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!

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. :-)

--
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Bob

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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

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

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

"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

"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

In article , Kay Easton
writes
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 we have had lots of mildew on the plants (((
--
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I won't respond to private emails that are on topic for urg
but if you need to email me for any other reason, put ransoms
at jandg dot demon dot co dot uk where you see

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

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

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.

"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

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

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.

"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