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General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: daveyp1970 on July 03, 2010, 03:09:00 PM
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the sky was stunning last night
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Davey, are you sure you live in Nottinghamshire..... not close to Windscale??! ;) ;D
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Davey, are you sure you live in Nottinghamshire..... not close to Windscale??! ;) ;D
;D ;D that fair made me chuckle
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Davey, are you sure you live in Nottinghamshire..... not close to Windscale??! ;) ;D
;D ;D that fair made me chuckle
Yes, well, it's not you chuckling that worries me... it;s that with all those colourful skies night and morning YOU start glowing in the dark!! ::) :-X
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Is it going to rain? Thursday night they forecast a lot of rain but it ended up only a couple of mm here. Now they're wriggling out of the forecast for tomorrow and it looks like another spit in the wind. I hear Cumbria got a good amount and should get more, so there'll be something to drink for a few more weeks.
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reminds me of a rave chant - the grammar is wrong
the roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
we dont need no water ..........
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Wasn't there a fire in a nuclear plant last night in the UK? The Suffolk coast or somewhere over that way? It was said there was no danger and all staff were evacuated safely - But they would say that, wouldn't they. ???
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Here http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/07/04/12480f5378c1 (http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/07/04/12480f5378c1)
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Is it going to rain? Thursday night they forecast a lot of rain but it ended up only a couple of mm here. Now they're wriggling out of the forecast for tomorrow and it looks like another spit in the wind. I hear Cumbria got a good amount and should get more, so there'll be something to drink for a few more weeks.
Surely you can find something more interesting than water to drink Ian? :D
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Here http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/07/04/12480f5378c1 (http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/07/04/12480f5378c1)
Good Lord Mark. That was quick!
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just happened to look at unread posts
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Surely you can find something more interesting than water to drink Ian?
I can, but the Vodka was killing my plants :'(
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Gardens open in Dunblane today. What's the Weather today? Storm-force winds; thunder and lightening and torrential rain. My bed-time reading is "The Worst Journey in the World" by Apsley Cherry-Garrard just to prove the weather could be worse!
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My two birches looked like they would break in two. A Goldfinch nest in one has been trashed, no flowers left on roses and and and
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We had a segment from Dunblane about the open gardens on the Beechgrove Potting Shed today.... Denise Glass had been down to interview some of the women involved earlier in the week. We were thinking it might be a bit stormy but here in Aberdeen so far we've just had some squally showers with gusty winds..... trees in some danger, no doubt- but only little pieces and leaves torn off around here.
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Well into the 30s here. Forecast for the next few days are highs of 38º C with overnight minimums of 20/21º C. Shutters closed all day and opened again in the evening :(
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I have just reading that we have here in Germany the hottest July since 110 years :o :o :o
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At this very moment:- Howling gale; heavy rain and 12C outside. just got back home from a couple of days of mum-in-law sitting and the journey down the M5, when we got just south of Bristol all the way home, was horrendous. A boat would have been a better option!
This is July, isn't it? ::)
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David we had all that weather last night :o my path was like a river but this morning there wasn't a breath of air, it was so calm...I suppose the calm before the next storm. I thought July was going to be a great month as we have had some nice weather.
Hans...Hope you and your plants aren't suffering to much with all that heat that you are having.
Angie :)
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I have just reading that we have here in Germany the hottest July since 110 years :o :o :o
How hot Hans? I believe Germany's climate is not too different than where I am.
We too in Northeastern USA (and much of the USA) are having VERY HOT weather, and so dry that no amount of watering can salvage the lawns, they are crunchy-crispy under foot. Had two days reprieve, some welcome rain one of those two days ago at long last, today sunny, moderate, but starting to get hot, and tomorrow and the rest of the week are looking HOT HOT HOT again, in the low to mid 90s F (32-35 C).
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Mark ,
I'm here in the warmest area of germany - we have in this time mostly 32 -35 ° ....some days until near 40°
Yesterday it was bit cooler :D !
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Hans,
You're starting to sound more like my climate in summer, although we get those sorts of temperatures for a couple of months in the middle of summer. ;D
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The recent rain in parts of the UK and Ireland is making up for the lovely sunny weather we had from late May until two weeks ago
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Mark ,
I'm here in the warmest area of germany - we have in this time mostly 32 -35 ° ....some days until near 40°
Yesterday it was bit cooler :D !
Wow, 40 C (104 F). Many parts of mid-Atlantic US States, just a few hundreds miles to the south, have had a number of days above 100 F this year, and certainly down in Southeastern USA, such temps are frequent. I melt in this weather... I'm a cool-weather person. Is it humid heat you have?
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Hans,
You're starting to sound more like my climate in summer, although we get those sorts of temperatures for a couple of months in the middle of summer. ;D
Paul, two months of such heat... oh my! Is it dry heat or humid. We've been in what I call "pea soup" weather, the air so thick, humid and soupy that it takes an hour or two in the morning for the sun to "burn through" the haziness. Can't wait for fall to arrive :o
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The recent rain in parts of the UK and Ireland is making up for the lovely sunny weather we had from late May until two weeks ago
Mark, count your blessings with the rain. If only you could share some with us. I was thinking about making a "sound recording" of me walking on my lawn... crunch, crunch, crunch.
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Mark
to your question
yes it is humid here ( around 70% ) - because we are in the river Rhein valley
The Mais grows in this time like crazy -we have here also Tobacco + Vine + Asperges +Nuits .... :-[
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Mark
to your question
yes it is humid here ( around 70% ) - because we are in the river Rhein valley
The Mais grows in this time like crazy -we have here also Tobacco + Vine + Asperges +Nuits .... :-[
Thanks Hans. I was just going to ask whether you're in a wine producing region. Can you explain "Nuits" to me, googling it I get several differing results.
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Nuts: is what Hans probably means?
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Nuts: is what Hans probably means?
I thought it might be "nuts", but when "nuits" came up with wine references (mostly French), among other definitions, then I had my doubts. Well, I'm nuts about nuts too, or maybe I'm nuts ;D
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Sorry Mark - I mean 'nuts' ..exactly : walnuts
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Hot weather to the west, south, and east, but the drought is over here. The hosepipe ban is still in place though ::)
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Hi,
Heatwave here in France; We've got between 30°C and 37°C for 3 weeks now. Not drought fortunately: it rained twice. Watering the plants quite everyday but some didn't like those heavy temperatures...By the time I'm writing still 26°C on my balconies ( midnight )
The hottest July for many years I think...What about forthcoming August?
Jean-Patrick
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Hi,
Heatwave here in France; We've got between 30°C and 37°C for 3 weeks now. Not drought fortunately: it rained twice. Watering the plants quite everyday but some didn't like those heavy temperatures...By the time I'm writing still 26°C on my balconies ( midnight )
The hottest July for many years I think...What about forthcoming August?
Jean-Patrick
Hi Jean-Patrick, I am already dreaming about sitting in my garden at midnight with the warm air and perfume of all my plants drifting past. ::) ::)
Wish my dream would come true.
Angie :)
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Angela, I can lend you an electric fan heater and an extension cable.........
oh, and a waterproof canopy!
;D
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Hans,
You're starting to sound more like my climate in summer, although we get those sorts of temperatures for a couple of months in the middle of summer. ;D
Paul, two months of such heat... oh my! Is it dry heat or humid. We've been in what I call "pea soup" weather, the air so thick, humid and soupy that it takes an hour or two in the morning for the sun to "burn through" the haziness. Can't wait for fall to arrive :o
McMark,
Usually very dry in summer (doesn't rain for weeks, and very low humidity). We had humidity levels in single digits during this last summer at a couple of points, which is almost scarily low. Usually that sort of extremely low humidity is when we get the massive bushfires in the Eastern states of Australia. It sucks the moisture out of everything, be it plants, animals, or people. ::)
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Angela, I can lend you an electric fan heater and an extension cable.........
oh, and a waterproof canopy!
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Thanks Maggi...that's nice of you :-*, its nice to dream. Its not too bad today, no wind so I am happy.
Angie :)
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Some real pea soupers here lately. When I went to work yesterday morning I could only see one dot at a time on the road's central line. I think they're about 10 metres apart and at one stage I nearly left the road altogether even though I know it as well as I know my own hands. It was pitch dark of course and the car lights almost totally useless, as if shining through thick dust. This morning I couldn't see the gum trees which are only 50 metres from the house, even though they're 20 metres in height.
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Hi Lesley, I get a lot of pea soup days here as I stay close to the sea, sometimes only a few miles away it could be sunny and we are in thick mist. Maggi could be sitting in her garden with a cool drink and I could be freezing here :'(
I also hate driving in those conditions, you seem to stare at the fog, I never know if I am better driving with full beams or dipping my lights, so usually when its bad I don't go out.
Its windy here today but sunny.
Angie :)
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We're near the sea too Angie, though we can't see it from the house. We live on the brow of the dip between two high hills which run out to the sea and the fog comes rolling over the dip in great cotton wool clouds. I see St Andrews lived up to its windy reputation for the golfers.
I don't like the thought of you freezing while Maggi is enjoying a cool, relaxing drink in her sunny garden. That's most unfair. Mind you, she probably doesn't have much time for such non-activities, with all the problems and trouble we give her. ;D
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We're near the sea too Angie, though we can't see it from the house. We live on the brow of the dip between two high hills which run out to the sea and the fog comes rolling over the dip in great cotton wool clouds. I see St Andrews lived up to its windy reputation for the golfers.
I don't like the thought of you freezing while Maggi is enjoying a cool, relaxing drink in her sunny garden. That's most unfair. Mind you, she probably doesn't have much time for such non-activities, with all the problems and trouble we give her. ;D
Lesley thats true but Maggi loves us all ;D ;D ;D
Angie :)
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We're finally having a "normal" winter - rain!!! and frosts alternating it seems!
We've been as low as -4oC and have had 123mm of rain in the last two months!
With full rain tanks we're more likely to survive a hot summer! (we're not on "town" water out here!)
cheers
fermi
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Congrats, Fermi. That must be a relief. 8)
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No rain for 2 months....
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Giles, incredible, how come you missed all the rain last week?
Hope your Magnolia are OK
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Giles, I'll send you some. It's hardly stopped here all this month. Ah! the joys of living in South West England ::)
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No rain for 2 months....
Looks like one of the moister spots in Death Valley Giles... ::)
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Woke up this morning to a heavy mist and light drizzle. By 1100 torrential rain and this continued until around 1800 to be replaced by, yes you've guessed it, a heavy mist and a light drizzle.
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Rain due in Wiltshire tonight, i hope so anyway it's very close. 8)
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Woke up this morning to a heavy mist and light drizzle. By 1100 torrential rain and this continued until around 1800 to be replaced by, yes you've guessed it, a heavy mist and a light drizzle.
Oh David, I do feel for you, but this does sound so funny. ;D
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I was right! The rain followed us to Harrogate and now that we are back in Dunblane it's here too! I hate this climate!
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I was right! The rain followed us to Harrogate and now that we are back in Dunblane it's here too! I hate this climate!
SO DO I ;D ;D ;D
Angie :)
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Yesterday Lucy was at a barbecue birthday party. The rain was torrential. Last week (also Wednesday) we were supposed to go boating on the river at Knaresborough, next to the "Worlds" End pub (there must, surely, be a reason that their very expensive signs have no apostrophe ::). No one could be that stupid?!!! ???), but it was raining so we ate our picnics in the common room of Lincoln House, Harrogate Ladies' College where we were staying.
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I was right! The rain followed us to Harrogate and now that we are back in Dunblane it's here too! I hate this climate!
SO DO I ;D ;D ;D
Angie :)
I'm not greatly enamoured either ::) Very heavy, and frequent showers, here.
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Sunny intervals here today, but there's a cold north wind that makes sitting outside rather less than comfortable! :(
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Sunny intervals here today, but there's a cold north wind that makes sitting outside rather less than comfortable! :(
Sitting!! Hoiw do you find time to do that? ;D
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TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS NOW :o
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NOW THUNDER RUMBLING :o
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OMG.....thank goodness I'm not on a walk :o
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OMG.....thank goodness I'm not on a walk :o
Well, even the idea has me under the table... I'm a real coward when it comes to thunder and lightning. ::)
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Rumbles in the distance here now. Maureen rushing around trying to un-plug every appliance in sight ::)
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Maggi I know I was wishing for some rain but this is rather more than I had wished for :o :o :P
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Well, even the idea has me under the table... I'm a real coward when it comes to thunder and lightning. ::)
Don't visit us in summer then Maggi !!! Storms are the highlight of our summer evenings on the porch. Magical !!
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I love 'em! Vivienne and I were in a two-man tent in the shadow of the Watzman near Berchtesgaden in 1988. One evening these was a fantastic thunderstorm which rattled round the mountain tops all night. Brilliant!
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Glorious days in the Dolomites at the moment followed by the most tremendous lightning storms in the early evening - the flowers are breathtaking and the wine is just as good as usual. Three hundred images in the last two days at Cinque Torre and on the Della Creste - orchids by the thousand and alpine gems of such immaculate beauty! It's a hard life! :D
Greetings and salutations to all.
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Cliff, have you visited the bottom entrance to the Laguzoi tunnels yet to see shhh!, you know what. Mind you I don't think I'd fancy hanging about there during a storm :o
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Cliff, have you visited the bottom entrance to the Laguzoi tunnels yet to see shhh!, you know what. Mind you I don't think I'd fancy hanging about there during a storm :o
Good grief, Cliff doesn't take the holidaymakers on a via ferrata, does he? !!!! :o
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The quest for plants knows no bounds ;)
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Cliff, have you visited the bottom entrance to the Laguzoi tunnels yet to see shhh!, you know what. Mind you I don't think I'd fancy hanging about there during a storm :o
Good grief, Cliff doesn't take the holidaymakers on a via ferrata, does he? !!!! :o
The only thing I'm wired for Maggi ... is pacemaker support! ;D
I've only been on one Via Ferrata, but got fed up of hanging about ... it was my own fault, I slipped whilst attaching Sue to the gondola. :D
Martin, in response to your question ... no, not yet!
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I love a good thunder and lightning storm. We don't get very many unfortunately. I love the crashing and banging though they leave me a bit headachy.
Anthony, why do you think no-one could be THAT stupid as to leave the apostrophe out of World's End? Of course they could. No doubt they would say their pub is "world's away" from the stress zone or something equally inane. ??? You yourself have noted - correctly - that the world's going to hell in a hand basket. Or should I say the worlds going.....? ::)
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You yourself have noted - correctly - that the world's going to hell in a hand basket. Or should I say the worlds going.....? ::)
That's why we want out of this rat race!
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Yes, but how? Stop the world, I want to get off? ???
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Our winter weather can only be described as benign - bright sunny days, cool nights with a touch of frost. Even though we don't expect much winter rain, it is quite dry here at the moment and things have to be watered a little to survive until spring. Favored spots in the countryside are 'alive' with thousands of aloes in glorious bloom - mainly A. ferox, A. arborescens and A. maculata. 8)
One thing which is not so pleasant is that our local population have the daft idea that every bit of dry grass has to be burnt to a frazzle at this time of the year! This leads to choking clouds of smoke settling over the valley in which Pietermaritzburg is situated and high levels of upper-respiratory inflammation especially in the evenings and early mornings. The first showers of spring usually remedy the situation. ::)
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You yourself have noted - correctly - that the world's going to hell in a hand basket. Or should I say the worlds going.....? ::)
That's why we want out of this rat race!
You old Hippie you ;D
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I love a good thunder and lightning storm. We don't get very many unfortunately. I love the crashing and banging though they leave me a bit headachy.
I am terrified of thunder storms, we do have them...not very often which I am happy about. Our first cottage took a direct hit and I still see the damage it caused, Lighting strike came down the chimney dislodged the Aga, pitch pine door to electric cupboard was no longer and so so much damage. all electric appliances had to be replaced. My biggest headache was the insurance company, never missed the Aga ( hate cooking so never used it ) ::)
So now if we have a thunder storm I wont go to sleep...silly really what difference would it be if i was awake or sleeping.
Rogan... your winter description is what some of us are having now in the glens of Scotland.
Angie :)
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You yourself have noted - correctly - that the world's going to hell in a hand basket. Or should I say the worlds going.....? ::)
That's why we want out of this rat race!
You old Hippie you ;D
We'll just join another somewhere else! ;D
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Oh Angie, you poor thing. I can see why thunder and lightning would be a real fear for you. What a terrible thing to have happen.
If you're not using your Aga, can I have it? ;D
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If you're not using your Aga, can I have it? ;D
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Sorry Lesley still in my old house, this house has the smallest oven I could find ;D ;D ;D
Angie :)
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Officially 38.4 ºC here - which means it feels a lot hotter. At least there is a very faint breeze, but it's not very good for plants in pots!!
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25C and muggy mid-afternoon here. It's been grey all day with thin drizzle off and on.
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18oC here. After gardening my weeds after lunch I tried to sit outside and read. Too cold, even though there was intermittent sunshine!
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Remember Anthony: "What we don't fill with flowers, nature fills with weeds" ! 8)
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Well Rogan, didn't get the chance yesterday as by lunch time it was drizzling. That type of Scotch mist that soaks you to the skin and chills you to the bone, but is totally useless for watering the garden. I decided if I was going to chill I might as well do it in front of the TV watching the cricket! 8) It was then I noticed the radiator in the sitting room was warm. What is it coming to when the temperature inside is so cold it clicks the heating on?!! ::)