half years I've lived here.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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Great picture, ts. I'm glad to see you got the good weather. The person who coined the saying, "There's no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothing." obviously wasn't a photographer.
Enjoy Pen-y-Ghent, ferney. It looks most picturesque from the train whenever I pass it on the scenic Settle to Carlisle line. 17.5 years is nothing. I've lived here 25 years, and there are still things I have to do.
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Well, if you're on Pen-y-Ghent right now, you'll be surfing. It is shoveling it down up here.Comment
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