Batten Down The Hatches 2017/18

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Lazarus

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Bang on 273.15K and a tiny bit of fine snow falling.

Must find my sandals.
 

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Bit of snow round here, nothing to close everything down over... :)

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Wind has died down a bit, rain has stopped and the Sun has come out (for some of the time at least).
 

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Everything is white outside. The dog loved a good hour this morning romping in it.
 

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Was a good ride to work n back in the snow, went a scenic route along local canal yesterday.

Shame it melted away too quickly.
 

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Seperate 80 cm dish on 28E with a Humax Freesat for SWMBO.
Free Sat V8 meter. Sony Bravia 46" LCD, Sony BluRay and Home Cinema.
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Normandy, France
12C here today. Really damp and miserable.....and that's just the unseasoned peasants for the fire...
 

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Seperate 80 cm dish on 28E with a Humax Freesat for SWMBO.
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Very strong crosswinds on the roads today: Just got back from a family get together on "the other side" (Wilmslow) and there must have been a Centre-lane Owners club convention today judging by the sheer number of morons insistent upon reducing M1, M62 and M60 traffic flows by doggedly refusing to acknowledge their obligation to return to the leftmost lane when safe to do so. It really is infuriating :oops:
 

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I hope Dylan doesnt get up to full strength here - I dont think my dishes will survive 80mph winds seeing how exposed it is at this new location. :eek:
 

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Seperate 80 cm dish on 28E with a Humax Freesat for SWMBO.
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Channel Hopper

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Oh mercy......
 

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Up to 80 mph along the south coast tonight. Stuck the dish facing east as its sw winds. I will hear it in the night if it falls onto next doors conservatory.
 

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Totally calm here at the moment - weird considering we are just about on the northern edge of the amber warning.
 

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The kitchen barometer was displaying a rather low number earlier, then I noticed there was a dead spider in the mechanism.
 

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Up to 80 mph along the south coast tonight. Stuck the dish facing east as its sw winds. I will hear it in the night if it falls onto next doors conservatory.

Interesting! I've always parked the dish at 1W so that its at the centre point rather than twisted at an angle, like it usually is when situated on 42E for example.
 

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Interesting! I've always parked the dish at 1W so that its at the centre point rather than twisted at an angle, like it usually is when situated on 42E for example.
I asked on here some years ago and that was what was suggested, the back of the dish facing the wind. I think if its sideways on it can cause an effect like an aeroplane wing. Not really sure.
 

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The barometer in the hallway has just dropped to 28.5 & falling (Storm on the way)
 
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