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We had our first really sharp frost this morning. Part of the lawn was
white and up into the corner of the flower beds which always seems to be the coldest bit. I don't know what it went down to - have to check that - but it was certainly noticeably 'harder' than the last one or two warning nips we've had. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 11:40:22 +0000, Jake wrote:
On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 10:51:46 +0000, Sacha wrote: We had our first really sharp frost this morning. Part of the lawn was white and up into the corner of the flower beds which always seems to be the coldest bit. I don't know what it went down to - have to check that - but it was certainly noticeably 'harder' than the last one or two warning nips we've had. A decent frost here too though no previous hint of frost this autumn. Still, at last, the summer bedding has gone over. So a bit of clearance to do over the weekend. Currently in town but our neighbour at Ch. de Sassy posted a facebook photo of snow yesterday. And I left about half of the seedlings out... Got to go visit the gendarmes this afternoon to witness for a nasty accident we were semi-involved with, involving a shire horse that had gotten loose. We saw the horses in the road (it was night) so I was going pretty slow, but this other guy in a little white citroen came around a curve and into one at full speed. The horse basically exploded and rolled up into his windshield; he skidded into my lane while fishtailing, but I was able to get around him on the left and stop between him in the ditch and the remains. Our car had horse all over it, too. The citroen was crushed front to back and the roof was cut completely off, and it was pink with (horse) blood all over. I believe the driver was airlifted out and is alive, although they still hadn't managed to cut him free when we were allowed to leave. The passenger was OK, with a broken wrist/arm though, poor thing. -- Gardening in Lower Normandy |
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On 2013-11-22 12:08:09 +0000, Emery Davis said:
On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 11:40:22 +0000, Jake wrote: On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 10:51:46 +0000, Sacha wrote: We had our first really sharp frost this morning. Part of the lawn was white and up into the corner of the flower beds which always seems to be the coldest bit. I don't know what it went down to - have to check that - but it was certainly noticeably 'harder' than the last one or two warning nips we've had. A decent frost here too though no previous hint of frost this autumn. Still, at last, the summer bedding has gone over. So a bit of clearance to do over the weekend. Currently in town but our neighbour at Ch. de Sassy posted a facebook photo of snow yesterday. And I left about half of the seedlings out... Got to go visit the gendarmes this afternoon to witness for a nasty accident we were semi-involved with, involving a shire horse that had gotten loose. We saw the horses in the road (it was night) so I was going pretty slow, but this other guy in a little white citroen came around a curve and into one at full speed. The horse basically exploded and rolled up into his windshield; he skidded into my lane while fishtailing, but I was able to get around him on the left and stop between him in the ditch and the remains. Our car had horse all over it, too. The citroen was crushed front to back and the roof was cut completely off, and it was pink with (horse) blood all over. I believe the driver was airlifted out and is alive, although they still hadn't managed to cut him free when we were allowed to leave. The passenger was OK, with a broken wrist/arm though, poor thing. What an absolutely horrible thing to witness and indeed, to be involved in. That poor driver must be absolutely traumatised beyond words and it can only have been terrifying for you. Dreadful. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 15:45:38 +0000, sacha wrote:
On 2013-11-22 12:08:09 +0000, Emery Davis said: On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 11:40:22 +0000, Jake wrote: On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 10:51:46 +0000, Sacha wrote: We had our first really sharp frost this morning. Part of the lawn was white and up into the corner of the flower beds which always seems to be the coldest bit. I don't know what it went down to - have to check that - but it was certainly noticeably 'harder' than the last one or two warning nips we've had. There are about 3 cm of snow here at the farm still, though none at all at lower altitude. (We're at 440 m). [] What an absolutely horrible thing to witness and indeed, to be involved in. That poor driver must be absolutely traumatised beyond words and it can only have been terrifying for you. Dreadful. Yes: no fun. 14 year old son turned vegetarian for 3 whole days... We spent a couple of hours with the investigator and learned that the driver is still in ICU in an artificial coma, they can't yet operate for the internal injuries as there is too much swelling. There seems to be some question as to whether he'll recover use of his legs, although I did see him move them at the time. The owner of the horse is being criminally prosecuted. -E -- Gardening in Lower Normandy |
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On 22/11/2013 19:45, Emery Davis wrote:
The owner of the horse is being criminally prosecuted. You had a lucky escape. A cow was wandering on the lanes near us last year and I popped into the nearest farm and reported it to the owner. No sign of the cow later on when we drove past later. It sounds like the French police / gendarmes are more diligent than the British police. Back in England, a drunk driver once drove straight across a blind bend near to my father's farm and straight through the hedge into a field full of cattle. Apparently the police came and took the driver away, he was unhurt but they neglected to inform us that there had been an accident and that there was a huge hole in the hedge. The first we knew about it was several hours later when we saw our cattle wandering up the busy road past the house! They could easily have caused a major accident like the one with the horse; simply because the local plod were incompetent. -- David in Normandy. |
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On 22/11/2013 12:28, Roger Tonkin wrote:
In article , says... We had our first really sharp frost this morning. Part of the lawn was white and up into the corner of the flower beds which always seems to be the coldest bit. I don't know what it went down to - have to check that - but it was certainly noticeably 'harder' than the last one or two warning nips we've had. Whiter here than the last couple of days, but temp in greenhouse only got down to 1. The other day it was -1. We had our first real frost here last night, in the north of the lower area of Staffordshire, in fact there are still signs of it about. However it was the first real grip of Winter here, the heavy snow that The Daily Express forecast for November has not arrived yet, so it will have to hurry up! ;-) |
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Now that was a cold night. Reached minus 3 in the greenhouse and ground sufficiently hard to walk on without getting mud everywhere. Must pull the remaining carrots when the ground softens! -- Roger T 700 ft up in Mid-Wales --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com |
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Wife reports that a neighbour a little higher than us
recorded -6ºC last night. They are about 75ft higher than we are. -- Roger T 700 ft up in Mid-Wales --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com |
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