Stormy Weather II

[cloughie]

Damp in the Duchy!

[oddoneout]

Damp in the Duchy!

The weather map suggests you are happy to share it with the rest of us! The forecast is changing so quickly I have no idea how much, if any, volunteer gardening will be possible this morning. The only certainty is that if I don't go it will stay dry, and since it's only a few minutes drive away and I also give a lift to another volunteer I err on the side of giving it a go.

[DracoM]

Well. it's mid-late October up here: cloud deep, temp cold eg 8C right now, and raining.

[LezLee]

Cloudy, dull and bloody freezing! Down to 14° and I've succumbed and put the heating on for a while.

[Serial_Apologist]

Cloudy, dull and bloody freezing! Down to 14° and I've succumbed and put the heating on for a while.

Blimey! Of course, you are nearer to the Arctic Circle than we are down here in the subtropical Home Counties.

That said, it all looks pretty grim for all of us, with one doubled back frontal system crossing us today and keeping the wet weather going, and another expected on Friday and Saturday, to be followed with more strong winds, with a deep primary low slowly crossing Scotland, lasting over the whole weekend right across the country. We have to wait until at least Tuesday of next week before it settles down with the jet stream moving back north to where it should be located in August.

[Serial_Apologist]

Very odd.

The BBC weather page has six photographs of local weather scenes sent in by viewers. Click on any one and it comes on screen on its own. Then, a couple of weeks ago, a large pop-up informed me that in order to access any of the pictures I had to click in my BBC identity: this despite being able to access all the other weather pages without need to. So today I attempted to click Enter beneath the row of asterisks presumably marking my BBC ID, since the above space correctly shows my email address, and a red worded notice immediately popped up to say that my details were incorrect, and that in order to log into that part of the site, I would need to re-submit the original email that registered my into the BBC. I don't ever remember registering any such thing, but, assuming I must at some stage have done - how otherwise would they have the abovementioned details? - it would have gone the way of the majority of my old emails, ie been deleted.

This is all apiece with demands that nowadays come from all manner of organisations that expect one to somehow automatically know which information one has to hang onto forever like gold dust - lost/forgotten passwords, etc etc.

[vinteuil]

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... our weekend trip to Derbyshire was, as predicted, pretty rainy and windy. We had a good log fire in the converted barn where we were staying.

It was good to walk about in the park underneath the dam at Whaley Bridge - seeing the kiddywinkies innocently enjoying themselves in the playground immediately underneath the dam, an ideal opening scene from a disaster movie - one could almost hear the theme tune alla 'Jaws' ...

Back in London - and it's cold and pouring. The central heating has kicked in.

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[oddoneout]

The rain arrived at lunchtime as forecast and has been of the useful kind. What isn't so useful is the significant drop in temperature - I am concerned about the possibility of blight on the tomatoes. It would be typical as they are now beginning to ripen a decent crop, but that's always the chance one takes with outdoor growing, and I have had quite few to eat already.
Thursday should be dry and warmer so perhaps I should seize the chance for a long overdue visit to the city to stock up on coffee, catch a couple of exhibitions and enjoy a wander.

[DracoM]

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... our weekend trip to Derbyshire was, as predicted, pretty rainy and windy. We had a good log fire in the converted barn where we were staying.

It was good to walk about in the park underneath the dam at Whaley Bridge - seeing the kiddywinkies innocently enjoying themselves in the playground immediately underneath the dam, an ideal opening scene from a disaster movie - one could almost hear the theme tune alla 'Jaws' ...

Back in London - and it's cold and pouring. The central heating has kicked in.

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Pretty much ditto up here.

[BBMmk2]

Oh what a day yesterday! Hope it will be better day today.

[Serial_Apologist]

Beautiful for a morning ride today - managed to get home without even breaking a sweat! Need to catch up on the rose dead-heading, with 2 days catching up to do: it's back to square 1 again tomorrow: wind and rain, and more windy conditons for the weekend - a repeat of last weekend. Never mind: after Monday it should improve, with temperatures back to just above normal by the second half of the week down here, and around normal for the rest of the UK. The great news for me is that I've succeeded in losing half the weight I put on last winter, which means I'm on schedule for being back to where I feel I should be (11 and a half stone) by the end of September!

[vinteuil]

The great news for me is that I've succeeded in losing half the weight I put on last winter, which means I'm on schedule for being back to where I feel I should be (11 and a half stone) by the end of September!

... that sounds well impressive! I suppose it partly depends on height/size : I'm about 6 foot, and for me my current 12 and a half stone seems pretty good - I'm not planning on losing much more...

But congratulations on getting to the weight you want to be.




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[LezLee]

Well done on the weight loss. I too am 11 and a half stone but only 5'4". I was 5'7" when I was 10 and that's also what my passport says, so it was a terrible shock when I was measured in hospital 2 years ago. Do people often lose 3"?

[Serial_Apologist]

Well done on the weight loss. I too am 11 and a half stone but only 5'4". I was 5'7" when I was 10 and that's also what my passport says, so it was a terrible shock when I was measured in hospital 2 years ago. Do people often lose 3"?

I lost half an inch when a cyst was removed from the top of my head 4 years ago! Were you wearing your mum's high heels when that passport photo was taken??

[Serial_Apologist]

... that sounds well impressive! I suppose it partly depends on height/size : I'm about 6 foot, and for me my current 12 and a half stone seems pretty good - I'm not planning on losing much more...

But congratulations on getting to the weight you want to be.




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Thanks vints! It would of course be nice to get rid of the beer belly, which makes me resemble a pregnant woman at seven months! It wouldn't matter, were it not that the doctor says it contributes to my BMI being within the danger zone for Type 2.