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At the risk of being unpopular
"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2013-11-08 15:45:41 +0000, Ophelia said: "sacha" wrote in message ... snip I find it quite amusing that the new definition of 'a good summer' is - what - 5 weeks of sunshine! Now when I were a bairn ... Seems that way to me, too. In memory, every day was spent on the beach with friends. We were rarely out of the water! That is exactly the way it was!!! I remember it well! Now last year, did we not have 3 week bbq weather? I don't remember 1 week of barbecue weather. I think it must be the only year when we didn't once have supper in the garden. Oh I didn't see it! I just remember it being forecast! -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/ |
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At the risk of being unpopular
On 2013-11-08 17:02:58 +0000, Ophelia said:
"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2013-11-08 15:45:41 +0000, Ophelia said: "sacha" wrote in message ... snip I find it quite amusing that the new definition of 'a good summer' is - what - 5 weeks of sunshine! Now when I were a bairn ... Seems that way to me, too. In memory, every day was spent on the beach with friends. We were rarely out of the water! That is exactly the way it was!!! I remember it well! Now last year, did we not have 3 week bbq weather? I don't remember 1 week of barbecue weather. I think it must be the only year when we didn't once have supper in the garden. Oh I didn't see it! I just remember it being forecast! Oh yes, we were told to expect it. Just as we were told this year that we were entering a ten year cycle of wet wet wet. And then promptly had several weeks of sunshine! The met office needs a new piece of seaweed or the help of that man in Kent who (apparently 'always' predicts the coming year's weather correctly. I won't give a link to articles about him because they'll frighten those of a nervous disposition, having ad links attached. ;-) Apparently, he wrote to the Queen to warn her that the weather for last year's water pageant would be appalling. If so, he was 100% correct! In fact, the met offices admit they are pushed to predict beyond 5 days. Before going sailing, we always rang the met office for their forecast and they preferred to give 3 days at most. Island nations, such as the British Isles, are just too open to the vagaries of wind and tide and the overall effect of the Gulf Stream and all those things combined. While predictable weather would be lovely in many ways, when I've experienced it over months, I just occasionally found myself longing for a day when it wasn't inevitably sunny but there'd be a good English downpour. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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"sacha" wrote in message ... .. While predictable weather would be lovely in many ways, when I've experienced it over months, I just occasionally found myself longing for a day when it wasn't inevitably sunny but there'd be a good English downpour. Oh how I missed that in India!!! I so know what you mean! Another place we lived we never saw snow. Our first winter home and it snowed, I was so entranced that I think I stood at that window nearly all day. Soon get used to it again though -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/ |
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At the risk of being unpopular
On 2013-11-09 09:27:20 +0000, Ophelia said:
"sacha" wrote in message ... . While predictable weather would be lovely in many ways, when I've experienced it over months, I just occasionally found myself longing for a day when it wasn't inevitably sunny but there'd be a good English downpour. Oh how I missed that in India!!! I so know what you mean! Another place we lived we never saw snow. Our first winter home and it snowed, I was so entranced that I think I stood at that window nearly all day. Soon get used to it again though We always get excited about snow here, too. It doesn't happen every year and not always in large quantities. When that happens, it does lose its charm quickly! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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At the risk of being unpopular
"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2013-11-09 09:27:20 +0000, Ophelia said: "sacha" wrote in message ... . While predictable weather would be lovely in many ways, when I've experienced it over months, I just occasionally found myself longing for a day when it wasn't inevitably sunny but there'd be a good English downpour. Oh how I missed that in India!!! I so know what you mean! Another place we lived we never saw snow. Our first winter home and it snowed, I was so entranced that I think I stood at that window nearly all day. Soon get used to it again though We always get excited about snow here, too. It doesn't happen every year and not always in large quantities. When that happens, it does lose its charm quickly! Oh yes! Especially when it starts to get sludgy and mucky! -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/ |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Sat, 9 Nov 2013 13:05:16 -0000, "Ophelia" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2013-11-09 09:27:20 +0000, Ophelia said: "sacha" wrote in message ... . While predictable weather would be lovely in many ways, when I've experienced it over months, I just occasionally found myself longing for a day when it wasn't inevitably sunny but there'd be a good English downpour. Oh how I missed that in India!!! I so know what you mean! Another place we lived we never saw snow. Our first winter home and it snowed, I was so entranced that I think I stood at that window nearly all day. Soon get used to it again though We always get excited about snow here, too. It doesn't happen every year and not always in large quantities. When that happens, it does lose its charm quickly! Oh yes! Especially when it starts to get sludgy and mucky! There were several smashed cars in the usual places on the moorland roads leading into Whitby this week when they had the first hard frost of this autumn. Oh dear We've been in N.Yorks but nothing yet. -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/ |
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At the risk of being unpopular
On 2013-11-09 12:52:07 +0000, Martin said:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2013 10:53:31 +0000, Sacha wrote: On 2013-11-09 09:27:20 +0000, Ophelia said: "sacha" wrote in message ... . While predictable weather would be lovely in many ways, when I've experienced it over months, I just occasionally found myself longing for a day when it wasn't inevitably sunny but there'd be a good English downpour. Oh how I missed that in India!!! I so know what you mean! Another place we lived we never saw snow. Our first winter home and it snowed, I was so entranced that I think I stood at that window nearly all day. Soon get used to it again though We always get excited about snow here, too. It doesn't happen every year and not always in large quantities. When that happens, it does lose its charm quickly! As soon as the snow turns to ice on the roads and pavements. It so rarely happens here but if it does, I try not to drive. I'm just not used to it and there's exceedingly little room to manoeuvre in these lanes. Last year, when there was some ice, Ray tried to stop an impatient driver turning off a main road onto one of our narrow lanes. This person pulled past him and zoomed up the lane anyway, only to zoom back out again quickly when he saw the Tesco van sliding straight down it towards him! Both were very lucky that a usually busy main road was empty at the time. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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