Chook n Boo Mum Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Well I have just got home & thought the chooks are in need of extra waterproof coverings..10 mins later I am soaked to the skin & the back porch is flooded...every dustbath is a mudbath....did I miss something on a weather forecast ? Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 (edited) Same here, I had to cycle 3 miles home (with no coat....) in the pouring rain...brrr Edited October 7, 2009 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 I am at work and avoiding going for my car because its so vile here, its already dark too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 It's only spotting with rain here but i can't believe how dark it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 It's been pouring with rain in Oxfordshire since early afternoon. Some very fed up chooks have gone to bed already as it's so dark and cold! Tricia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 It's only just started raining here. We could do with a bit more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Its dry in South West Wales, haven't long put my girls back in after their afternoon free-ranging, but it does look like its going to pour down soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 all my girlies were dancing around in the rain, they are drenched! I have told them off and told them early nights! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 bucketing down here , cat used me as his own personal towel hope my pumpkins dont rot on allotment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenNutter Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Sorry, but it has been lovely and sunny here today! Don't you just love Britain? Friends of ours have just moved to Cyprus for the sun. Personally I don't envy them. I love the changeability and the drama of our weather - and the changing seasons. Imagine the same every day - even if it is sunshine. I am sorry, but you would miss out on misty November days with a mist in the air and kicking autumn leaves about. Icy January days with crystals forming on skeleton trees. April showeres intespersed with bursts of warm sunshine and that moment in May when suddenly all the verges are stuffed with cow parsley and everything is verdant and green. (strains of Land of Hope and Glory at this point) Let's all fight global warming which will make everyday like a mild wet autumn all year round, put on that extra jumper, turn down the central heating, and celebrate.... Boring British weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 We've certainly had a bit of rain haven't we Sha I got caught in it this afternoon. At least I don't have to water the garden now...although the chooks may need rubber rings and arm bands if the standing water in the back garden gets much higher All home now, safe and dry Fire is on...but I'm fighting the cats for a space near it to warm my toes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleTree Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Its dry in South West Wales, haven't long put my girls back in after their afternoon free-ranging, but it does look like its going to pour down soon. It's been raining all afternoon here in Cardiff. I got soaked getting Danny from school, and he was soaked after walking home. Yuck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Bizarre, what a difference 40 miles can make, there is still no sign of the rain yet but the sky looks "threatening". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 No rain in Worcestershire but it is very humid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 It have been raining stair rods all day here. One water butt is full from today alone. The garden did need it, but hoping it will stop now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 It's also been pouring down here since about 1pm. They did not forecast this either down here in Sunny Devon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Well I'm hoping the rain stops over night as promised as I have a mountain of towels and bedding to get dried and of course after the washing machine packing up a few weeks ago...now the tumble dryer has decided to stop working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrensWorld Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Blue Sky and Sunshine...... Sorry but we've had enough wet stuff............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodcat Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 hey I've just got home from running my aunt home and it's a good thing because the local motorway is only passable in the middle of both lanes and one of the roads leading to my house has water foutaining out of the drain. I hate this area of kent and rain. The consept of drains that actually drain water never seems to have been thought of even on the new roads. Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted October 7, 2009 Author Share Posted October 7, 2009 Well I'm hoping the rain stops over night as promised as I have a mountain of towels and bedding to get dried and of course after the washing machine packing up a few weeks ago...now the tumble dryer has decided to stop working I'd offer for you to drop it over & dry it in mine whilst we have a natter & cuppa but we are inspecting a new school for DD tomorrow I've a number for a lovely man who "does" our machines when they go wrong, if you want it PM me. He's local to you.... Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted October 7, 2009 Author Share Posted October 7, 2009 Oh good, we are not alone in our sogginess which is oddly comforting I've been & shut all the doors on the cubes & eglus so the heat the chooks produce will dry their feathers hopefully, I opened the nestbox on & poor little Snowdrop is looking very bedraggled I hope everything dries out a bit tomorrow, all it takes is for the sun to go behind a cloud and our part of the A27 floods, so the traffic will be a nightmare in the morning DS is supposed to be playing a rugby match tomorrow away at another school which is just as well because "where we once had a rugby pitch Mum, there's now a pond!" Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorbloodnock Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 The rain, it raineth on the just And also on the unjust feller. But chiefly on the just, because The unjust steals the just's umbrella. -Lord Bowen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iar fach goch Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Sounds like you've all had the rain that we had yesterday today, torrential all day. The good news is that we've had a lovely sunny day after it so hopefully that will come your way too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkysmum Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 It had to happen one day..........................it's not raining here and it hasn't rained all day Feeling very smug, sorry. Axx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...