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Weather Report..................
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Rained all the way back.
Exactly 5 months since the last rain.
Enough to clean the roof off.
Went out to connect the cisterns up, in light drizzle.
It poured again,
Back indoors, as I was changing into dry clothes....
The sun came out.
Drizzle now.
The Olive farmers will be happy.
Our pomegranate tree has suffered, lots of unripe, small fruit have fallen off.
You win some..... ....... ......
Exactly 5 months since the last rain.
Enough to clean the roof off.
Went out to connect the cisterns up, in light drizzle.
It poured again,
Back indoors, as I was changing into dry clothes....
The sun came out.
Drizzle now.
The Olive farmers will be happy.
Our pomegranate tree has suffered, lots of unripe, small fruit have fallen off.
You win some..... ....... ......
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Surely you've missed an important 's' there, Annie?
Still, three out of four isn't a bad score.
Colin
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Campervanannie
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Yes but it’s too warm for cream cakes so we had to make do with 2 ice creams eachSurely you've missed an important 's' there, Annie?
Still, three out of four isn't a bad score.
Colin
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So ...
We are supposed to be still having light drizzle.. unbroken, since mid morning.
We have just finished dining on the terrace, following a village tour and coffee, cakes and about 90 minutes chatting outside the village bakery..
Great to hear proper English spoken by our Yorkshire visiting members.
Poor old Steve was in shock .. Having received a phone call from the big town Post Office, telling him he'd left his wallet on the counter..
A Yorkshire man's worst nightmare.
We have gained just 250 litres
Of dirty roof water, so far.
Enough to flush the toilet for 8 days
It's still supposed to be raining through the night.
We are supposed to be still having light drizzle.. unbroken, since mid morning.
We have just finished dining on the terrace, following a village tour and coffee, cakes and about 90 minutes chatting outside the village bakery..
Great to hear proper English spoken by our Yorkshire visiting members.
Poor old Steve was in shock .. Having received a phone call from the big town Post Office, telling him he'd left his wallet on the counter..
A Yorkshire man's worst nightmare.
We have gained just 250 litres
Of dirty roof water, so far.
Enough to flush the toilet for 8 days
It's still supposed to be raining through the night.
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The weather has stayed literally brilliant all day, so this morning it was a walk on the 'Skyway' trail above Cheddar Gorge:
Then this afternoon it was down and across Somerset to the sands at Burnham-on-Sea:
........ and the amazing Leaning Tower of Burnham:
(The door and the flagpole are vertical!).
There are no parking restrictions on the esplanade from the end of September to the beginning of April.
I'll be returning!
Colin
Then this afternoon it was down and across Somerset to the sands at Burnham-on-Sea:
........ and the amazing Leaning Tower of Burnham:
(The door and the flagpole are vertical!).
There are no parking restrictions on the esplanade from the end of September to the beginning of April.
I'll be returning!
Colin
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Nippy breeze on the W Sussex coast, but the sun is on the way.
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Very quiet night, too quiet. We both were sleeping with one ear awake.
The first rain after 5 hot and dry months can expose cracks in the roof, so we have to be conscious in case there's a leak.
The first pitter patter , came at 6.30, and stayed for 15 minutes..
Then we heard distant thunder, rolling nearer.
We had a dramatic thunderstorm overhead for 30 minutes, a burst of hailstones and one final fizzing bolt of lightning, which blew our main fuses while our ears were ringing, from the thunderclap.
Calmer now, 22 degrees, more drizzle forecast .
There's 2000 litres of sweet, soft, rainwater in the cisterns.. Enough for 2 months, so far.
No signs of leaks and garden waking up demanding to be tended..
Where's my spade.., ?
The first rain after 5 hot and dry months can expose cracks in the roof, so we have to be conscious in case there's a leak.
The first pitter patter , came at 6.30, and stayed for 15 minutes..
Then we heard distant thunder, rolling nearer.
We had a dramatic thunderstorm overhead for 30 minutes, a burst of hailstones and one final fizzing bolt of lightning, which blew our main fuses while our ears were ringing, from the thunderclap.
Calmer now, 22 degrees, more drizzle forecast .
There's 2000 litres of sweet, soft, rainwater in the cisterns.. Enough for 2 months, so far.
No signs of leaks and garden waking up demanding to be tended..
Where's my spade.., ?
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A bonny start in W Sussex
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All change...
So much for the planned wet weekend and official weather warning.
It's a calm 20 degrees, light SW breezes and forecast to be that way until Wednesday.. When they promise us 3mm of gentle rain.
Max temps.. Mid 20s.
So that's official then.
We'll just have to put up with that.
So much for the planned wet weekend and official weather warning.
It's a calm 20 degrees, light SW breezes and forecast to be that way until Wednesday.. When they promise us 3mm of gentle rain.
Max temps.. Mid 20s.
So that's official then.
We'll just have to put up with that.
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A bonus point for you Paul, it is indeed Blackburn Farm. I’ve already encountered language problems as one of the elderly farm family thought I wanted to know if they had a cash machine when I asked where the Elsan point was
