BBQ & summer heatwave chat 2012

[Piltdownpaul]

Yeah,i'm down at Ord with a grandstand view of the cuillins out of BIG windows of this place on the beach-cant wait. I generally go scotland this time of the year and generally do okay so fingers crossed .

 

[nelson_b]

Yeah,i'm down at Ord with a grandstand view of the cuillins out of BIG windows of this place on the beach-cant wait. I generally go scotland this time of the year and generally do okay so fingers crossed .

with a bit of luck the storms they are getting this week will have passed -- i had a good week on skye in the spring --
pic here -- page 12 post 114 in this thread -
http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/...ummer-heatwave-chat-2012-a-3.html#post1033843
Ord would be on the coast at the far left side of this picture i think -- and as you say will have a grandstand view of the cuillins

regards nelson.b.

 

[Piltdownpaul]

Yeah i figured the same -that is an awesome photo-amazing- Someone of my build is never going to get up there!

 

[2cvbloke]

Well, it was frosty this morning, again, and the bathroom was cold enough that the thermometer in there said 12 degrees, so, yep, Summer has definitely gone... O-Ha

 

[Lazarus]

I should have thought you were a hardier soul, Deux Chevaux: Cold is when icicles begin to form on the inside of the bathroom window.

 

[Lazarus]

Mind you, I did spend yesterday replacing an ancient Trac Clockwork Central Heating timer with a new fangled Dual Channel Electronic Programmer, so thoughts of icicles are definitely valid.

 

[Analoguesat]

Its the autumn equinox today, so summer is officially over

How can it be over??? It never got started here!!!)

However in the hope thatwe get an "Indian Summer" and some warm days I think we will leave this thread running a few more weeks.

 

[Channel Hopper]

Not for the next few days, the change happens tonight round here, with bucketloads of water to the west, and high winds to the south. Then it all moves upwards.

About three hours left to collect the firewood and put it under wraps.

 

[sonnetpete]

About three hours left to collect the firewood and put it under wraps.

That reminds me....must order up some more kiln dried peasants......

Forecast not good here either and have had the log (peasant) burner on the last couple of nights.

 

[Channel Hopper]

And it's started, in reverse. Really cold drizzle but no wind, I expect that will change in the next few hours though.

 

[Lazarus]

Glorious day here, albeit struggling to get above 11 C.

Might or might not get the Jessie Weather later tonight - but looks nailed on for tomorrow.

Just done a precautionary mowing of the Lawn (Strimmed it, actually, owing to a FUBAR'd Mower).

 

[Channel Hopper]

And the wind has now picked up, driving the rain in from the south east.

Luckily no roof work tomorrow, or Tuesday

 

[Analoguesat]

Orange warnings for rain round 'ere tomorrow

 

[Lazarus]

Napalm ???

 

[2cvbloke]

What's the betting that the headline news tomorrow will be "Heavy rain soaks the south", while up here, heavy rain causes flash floods, but nobody reports anything on it until a couple of days after?

 

[Lazarus]

That's because we're all far too busy nibbling our own nuts.

 

[sonnetpete]

"In other news, BBC cutbacks have severely restricted the North East regional ENG budget"

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[Lazarus]

That's brilliant!

A gravity defying wok.

 

[Llew]

Continuous rainfall here since lunchtime. I usually take the wheelie bin round to the front via our back alley tonight, but it's staying put. Our alleyway turns ito a river after heavy rain, and the binmen come early. Up early tomorrow, wellies on.

 

[2cvbloke]

"In other news, BBC cutbacks have severely restricted the North East regional ENG budget"

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tut tut tut, that's a DirecTV dish, s'not allowed round these parts....