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We've been reading of the pretty nasty temperatures in Scotland and I'm
wondering how gardeners there are coping? I'm sure Janet on her Isle of Arran will tell us that she's basking in the sunshine and went swimming this morning but hope others aren't too wrecked by the weather? ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon ) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message id... On 4/3/06 19:57, in article , "Janet Baraclough" wrote: The message from Sacha contains these words: We've been reading of the pretty nasty temperatures in Scotland and I'm wondering how gardeners there are coping? I'm sure Janet on her Isle of Arran will tell us that she's basking in the sunshine and went swimming this morning but hope others aren't too wrecked by the weather? ;-) Big Snip Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon ) It's been sunny most of the day in Aberdeen. This is the first day that melting has exceeded the overnight accumulation of snow. We still have 12" or so of the stuff, and more is falling now. Bird feeders and bird bath were in big demand today, and the squirrel finally found one of the feeders. I remember reading a hilarious article on one mans fight against the squirrel. He was an American journalist I think - bit hazy though - that might be nonsense. Anyone remember? Chris S |
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"Chris S" wrote in message ... "Sacha" wrote in message id... On 4/3/06 19:57, in article , "Janet Baraclough" wrote: The message from Sacha contains these words: We've been reading of the pretty nasty temperatures in Scotland and I'm wondering how gardeners there are coping? I'm sure Janet on her Isle of Arran will tell us that she's basking in the sunshine and went swimming this morning but hope others aren't too wrecked by the weather? ;-) Big Snip Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon ) It's been sunny most of the day in Aberdeen. This is the first day that melting has exceeded the overnight accumulation of snow. We still have 12" or so of the stuff, and more is falling now. Bird feeders and bird bath were in big demand today, and the squirrel finally found one of the feeders. I remember reading a hilarious article on one mans fight against the squirrel. He was an American journalist I think - bit hazy though - that might be nonsense. Anyone remember? Chris S found it - here is a link for those in conflict with squirrel kind :-) http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...=barone/050829 Chris S |
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On 4/3/06 23:32, in article , "Chris S"
wrote: snip found it - here is a link for those in conflict with squirrel kind :-) http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...=barone/050829 Thank you SO much - that had me absolutely weeping with laughter. I'm trying to imagine going into our local Tucker's Country Store in Ashburton and asking for coyote pee. It might be really worth it......... -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon ) |
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from Sacha contains these words: We've been reading of the pretty nasty temperatures in Scotland and I'm wondering how gardeners there are coping? I'm sure Janet on her Isle of Arran will tell us that she's basking in the sunshine and went swimming this morning but hope others aren't too wrecked by the weather? ;-) She might be needing her gamp before the morn's morn. -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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On 7/3/06 1:10, in article ,
"Rusty Hinge 2" wrote: The message from Sacha contains these words: We've been reading of the pretty nasty temperatures in Scotland and I'm wondering how gardeners there are coping? I'm sure Janet on her Isle of Arran will tell us that she's basking in the sunshine and went swimming this morning but hope others aren't too wrecked by the weather? ;-) She might be needing her gamp before the morn's morn. We certainly do here this morning! Yuk. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon ) |
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In message , Rusty Hinge
2 writes The message from Sacha contains these words: We've been reading of the pretty nasty temperatures in Scotland and I'm wondering how gardeners there are coping? I'm sure Janet on her Isle of Arran will tell us that she's basking in the sunshine and went swimming this morning but hope others aren't too wrecked by the weather? ;-) She might be needing her gamp before the morn's morn. It's manky here but no rain. Yesterday, I went on the dog-walk wearing trainers instead of my usual sturdy wellies. I didn't get muddy at all. Today will be a different story. We now have at least three woodpeckers hammering away but I have only been fortunate enough to see one of them and binoculars haven't helped. (Felt rather self-conscious with binoculars - a bit like a peeping Tom). PS How's the troll in the netty doing? Are you feeding it? -- June Hughes |
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David just took a proper measurement. We have 7.5 inches of snow Ophelia |
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On 12/3/06 14:37, in article
, "Ophelia" wrote: David just took a proper measurement. We have 7.5 inches of snow Other than in ski resorts and drifts in lanes, I don't think I've even *seen* 7.5 inches of snow! It's turned very much colder here, so I won't be surprised if we do have snow. What we have at present is a real "Dartmoor clag"! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon ) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message id... On 12/3/06 14:37, in article , "Ophelia" wrote: David just took a proper measurement. We have 7.5 inches of snow Other than in ski resorts and drifts in lanes, I don't think I've even *seen* 7.5 inches of snow! It's turned very much colder here, so I won't be surprised if we do have snow. What we have at present is a real "Dartmoor clag"! I can't ever remember seeing this kind of snow here either! We went to the resto we usually go for Sunday lunch and we had to be dug out. We have a 4x4 too!!! |
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On 12/3/06 15:18, in article
, "Ophelia" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message id... snip Other than in ski resorts and drifts in lanes, I don't think I've even *seen* 7.5 inches of snow! It's turned very much colder here, so I won't be surprised if we do have snow. What we have at present is a real "Dartmoor clag"! I can't ever remember seeing this kind of snow here either! We went to the resto we usually go for Sunday lunch and we had to be dug out. We have a 4x4 too!!! What a drama! That's the weather to light a big log fire, get out the books and put the feet up. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon ) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message id... On 12/3/06 15:18, in article , "Ophelia" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message id... snip Other than in ski resorts and drifts in lanes, I don't think I've even *seen* 7.5 inches of snow! It's turned very much colder here, so I won't be surprised if we do have snow. What we have at present is a real "Dartmoor clag"! I can't ever remember seeing this kind of snow here either! We went to the resto we usually go for Sunday lunch and we had to be dug out. We have a 4x4 too!!! What a drama! That's the weather to light a big log fire, get out the books and put the feet up. Well, if we had a fireplace I would love to do just that:)) I am in a Scottish New Town and we don't have that option:)) |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:20:57 GMT, "Ophelia" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message alid... On 12/3/06 15:18, in article , "Ophelia" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message id... snip Other than in ski resorts and drifts in lanes, I don't think I've even *seen* 7.5 inches of snow! It's turned very much colder here, so I won't be surprised if we do have snow. What we have at present is a real "Dartmoor clag"! I can't ever remember seeing this kind of snow here either! We went to the resto we usually go for Sunday lunch and we had to be dug out. We have a 4x4 too!!! What a drama! That's the weather to light a big log fire, get out the books and put the feet up. Well, if we had a fireplace I would love to do just that:)) I am in a Scottish New Town and we don't have that option:)) You could torch the house in the traditional new town manner. LOL maybe.. but we still need somewhere to sleep:)) |
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On 12/3/06 14:37, in article k, "Ophelia" wrote: David just took a proper measurement. We have 7.5 inches of snow Other than in ski resorts and drifts in lanes, I don't think I've even *seen* 7.5 inches of snow! Not even in your youth? I can remember walking up to the higher parts of town with the snow well above my knees, and that was when I was in my teens. -- Kay |
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Dave Poole writes
Winters nowadays? Pah! they're utterly girlie by comparison. Yeah. This winter in particular has been a big disappointment. Last Saturday we had about an inch, but old enough that I managed a morning sledging. Today we have about 3 inches, but quite wet (the ponds aren't even covered). We had a slight dusting earlier in the winter, and that's the lot. Pathetic! -- Kay |
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On 12/3/06 17:20, in article
, "Ophelia" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message id... snip What a drama! That's the weather to light a big log fire, get out the books and put the feet up. Well, if we had a fireplace I would love to do just that:)) I am in a Scottish New Town and we don't have that option:)) Sorry - tactless of me. I'm a real 'fireplace' person so my natural instinct is to think of log (or coal) fires on damp and cold days. Every house I've ever lived in, I light a fire in the grate as the first thing I do on moving in. There must be some pagan Celt in me somewhere! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon ) |
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On 12/3/06 17:46, in article ,
"Dave Poole" wrote: Sacha wrote: David just took a proper measurement. We have 7.5 inches of snow Other than in ski resorts and drifts in lanes, I don't think I've even *seen* 7.5 inches of snow! Oh I have !!! :-( snip It was the worst winter since 1963 when 4/5 days of near constant snowfall gave 3 foot in depth with drifts to 15 feet in places. We lived in Dudley on the side of a hill in a cul-de-sac and it took the residents several days to dig the road clear. Watching cars trying to climb up the hill was a wonderful pastime and school was cancelled for a couple of weeks. snip How could I forget that winter - my only excuse is that I must have blotted it from memory. I was at school in West Malvern and it was a bitterly cold and dreadful time. I remember now that there were fears that grocery etc. vans wouldn't get up the steep approaches to W. Malvern and that we hearty, hockey-playing, walk before breakfast girls wouldn't get fed! I recall taking my clothes for the next morning into bed with me so they, at least, would be warm when I got dressed. It may be the only time in my life that I was glad my mother insisted I had the full school uniform list - dreaded and awful vests and all. ;-) In fact, the before breakfast walk was abandoned that year and never again took place in the winter terms, thank heaven. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon ) |
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On 12/3/06 18:03, in article , "K"
wrote: Sacha writes On 12/3/06 14:37, in article , "Ophelia" wrote: David just took a proper measurement. We have 7.5 inches of snow Other than in ski resorts and drifts in lanes, I don't think I've even *seen* 7.5 inches of snow! Not even in your youth? I can remember walking up to the higher parts of town with the snow well above my knees, and that was when I was in my teens. Yes, David's reminded me of that, as you'll see in my reply. I really had wiped it from the memory banks! When we couldn't play games - which we did every single afternoon other than Saturdays (watching or playing in matches) and Sundays - the normal form of exercise was to make us take a walk up the hills to or towards, the Beacon. From what I recall of that winter, none of us went anywhere. We couldn't play hockey or lacrosse, we couldn't walk up the Malvern hills, we couldn't do *anything* and went nearly stir crazy. It does make me think that today's young (creak, groan of ancient granny speak) would find it a blissful excuse to sit in front of the telly or play some whizzy game. We didn't see tv at all during term unless it was something suitably educational and relevant to what we were studying in e.g. English or History. Being a voracious reader then and now, I found it a wonderful time to bury myself in a book and get as close to the faint heat the ancient radiators pumped out as I could. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon ) |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:53:21 GMT, "Ophelia" wrote: "Martin" wrote in message . .. On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:20:57 GMT, "Ophelia" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message nvalid... On 12/3/06 15:18, in article , "Ophelia" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message id... snip Other than in ski resorts and drifts in lanes, I don't think I've even *seen* 7.5 inches of snow! It's turned very much colder here, so I won't be surprised if we do have snow. What we have at present is a real "Dartmoor clag"! I can't ever remember seeing this kind of snow here either! We went to the resto we usually go for Sunday lunch and we had to be dug out. We have a 4x4 too!!! What a drama! That's the weather to light a big log fire, get out the books and put the feet up. Well, if we had a fireplace I would love to do just that:)) I am in a Scottish New Town and we don't have that option:)) You could torch the house in the traditional new town manner. LOL maybe.. but we still need somewhere to sleep:)) The local community centre is a popular choice, unless it's still full of the thousands the BBC reported couldn't get home after the discos closed :-) Pah.. I don't care about them, so long as I get my ain wee beddie:))) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message id... On 12/3/06 17:20, in article , "Ophelia" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message id... snip What a drama! That's the weather to light a big log fire, get out the books and put the feet up. Well, if we had a fireplace I would love to do just that:)) I am in a Scottish New Town and we don't have that option:)) Sorry - tactless of me. I'm a real 'fireplace' person so my natural instinct is to think of log (or coal) fires on damp and cold days. Every house I've ever lived in, I light a fire in the grate as the first thing I do on moving in. There must be some pagan Celt in me somewhere! Well I always did this until I moved he( |
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On 12/3/06 17:46, in article , "Dave Poole" wrote: Sacha wrote: David just took a proper measurement. We have 7.5 inches of snow It was the worst winter since 1963 when 4/5 days of near constant snowfall gave 3 foot in depth with drifts to 15 feet in places. We lived in Dudley on the side of a hill in a cul-de-sac and it took the residents several days to dig the road clear. Watching cars trying to climb up the hill was a wonderful pastime and school was cancelled for a couple of weeks. Of course, in 1963 schools weren't closed, even if not everyone could get there. Schools seem to close ever so easily nowadays. snip How could I forget that winter - my only excuse is that I must have blotted it from memory. I was at school in West Malvern and it was a bitterly cold and dreadful time. Whereas younger than you and not living at my school, I remember it as a wonderful time - every day my mother would pick me and my friend up from school bringing the sledges with her, and we'd have an hour or so sledging on the common, down all the bumps and over the frozen pond at the bottom. -- Kay |
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On 12/3/06 18:03, in article , "K" wrote: Sacha writes On 12/3/06 14:37, in article , "Ophelia" wrote: David just took a proper measurement. We have 7.5 inches of snow Other than in ski resorts and drifts in lanes, I don't think I've even *seen* 7.5 inches of snow! Not even in your youth? I can remember walking up to the higher parts of town with the snow well above my knees, and that was when I was in my teens. Yes, David's reminded me of that, as you'll see in my reply. I really had wiped it from the memory banks! Yes, but I wasn't thinking of 1963 - this one was a couple of years later. You must have done an awful lot of wiping from memory banks! ;-) -- Kay |
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In message , Ophelia
writes David just took a proper measurement. We have 7.5 inches of snow Blimey O, I have only just seen this. Have you got plenty of single malt ? -- June Hughes |
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"June Hughes" wrote in message ... In message , Ophelia writes David just took a proper measurement. We have 7.5 inches of snow Blimey O, I have only just seen this. Have you got plenty of single malt ? We do.. but more to the point we have lots of gin too:))) |
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On 12/3/06 20:15, in article , "K"
wrote: Sacha writes On 12/3/06 17:46, in article , "Dave Poole" wrote: Sacha wrote: David just took a proper measurement. We have 7.5 inches of snow It was the worst winter since 1963 when 4/5 days of near constant snowfall gave 3 foot in depth with drifts to 15 feet in places. We lived in Dudley on the side of a hill in a cul-de-sac and it took the residents several days to dig the road clear. Watching cars trying to climb up the hill was a wonderful pastime and school was cancelled for a couple of weeks. Of course, in 1963 schools weren't closed, even if not everyone could get there. Schools seem to close ever so easily nowadays. snip How could I forget that winter - my only excuse is that I must have blotted it from memory. I was at school in West Malvern and it was a bitterly cold and dreadful time. Whereas younger than you and not living at my school, I remember it as a wonderful time - every day my mother would pick me and my friend up from school bringing the sledges with her, and we'd have an hour or so sledging on the common, down all the bumps and over the frozen pond at the bottom. I just remember being so, so cold. Other memories of school days there were of misty morning when bits of the gardens and surrounding countryside rose like islands out of the fog. I felt then almost as if I were at home with the sea around me and the whole place was magical. Despite the cold I was very happy there! I don't think I was conscious of it at the time but my parents couldn't have chosen a more inappropriate location for an island girl. I wonder how much further one can be from the sea?! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon ) |
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On 12/3/06 20:16, in article , "K"
wrote: Sacha writes On 12/3/06 18:03, in article , "K" wrote: Sacha writes On 12/3/06 14:37, in article , "Ophelia" wrote: David just took a proper measurement. We have 7.5 inches of snow Other than in ski resorts and drifts in lanes, I don't think I've even *seen* 7.5 inches of snow! Not even in your youth? I can remember walking up to the higher parts of town with the snow well above my knees, and that was when I was in my teens. Yes, David's reminded me of that, as you'll see in my reply. I really had wiped it from the memory banks! Yes, but I wasn't thinking of 1963 - this one was a couple of years later. You must have done an awful lot of wiping from memory banks! ;-) I wasnąt there a couple of years later! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon ) |
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