Stormy Weather II

[Lat-Literal]

My mother, who hailed from Middlesbrough, (Normaby, actually), would refer to "sea fret". I'm told the term "sea roke" is common further south, around Humberside.

And to the north, would that have explained the name of Sunderland FC's old ground - Roker Park?

[BBMmk2]

Up in the Artic, they’re having a heatwave I see!

Quite overcast today. We may get a thunderstorm!

[Serial_Apologist]

Up in the Artic, they’re having a heatwave I see!

Quite overcast today. We may get a thunderstorm!

If so. I hope it takes place before I depart for Sutton by bike tomorrow morning - having discovered there are no longer any through trains from Gipsy Hill (yes, correct spelling, in case anyone was wondering) and Sutton, but that one is now required to change at West Croydon - at any time or day. I feel so sorry for commuters. So long as it's dry, I will probably be quicker cycling the distance - not much more than an hour - than all the hanging about, or platform switching involving having to haul said bike up and down long flights of crowded steps.

I see there's been some rain down your way, by the way, Bbm? Hasn't reached this far NW - just cloudy and muggy.

[doversoul1]

It rained in this corner of Kent. It was enough t stop me watering but nowhere near enough to be any good for the garden.

[cloughie]

My mother, who hailed from Middlesbrough, (Normaby, actually), would refer to "sea fret". I'm told the term "sea roke" is common further south, around Humberside.

So people from further south would have the foggiest idea about them.

[Serial_Apologist]

So people from further south would have the foggiest idea about them.

Could be a mist opportunity!

[LMcD]

And to the north, would that have explained the name of Sunderland FC's old ground - Roker Park?

Apparently Roker is a tourist resort and affluent area of Sunderland.

[BBMmk2]

If so. I hope it takes place before I depart for Sutton by bike tomorrow morning - having discovered there are no longer any through trains from Gipsy Hill (yes, correct spelling, in case anyone was wondering) and Sutton, but that one is now required to change at West Croydon - at any time or day. I feel so sorry for commuters. So long as it's dry, I will probably be quicker cycling the distance - not much more than an hour - than all the hanging about, or platform switching involving having to haul said bike up and down long flights of crowded steps.

I see there's been some rain down your way, by the way, Bbm? Hasn't reached this far NW - just cloudy and muggy.

We had no rain at all. Didn’t happen in my town area, at least! It’s going to be around 30C!

Going to a local gig this evening. A friend is involved with this new band.

[Serial_Apologist]

We had no rain at all. Didn’t happen in my town area, at least! It’s going to be around 30C!

Going to a local gig this evening. A friend is involved with this new band.

You might have had a couple of unmeasureable spots, Bbm - as, I suspect, might we, judging by that post-rain-in-a-hot-spell scent in the air first thing this morning here.

This weather seems set to last at least another week, with signs of thunderstorms over next weekend. Amazngly, there are stil a few patches of green on our lawn.

Try to stay cool - as shall I!

[BBMmk2]

We watch Meridian Tonight on ITV(MrsBBM likes it!), and they showed a picture of a satellite map of the UK (a kind of before and after), lush green and looking UK, now very a very brown colour indeed!

[Lat-Literal]

Apparently Roker is a tourist resort and affluent area of Sunderland.

What an interesting concept.

Next you will be telling me that Will the Self is not a member of this forum but I think he probably is, not that I wish to have it proven for the sake of his privacy.

Certainly I am not going to name that name.

[teamsaint]

What an interesting concept.

Next you will be telling me that Will the Self is not a member of this forum but I think he probably is, not that I wish to have it proven for the sake of his privacy.

Certainly I am not going to name that name.

We would know.
His avatar would be a Selfie.

[BBMmk2]

Another hot day today!

[Lat-Literal]

Another hot day today!

Too darn hot.

We would know.
His avatar would be a Selfie.

Is a selfie real?

I dunno.

But verisimilitude is probably best left to the biovators.

[Serial_Apologist]

Too darn hot.


Is a selfie real?

It depends on what you mean by "real", as Professor Joad always would have said on a once-famous wireless programme popularly known as "The Train's Bust".

Temperatures are still just within my comfort zone, though climbing the hill from Norbury up to Crystal Palace yesterday near the end of a 9-mile cycle ride was pretty exhausting. One wonders how the Tour de France participants cope with the even greater heat they have to deal with cycling over the Pyrenees or Alps. If next week turns out as predicted, it would be nice were the pharmacologists to devise a summer equivalent of a winter hibernation pill to put me to sleep for the duration.