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High winds again tonight for the third night in a row. We seem to be having
a recently established pattern of fairly pleasant days, getting colder in the afternoon and then with these high winds at night. The first blast down the chimney tonight was so loud that I thought it was a muffled explosion somewhere. In warmer months we get sulky days and then the sun comes out at 5pm. I have no idea if it's weather in the region in general, or because we are located between moor and sea but changeable weather is a phrase that could have been coined for our area! The upside is that some daffs have very promising and ripe buds on them and once those and some more snowdrops start to open, I'll feel very confident of spring arriving soon. The birds are behaving strangely too. Jackdaws have started chittering away on top of my study chimney and sparrows are flying up into the eaves as if inspecting new homes - I saw at least half a dozen do that this morning. And a male blackbird perched on the fatball and seed feeder outside my (first floor) study window today. This is the fifth time I've seen him do that this year and is something I've never seen before. He's pecking at the fatball, not the seeds. Instead of being on a stable and flat bird table, he's clinging to a 'blowing in the wind' arrangement, which is something I thought blackbirds really didn't like? -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... High winds again tonight for the third night in a row. We seem to be having a recently established pattern of fairly pleasant days, getting colder in the afternoon and then with these high winds at night. The first blast down the chimney tonight was so loud that I thought it was a muffled explosion somewhere. In warmer months we get sulky days and then the sun comes out at 5pm. I have no idea if it's weather in the region in general, or because we are located between moor and sea but changeable weather is a phrase that could have been coined for our area! The upside is that some daffs have very promising and ripe buds on them and once those and some more snowdrops start to open, I'll feel very confident of spring arriving soon. The birds are behaving strangely too. Jackdaws have started chittering away on top of my study chimney and sparrows are flying up into the eaves as if inspecting new homes - I saw at least half a dozen do that this morning. And a male blackbird perched on the fatball and seed feeder outside my (first floor) study window today. This is the fifth time I've seen him do that this year and is something I've never seen before. He's pecking at the fatball, not the seeds. Instead of being on a stable and flat bird table, he's clinging to a 'blowing in the wind' arrangement, which is something I thought blackbirds really didn't like? -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk Very windy here too which is not surprising, I think we are THE windy city! Just took a Woodside dog out for a walk around the Plym and it was raining and blowing...let's you know you're alive. There were some sort of geese (I think) settled in a nearby field. I have found recently that if you get those large pomegranites that taste nothing like pomegranites and cut the top off and spike them on a post, the blackbirds have a lovely time pecking the fruit out. Also saw a fox along the beach by Kingsand go by with a rabbit in it's mouth yesterday. It never saw me and just carried on. -- Rowdens Reservoir Allotments Best Allotment Site in Plymouth Plymouth In Bloom Gold Award 2007 www.rraa.moonfruit.com |
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On 10 Jan, 13:07, "Robert \(Plymouth\)"
remove my other hobby to reply wrote: Very windy here too which is not surprising, I think we are THE windy city! Oh no you're not! At least not today. Now, do you have horizontal falling rain? We do!! |
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wrote in message ... On 10 Jan, 13:07, "Robert \(Plymouth\)" remove my other hobby to reply wrote: Very windy here too which is not surprising, I think we are THE windy city! Oh no you're not! At least not today. Now, do you have horizontal falling rain? We do!! Ha! ok I'll defer to you today! Stopped now though |
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wrote in message ... On 10 Jan, 13:07, "Robert \(Plymouth\)" remove my other hobby to reply wrote: Very windy here too which is not surprising, I think we are THE windy city! Oh no you're not! At least not today. Now, do you have horizontal falling rain? We do!! Dreadful here on the South Coast of the Isle of Wight. :-(( To think, I was sunbathing in the Canaries only a few days ago :-)) Mike -- www.rnshipmates.co.uk for ALL Royal Navy Association matters www.rneba.org.uk. The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association. 'THE' Association to find your ex-Greenie mess mates. www.iowtours.com for all ex-Service Reunions. More being added regularly "Navy Days" Portsmouth 25th - 27th July 2008. RN Shipmates will be there. |
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Very windy here too which is not surprising, I think we are THE windy
city! Oh no you're not! At least not today. Now, do you have horizontal falling rain? We do!! Dreadful here on the South Coast of the Isle of Wight. :-(( To think, I was sunbathing in the Canaries only a few days ago :-)) Mike I have just listened to our local weather forecast and the man told me that anyone living near the River Severn could be in big trouble, we are a couple of fields away but a great deal higher so I think we are safe, I will however go out and clear a few drains just to make sure :-). kate |
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On 9 Jan, 23:25, Sacha wrote:
High winds again tonight for the third night in a row. Our local paper is full of pictures of "flooding" - streams spreading across fields and the river across water meadows at Stamford, for example. http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/new...ded.3686664.jp This is no more than we are used to. I can recall it happening every winter between 1965 and 1985 to personal memory. The sight of the severn breaking its banks in Gloucstershire was a regular winter sight as far back as I can recall. Whittlesea Wash south of Peterborough would be under a foot of water for months on end. Yes, the stour south of Derby is out of it's banks - but no different from any other year. I recall in 1974 being towed through it on a large-wheeled trailer by the AA, who were only ferrying their own members. The papers do like making a fuss, don't they? |
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On Jan 18, 2:15�pm, K wrote:
writes On 9 Jan, 23:25, Sacha wrote: High winds again tonight for the third night in a row. Our local paper is full of pictures of "flooding" - streams spreading across fields and the river across water meadows at Stamford, for example. http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/new...ued-from-stran ded.3686664.jp This is no more than we are used to. �I can recall it happening every winter between 1965 and 1985 to personal memory. �The sight of the severn breaking its banks in Gloucstershire was a regular winter sight as far back as I can recall. �Whittlesea Wash south of Peterborough would be under a foot of water for months on end. Yes, the stour south of Derby is out of it's banks - but no different from any other year. �I recall in 1974 being towed through it on a large-wheeled trailer by the AA, who were only ferrying their own members. The papers do like making a fuss, don't they? The vicar of Tewkesbury was making a plea on the radio the other day, to the effect that all the press coverage was making people think that Tewkesbury was flooded out, but that in fact, the flood plains were doing what they were supposed to, ie flood, that all the shops were open for business, and Tewkesbury needed people to come as usual. -- Kay- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - We are one of the lucky ones that don't get flooding. I am however fed up with all this rain. When you work all week the last thing I want to do is stop in at the weekend because of pouring rain. Roll on the summer when we can all get out more |
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