Monday was OK up until about 3.00pm when it started to cloud over.
By 5.30pm it started to get a bit breezy and when I went out to walk to meet my wife from work at just before 7pm the nice day had been replaced with a bitingly cold win and driving, torrential rain.
We got soaked to the skin and hot showers and changes of clothing was the order of the day!
"Rain and bitterly cold winds. Brought to you by the British Summer!" Wonderful.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
Poor weather for a Public Holiday!
It's a Bank Holiday in Britain. Which, of course, means that the weather has been appalling all day with fairly strong winds and driving rain, both of which made it feel much colder than it really was.
It is brightening up a little now, it is 3.24pm, but hardly anyone has gone out anywhere. No trips to the coast and the fact that this is National Barbecue Week in Britain seems a little ironic. No barbecues today, I fear! Certainly not for us. Maybe next weekend, instead? Weather permitting, of course!
It is brightening up a little now, it is 3.24pm, but hardly anyone has gone out anywhere. No trips to the coast and the fact that this is National Barbecue Week in Britain seems a little ironic. No barbecues today, I fear! Certainly not for us. Maybe next weekend, instead? Weather permitting, of course!
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Well, here we are, Sunday and the weather is rough
It is a Sunday in late May and supposed to be our summertime in Britain.
The reality is that it has been windy and rainy for several days. So much so that you could be forgiven for thinking it was early October rather than towards the end of May!
My mother tells me she has had to have her heating on, so cold was it earlier in the week.
It is supposed to be National Barbecue Week from 30 May (details at National Barbecue Week) but unless there's a major change of weather I think all the burgers, sausages, fish, steaks, chops, etc, will be cooked and eaten in doors, instead!
Ah well, perhaps it will get better, soon? One can only hope...)
The reality is that it has been windy and rainy for several days. So much so that you could be forgiven for thinking it was early October rather than towards the end of May!
My mother tells me she has had to have her heating on, so cold was it earlier in the week.
It is supposed to be National Barbecue Week from 30 May (details at National Barbecue Week) but unless there's a major change of weather I think all the burgers, sausages, fish, steaks, chops, etc, will be cooked and eaten in doors, instead!
Ah well, perhaps it will get better, soon? One can only hope...)
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Spring is here!
The clocks in the UK and in Ireland went back last weekend. Spring Forward, Fall back is an easy way to remember what we should do with the clocks. (Incidentally, Fall was the original name for Autumn in the UK, but Fall (short for Leaf Fall) fell out of favour in the UK, but is still more common than Autumn in the USA. Which is good, because Fall is a very evocative word.)
Lighter evenings, and the typical March weather, high winds, sunny spells and a fair amount of rain. March, it is said, comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. And then? Why then we have April, which is known for the April showers. Mind you, never cast a clout 'til May is out is the saying. Clout meaning coat/garment, and cast to cast off, or remove said garment. It means you can get frosts until quite late on in the month of May.
Well, happy Spring, folks!
Lighter evenings, and the typical March weather, high winds, sunny spells and a fair amount of rain. March, it is said, comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. And then? Why then we have April, which is known for the April showers. Mind you, never cast a clout 'til May is out is the saying. Clout meaning coat/garment, and cast to cast off, or remove said garment. It means you can get frosts until quite late on in the month of May.
Well, happy Spring, folks!
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Another dull summer
We have had another pretty dull summer in Britain. Poor weather, cloudy and cool in August. Now, that's just not fair, is it?
When people on RFM mention that they are suffering from heat waves in the 30s, I can only point to the fact that one evening it was 12c, and the heating decided to kick in that night, as it was so cold! Oh, well. All the rain makes Britain a very green place to be. Though we do, actually, have a desert in England.
http://gertsamtkunstwerk.typepad.co.uk/photos/dungeness/desert.html
will take to a picture of said desert.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeness_%28headland%29
Rather like the Mormon church. A desert, least where one would expect it.
When people on RFM mention that they are suffering from heat waves in the 30s, I can only point to the fact that one evening it was 12c, and the heating decided to kick in that night, as it was so cold! Oh, well. All the rain makes Britain a very green place to be. Though we do, actually, have a desert in England.
http://gertsamtkunstwerk.typepad.co.uk/photos/dungeness/desert.html
will take to a picture of said desert.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeness_%28headland%29
Rather like the Mormon church. A desert, least where one would expect it.
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