Weather Report..................

[HurricaneSmith]

After overnight rain, it continued on throughout much of the day, and on again into the evening.

Nothing like a mild maritime climate in the autumn, and the clocks go back in 14 days.

 

[2cv]

Heavy rain overnight again but mainly bright with some showers today. 🌦

 

[trevskoda]

Same here with heavy rain, now we have a wind blowing the place dry again, must hunt out the thermals soon.

 

[The laird]

8 degs here sun out but cool after heavy rain during the night

 

[Pauljenny]

Nothing much overnight. Just 5 minutes of light drizzle at 01.30.
Forecast for unbroken sunshine & Southerly breezes
Cloudy, misty start, blowing in from the east.
Sun burning through now.
Much rain forecast for Thursday...
Allegedly.
Bum !
The Weather Wizards have decided to change Thursday's forecast downpour.
It's now due Sunday..
' Appn.

 

[HurricaneSmith]

After overnight rain the weather has changed into a beautiful day with an 18 degree high.

 

[tonybvi]

Had to stay home today waiting for the Openreach engineer to fix our phone line. Took the opportunity to get the chainsaw out and take down a big old diseased cherry tree. Raining when I started but the sun came out shortly after and I passed a very enjoyable and satisfying afternoon tree felling!

 

[2cv]

Should be a sunny day today so we plan a short trip out in the van for lunch. First time we’ve been able since August.

 

[Pauljenny]

Autumn here . Breakfast indoors. Rain expected and plenty of it, they confidently forecast..

 

[HurricaneSmith]

Not a cloud in the sky, a gentle breeze, and 18 degrees. Throughout my life, October has commonly been a great month for travel.

 

[Pauljenny]

Hey, don't be sad, chaps.
We really need a lot of rain, for agriculture and to replenish the aquifer under the valley.
The water in there has been in for over 6months and is very high in mineral content.
Our lane is in poor condition.
Baked dry and crumbling.
It's too hard to sort out with the council's JCB. and the Mayor has spent the road repair budget until January.
But if the lane washes away, he has access to emergency funds.
They're talking about 72 hours of heavy rainfall
Bring it on!

 

[Carrerasax]

Beautiful here in the dordogne valley not far from Bergerac. 28C still at 5pm.

 

[2cv]

Turned out a perfect sunny day down by the Clyde, and thankfully everything seems to work fine after being left standing.

 

[Pauljenny]

Should we get our raincoats ready.?

They seem confident..

 

[HurricaneSmith]

It's forecast to be a dry bright sunny day, with a 17 degree high.

Later this afternoon I'll get the mower out before it turns pear shape tomorrow.

 

[Pauljenny]

Raining..At last !
The downpour was due to start at 2am.
Set it all up outside and slept with 1ear open.
27 raindrops on the velux at 3am, woke us up.
Ditto at 4.30.
As we got up at 7.45..
Light drizzle arrived.
After 15 minutes, the roof was cleaned .

Stripped off and went outside to connect the cisterns.
It's glugging away now.
Forecast for 12 hours of gentle rain.
We're happy.

 

[The laird]

Raining with thunder and lightening

 

[2cv]

Rain sometimes very heavy this morning here. 🌧🌧

 

[HurricaneSmith]

We've had some heavy showers that will continue throughout the day, exactly as forecast.

The good news is that the dry spells have allowed me to get and and continue our pruning, ready for winter.

 

[Pauljenny]

Now the good news.. It's officially Winter.
30 plus mm over 20 hours.
All cisterns 3/4 full of lovely sweet water.
More to come