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What a Wonderful Year
I've just been sitting by the waterfall in the garden. The sun is beaming
down and it's warm enough for spring. Mid November. The Penstemons are still in full bloom and there are still tomatoes ripening on the greenhouse Tumblers. Himself has dug up some perfect new potatoes and is busy preparing the Sunday Roast. And the new puppy has just tried to pull my prized Lobelias out of the pond margins.... ah well, can't have everything perfect! Has this been the most perfect year ever? We've had spring in January, occasional showers but no real rain, a perfect summer and a spectacularly beautiful autumn. Living in West Wales means the grass has stayed green and lush throughout the year. Oh why can't it always be like this! |
What a Wonderful Year
Sue wrote in message I've just been sitting by the waterfall in the garden. The sun is beaming down and it's warm enough for spring. Mid November. The Penstemons are still in full bloom and there are still tomatoes ripening on the greenhouse Tumblers. Himself has dug up some perfect new potatoes and is busy preparing the Sunday Roast. And the new puppy has just tried to pull my prized Lobelias out of the pond margins.... ah well, can't have everything perfect! Has this been the most perfect year ever? We've had spring in January, occasional showers but no real rain, a perfect summer and a spectacularly beautiful autumn. Living in West Wales means the grass has stayed green and lush throughout the year. Oh why can't it always be like this! Ok, the weather was nice but it was much too dry for veg growing. The Peas, well they couldn't stand the heat at all, even with watering, so our normal home frozen supply that usually lasts until the earlies come on does not exist this year. Indeed we no longer have any self saved seed to plant next year. Autumn Caulis are only now coming into curd weeks late, Leeks are small even those from "pips", Swedes are a total nonsense, all the winter/spring brassicas are well behind. Autumn planted onions and garlic are only now showing above ground. Nice outdoor Toms though and no sign of blight at all. (Trialled "Ferline", a blight resistant strain, but it wasn't tested). Also nice "Chertsey" carrots which is strange considering, and with no sign of carrot fly (?) and a good year for spuds too despite the usual slug damage. At least the weeds didn't grow at all this year so we could substitute carrying water about for the more usual hoeing & hand weeding. :-) -- Regards Bob Use a useful Screen Saver... http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ and find intelligent life amongst the stars. |
What a Wonderful Year
On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 13:33:56 -0000, "Sue da Nimm"
. wrote: I've just been sitting by the waterfall in the garden. The sun is beaming down and it's warm enough for spring. Mid November. The Penstemons are still in full bloom and there are still tomatoes ripening on the greenhouse Tumblers. Himself has dug up some perfect new potatoes and is busy preparing the Sunday Roast. And the new puppy has just tried to pull my prized Lobelias out of the pond margins.... ah well, can't have everything perfect! Has this been the most perfect year ever? We've had spring in January, occasional showers but no real rain, a perfect summer and a spectacularly beautiful autumn. Living in West Wales means the grass has stayed green and lush throughout the year. Oh why can't it always be like this! Funny that, only today as I was driving the family down to B&Q I mentioned to my wife that I couldn't remember a more beautiful Autumn - and she remarked that someone else had said exactly that to her a couple of weeks ago. I suspect the lack of gales in October helped to make it such a spectacular show...which also accounts for the incredible amount of leaves all over the place. Snow on Christmas day would finish the year off a treat! Regards, -- Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations http://www.shwoodwind.co.uk Emails to: showard{who is at}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk |
What a Wonderful Year
In article , Sue da Nimm
.? writes Has this been the most perfect year ever? We've had spring in January, occasional showers but no real rain, a perfect summer and a spectacularly beautiful autumn. Living in West Wales means the grass has stayed green and lush throughout the year. Oh why can't it always be like this! Well ... one reason ... we went caving in the Dales today and en route passed 6 reservoirs. One had a reasonable amount of water. Two were half full. The other three were empty - just a stream winding its way down the middle. -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
What a Wonderful Year
Well ... one reason ... we went caving in the Dales today and en route passed 6 reservoirs. One had a reasonable amount of water. Two were half full. The other three were empty - just a stream winding its way down the middle. -- Kay Easton Kay how does this compare with other years? OK so this has been a fabulous Summer and with not too much rain as far as the Holiday makers are concerned, but are these reservoirs emptyer (is that a word?) than other years and if so, and we have a dry winter, what of next year? :-(( Mike -- Royal Naval Reunion Shanklin I.of Wight (Inc Ferry Fare) 30th Jan - 1st Feb H.M.S.Andromeda Association Reunion Coventry Feb 27th - 29th Federation of Naval Associations Reunion Hayling Island March 5th - 8th. H.M.S.Loch Fada Association Reunion Scarborough April 2nd - 5th |
What a Wonderful Year
"Kay Easton" wrote in message ... In article , Sue da Nimm .? writes Has this been the most perfect year ever? We've had spring in January, occasional showers but no real rain, a perfect summer and a spectacularly beautiful autumn. Living in West Wales means the grass has stayed green and lush throughout the year. Oh why can't it always be like this! Well ... one reason ... we went caving in the Dales today and en route passed 6 reservoirs. One had a reasonable amount of water. Two were half full. The other three were empty - just a stream winding its way down the middle. And Thirlmere is only 1/3 full, and that normally submerged village in Haweswater is on dry land. Franz |
What a Wonderful Year
"Mike" wrote in message ... Well ... one reason ... we went caving in the Dales today and en route passed 6 reservoirs. One had a reasonable amount of water. Two were half full. The other three were empty - just a stream winding its way down the middle. -- Kay Easton Kay how does this compare with other years? OK so this has been a fabulous Summer and with not too much rain as far as the Holiday makers are concerned, but are these reservoirs emptyer (is that a word?) than other years and if so, and we have a dry winter, what of next year? :-(( Then large swathes of England will be in the shonga next year. Franz |
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In article , Franz Heymann
writes Kay how does this compare with other years? OK so this has been a fabulous Summer and with not too much rain as far as the Holiday makers are concerned, but are these reservoirs emptyer (is that a word?) than other years and if so, and we have a dry winter, what of next year? :-(( Then large swathes of England will be in the shonga next year. Unfortunately it's our (yours and mine) swathe. Still, the chairman of the water board will be able to visit his mum for his baths, so that's ok ;-) -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
What a Wonderful Year
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 17:18:02 +0000, Kay Easton
wrote: In article , Franz Heymann writes Kay how does this compare with other years? OK so this has been a fabulous Summer and with not too much rain as far as the Holiday makers are concerned, but are these reservoirs emptyer (is that a word?) than other years and if so, and we have a dry winter, what of next year? :-(( Then large swathes of England will be in the shonga next year. Unfortunately it's our (yours and mine) swathe. Still, the chairman of the water board will be able to visit his mum for his baths, so that's ok ;-) and walk along the bottom of Ladybower reservoir. -- Martin |
What a Wonderful Year
Did anyone see the Beeb program on the gulf stream last Thursday? We could easily be growing reindeer moss within a few years. Please note that it was NOT scare-mongering - one likely result of global warming is that the gulf stream will stop or (worse) turn south earlier, and the south of England will revert to tundra. Pity about those of you further north, of course. What nobody knows is the timing and exact probabilities, but it is certain that the change could take place within a few years when and if it happens. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
What a Wonderful Year
"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
... Did anyone see the Beeb program on the gulf stream last Thursday? We could easily be growing reindeer moss within a few years. Please note that it was NOT scare-mongering - one likely result of global warming is that the gulf stream will stop or (worse) turn south earlier, and the south of England will revert to tundra. Pity about those of you further north, of course. What nobody knows is the timing and exact probabilities, but it is certain that the change could take place within a few years when and if it happens. Regards, Nick Maclaren. Yes. 'The Big Chill', on Horizon. There's a lot of talk about it on the user board at www.climateprediction.net where there's a lot of us running simulations on our home PCs to see how likely it really is. It'll be a long time before the results are through but one suggestion is that the sink zone where the gulf stream sinks again wouldn't have to actually stop. If it just drifts south a bit then it'll get a lot colder here without a resultant ice-age. -- Martin & Anna Sykes ( Remove x's when replying ) http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sykesm |
What a Wonderful Year
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 19:47:51 -0000, "Martin Sykes"
wrote: "Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... Did anyone see the Beeb program on the gulf stream last Thursday? We could easily be growing reindeer moss within a few years. Please note that it was NOT scare-mongering - one likely result of global warming is that the gulf stream will stop or (worse) turn south earlier, and the south of England will revert to tundra. Pity about those of you further north, of course. What nobody knows is the timing and exact probabilities, but it is certain that the change could take place within a few years when and if it happens. Regards, Nick Maclaren. Yes. 'The Big Chill', on Horizon. There's a lot of talk about it on the user board at www.climateprediction.net where there's a lot of us running simulations on our home PCs to see how likely it really is. It'll be a long time before the results are through but one suggestion is that the sink zone where the gulf stream sinks again wouldn't have to actually stop. If it just drifts south a bit then it'll get a lot colder here without a resultant ice-age. It's just over 40 years since the last time an imminent ice age was predicted. There are as many weather theories as there are weather researchers. -- Martin |
What a Wonderful Year
In article ,
Martin Sykes wrote: Yes. 'The Big Chill', on Horizon. There's a lot of talk about it on the user board at www.climateprediction.net where there's a lot of us running simulations on our home PCs to see how likely it really is. It'll be a long time before the results are through but one suggestion is that the sink zone where the gulf stream sinks again wouldn't have to actually stop. If it just drifts south a bit then it'll get a lot colder here without a resultant ice-age. Perhaps even colder than it it does stop! Arctic water flowing south is worse than the lack of tropical water flowing north. Does anyone know what happened to it in the period 20,000-10,000 B.P.? Did it start up or simply move north? Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
What a Wonderful Year
"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... Did anyone see the Beeb program on the gulf stream last Thursday? We could easily be growing reindeer moss within a few years. Please note that it was NOT scare-mongering - one likely result of global warming is that the gulf stream will stop or (worse) turn south earlier, and the south of England will revert to tundra. Pity about those of you further north, of course. What nobody knows is the timing and exact probabilities, but it is certain that the change could take place within a few years when and if it happens. I saw it. It is difficult to flaw the meteorological and oceanographic arguments. I think it painted a very realistic scenario. About the only good which might come of it would be that the Scottish ski resorts might become viable again. That is, if anybody would wish to go skiing in the absence of sun. Who knows, we might even get some skiing in the Dales. Franz |
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