Summer heatwave (!) & BBQ weather chat 2013

[Channel Hopper]

I have developed a zip-in Sheepskin lining for my T-Short ensemble. A window for Beta Testing has arisen.

A cod-piece in any other language.

 

[Channel Hopper]

Btw the latest weather news is sleet or snow in a number of places before dawn.

(Not in tivu's 'lining' though eh !)

 

[2cvbloke]

It was rather sunny today, felt quite warm sitting out the front this afternoon, but as soon as the sun hid behind a cloud,it just went ridiculously cold, so, yeah, not summer just yet, and definitely no BBQs...

 

[Archived-1]

we have had 3 days this year without having to use the heating :-(, yesterday I spent 2 hours taking a faulty starter motor from my car 1 hour of that was in hail/rain storm, and I had another half hour of rain/hail fitting a new one today,

:-(

 

[Mickha]

This morning felt quite nice, managed 1 hour gardening, before work, then as soon as I'd finished the rain started, and doesn't look like stopping. The radio warned of floods and the equivalent of 3 months rain in the next 24 hours, not my idea of a nice summer !!!!!!!!!

 

[Channel Hopper]

Hope you have stilts on standby, or a hovercraft.

 

[smoggy07]

Raining here at the moment in Middlesbrough, it wasn't that bad today though from what I seen of it

 

[Mickha]

Seems to have been heavy rain, all night, here, and it's still raining !!!!!!
Hasn't a national newspaper forecast that this summer will be even worse than last summer, more rain, and less sun?

 

[Lazarus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-22536139


Spring is the new Winter ............... !

 

[sonnetpete]

Though today has turned out to be pretty sunny, yesterday was cloudy, wet and damn cold. Halfway through the afternoon I decided to light the logburner and almost set the chimney on fire, I assume due to a build up of peasant residue....

Anyway, I've set to with the sweeping kit (there being a scarcity of small children to send up the flue) and got the chimney pretty clean now. Hopefully I won't need to light it until winter arrives again......should be about the second week of August.......

 

[Mickha]

Constant rain here, seems since early yesterday evening, the garden is under water, again. Fortunately I managed to get some gardening done yesterday as I don't think it will be dry again for some time.
Off to work now and see how my old windscreen wipers cope with this heavy rain !!!!!!

 

[Channel Hopper]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-22536139


Spring is the new Winter ............... !

The Shropshire link photo is just, well Nuts in May.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-22537675

 

[Analoguesat]

been backwards & forwards between the 2 buildings that make up our site today. When the wind dropped its been reasonably pleasant but by eck when the northerlies got up its been bloody baltic again, bitterly cold wind that cuts right through you.

 

[Lazarus]

"Torrential downpours caused by showers" is our Regional forecast today.

Curious wording, but I think I might just defer re-Pointing the eaves for a day orc two.

 

[Piltdownpaul]

O just dismal drizzle here, even the cats not impressed.

 

[sonnetpete]

Not a nice day here either.....grey, overcast, rainy and I've been ill for the last couple of days too....so lit the log burner this morning....got it all going nicely, turned it down and left it ticking over when 'bang'.....the glass cracked.....over €100 for a replacement.......

 

[Lazarus]

Whoops.

I thought those glass pieces were indestructible?

 

[sonnetpete]

Sadly no, they aren't. Replaced two or three glasses in the old (now defunct) log burner but to be fair only stuck 4mm ordinary glass in, so not surprising that they lasted just over a winter.....

 

[rolfw]

this place looks reasonable for glass Pete. http://www.redhotglass.net/Stove_Glass.html

 

[sonnetpete]

this place looks reasonable for glass Pete. http://www.redhotglass.net/Stove_Glass.html

Thanks for that Rolf....but going on exchange rates the price on their calculator works out at about €95 plus carriage.....the one over here is just over €100, including free delivery and a free bottle of glass cleaner LOL....may get in touch with redhotglass by email anyway just to see what their carriage charges are....