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bloody weather ,got two outdoor hobbies i love both involve using electronics and the weather has decided to bucket down all weekend grrrrr
 
Hotter than the sun here...too hot.
Swap ya.
 
UK summers are chronic - I remember when I was a kid a constant 4 to 8 weeks of summer while on hols from school.............and a definite distinction between seasons.........its all screwy now.....think our spring plants have been killed each year for years because of frost......I blame the Gulf Stream shifting over our heads.....
 
Friend in London just sent me a text to say he was off for a walk and hoped he wouldn't get sunburnt - my response was that I thought I'd be paddling - and yes at that moment







down it came again
 
Sunny Sarf Coast living up to its name, lovely! :banana:
 
looking out my window through the rain and can't even see across the estuary (3 miles ) never mind the irish sea ,and it looks set in for the next 3 days as well :runaway::runaway::runaway::runaway::runaway:
 
LASTOLITE said:
UK summers are chronic - I remember when I was a kid a constant 4 to 8 weeks of summer while on hols from school.............and a definite distinction between seasons.........its all screwy now.....think our spring plants have been killed each year for years because of frost......I blame the Gulf Stream shifting over our heads.....
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It's been shown that we remember our childhood summers through rose tinted specs.
Weather records (which do go back a long way), show they were not dissimilar to current summers.
(Except 1976). :-)
 


the black fox said:
and can't even see across the estuary (3 miles ) never mind the irish sea
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I'd be out there fishing ;)


Its real Betty Swallocks weather down here in Milton-Keynes-next-sea too :D



 
The Whipsnade Riviera is nice and hot hot hot. Got a bit sunburnt when walking the dog early this morning.
 
Cobra said:



I'd be out there fishing ;)


Its real Betty Swallocks weather down here in Milton-Keynes-next-sea too :D
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not with the bloody tide out you wouldn't ,theres two islands at the mouth of the estuary i can see from my front windows hilbre island and little eye ,at low tide you can actually walk out to them .anyway turned out nice midday got out for a few hours playing around
 
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Ruth is correct, kent is baking hot.
 
Dawlish was baking hot at 10 but raining and getting to be pisersistent when we left at about 16:30. Red Arrows were due but there was little chance of any decent shots and we've seen them there a few times before. When we got home, we discovered that they had cancelled anyway. Unsure as to whether the BBMF turned up or not.
 
It was good to clean my pants :eek:
 
Went out for a walk earlier. Hot, blue sky with scattered light cloud.

10 minutes from home the sky suddenly darkened and the heavens opened, accompanied by spectacular lightning and crashing thunder.

I got drowned!

It was fantastic.
 
beyond the blue said:
Fantastic lightning show up here in Manchester.
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even better here ,house atop a hill overlooking the dee estuary and irish sea ,i can see liverpool and chester easily ,probably about 30 miles range in three directions ,so quiet a spectacular storm for me
 
the black fox said:
even better here ,house atop a hill overlooking the dee estuary and irish sea ,i can see liverpool and chester easily ,probably about 30 miles range in three directions ,so quiet a spectacular storm for me
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I will look out the back door and give you a wave :)
 
simon ess said:
Went out for a walk earlier. Hot, blue sky with scattered light cloud.

10 minutes from home the sky suddenly darkened and the heavens opened, accompanied by spectacular lightning and crashing thunder.

I got drowned!

It was fantastic.
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Ooooh I'm so jealous! :bat:
 
There were several people walking down the main street of our village.

We were all smiling.

:)
 
Heavy rain and thunderstorms here in my part of Cornwall, being overcast, miserable for several days, things can only
get better.
 
simon ess said:
There were several people walking down the main street of our village.

We were all smiling.

:)
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Alright alright...no need to brag about it :lol: ;)
 
I was half thinking about putting the camera on a tripod, and trying to get some lightening shots outside my back door. But it was raining, and my bed was very inviting, especially with my missus in it. Not a difficult choice really, soaking wet or warm snuggly bed :)
 
viv1969 said:
It's been shown that we remember our childhood summers through rose tinted specs.
Weather records (which do go back a long way), show they were not dissimilar to current summers.
(Except 1976). :)
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Sorry Ruth - I have reviewed the available data, my missus has put it in a spread sheet and we have calculated a trend, The weather when we was kids was scorchio when we was off school simple as that...and when it did rain we stayed out because it was refreshing....o_O

:D
 
LASTOLITE said:
Sorry Ruth - I have reviewed the available data, my missus has put it in a spread sheet and we have calculated a trend, The weather when we was kids was scorchio when we was off school simple as that...and when it did rain we stayed out because it was refreshing....o_O

:D
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I too remember those long hot summers, and we too played out in the rain coz we woz tuff ;) Me being a mature chap, would look silly wearing rose tinted specs :rolleyes:
 
Temperature is less than half of that on Saturday! !
14 degrees and tipping it down!
Happy days!!
 
Although I'm quite high here. I'm still in a bit of a bowl. There's mist on them Thar hills and a big black cloud over head. I keep expecting to see a T-Rex to come lumbering out of the woods.. Or Velociraptors emerging from the long grass
 
Cobra said:
Although I'm quite high here. I'm still in a bit of a bowl. There's mist on them Thar hills and a big black cloud over head. I keep expecting to see a T-Rex to come lumbering out of the woods.. Or Velociraptors emerging from the long grass
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You jest, but given your location it's entirely possible! :eek:
I take it you're a certified 'raptor whisperer? :-)
 
viv1969 said:
I take it you're a certified 'raptor whisperer? :)
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Absolutely :thumbs:
I said day old chick, ? To donut, very quietly and her ears pricked up :D
 
[QUOTE="Cobra, post: 7008337, member: 1870" I'm quite high here from the long grass[/QUOTE]


FTFY!

Oops! Just noticed that someone beat me to it!
 
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