lillybettybabs Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 I'm glade i got the back lawn mown and plant my ferns they'll be watered well this morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Had a lovely walk/paddle with the dog this morning - not I love the way that ducks suddenly appear in the middle of the field in a large puddle looking very happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 they do look very smug, Youngest s son is worried that the fish will get lost if they swim into the flooded fields and away from the main stream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Blimey i was going to go but got carried away in the garden, Did you park ok? Yes thanks, parked by the entrance to Spiceball fields. Bet it's really flooded this morning, will drive by there this evening to have a look. Started raining here at 4am and we're back to pouring rain, but at least it's not windy and cold like it was before. Currently 10.4deg here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Id better go in Dennis tonight then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Probably best just in case, the main problem is finding a space - they only have the parking around the centre and the one by Spiceball fields open. If it's like that on Wednesday and not raining then I may well walk; it's only a mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LolaLayla Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 The sun is out so we have 14 degrees at the moment although we had some dark clouds a while ago. It is very windy but at least we have not had the dreadful rain you have had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 We had a thunder storm on Monday night at 1am and the lightening was so frequent it looked like a strobe light, we then had an inch of rain between then and 8am We were supposed to have a dry day yesterday but we had a real cloudburst at 3pm, sunny evening though. It is dull and overcast here today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 I heard about that storm, apparently it was the other side of Chipping Norton too, but I didn't get it here. Dry, cloudy and mild here today, the air pressure is rising too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Storm over here but that was because i found a pair on smelly mans socks stuffed down the sofa. I've just started to put my stepping stones in the lawn and i can't believe how dry the soil is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Dry? You want to see mine Karen; it's still pretty damp. Were those OH's socks then? As bad as Rosie's bedroom; she only half stripped her bed this morning so I took the bottom sheet off and found a load of dirty socks between that and the mattress cover she's worse than a teenage boy... at least they wouldn't wear my clothes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Nope crumbly dry i just couldn't believe it - i'm guessing it's Mr Moptree that is drinking it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 We've had a lovely couple of days here. In the 20's and feeling very warm today too Got a bit sunburnt whilst mowing the lawn, ouch! Think we're forecast grey skies tomorrow though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Grrr it is raining again I don't believe it I have just seperated the WIR into its two parts to put the ex batts in one end. It is lovely, all clean new bedding, lovely clean eglu. I moved Agnes and Agatha across yesterday evening and now it is raining and will probably get their new home all soggy, I have been out and added some protection to the sides of the WIR this morning so hopefully that will help. Chrissie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 more blooming rain...grrrrrr! At least my patches of grass seed have been watered in and my stepping stones. Hens are looking very miserable i am contemplating bringing them into the conservatory for a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 I was hoping to get things sorted in the garden today. All the wrong things are loving this rain but it's getting more & more dark. Ominous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Yes, 6deg and it looks like it has been raining all night judging by the amount of surface water around. Got drenched again this morning... well, the waterproofs and dogs did! Went for a walk around the reservoir last night, the perimeter path is open again after the adjacent river flooded over it on Sunday. The res. is now full for the first time in over a year what's the betting that it's the 'writing's sort of water'? The sailing club there has a chainlink fence aroudn it and the whole fence has a very clearly demarked 8" 'skirting board' of grass and debris pressed against it by the floods. Looks most odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 That reservoir would make a good training pool for dogs. We stood there with our hands gripped onto the wire looking longingly at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 just seen the forecast for this weekend.... wind, rain (yes.... more ) and possibly SNOW in the north!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Our forcast for Sunday and Monday looks ok. We has a pleasant evening at Cheltenham racecourse yesterday, it rained a little bit but just a few big spots, but it was as mild as I can remember it being up there, it is normally very exposed windy and cold. it then rained heavily late evening and overnight, cold windy, damp and overcast here today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LolaLayla Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 We seem to be having a heatwave today 19.9 at the moment and really sunny. I got both eglus cleaned . Thought I had better get on with outdoor things as it is supposed to get colder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 just seen the forecast for this weekend.... wind, rain (yes.... more ) and possibly SNOW in the north!!!! I hold no hope for my newly planted honeysuckle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 I think my parsnips have been washed to Timbuktu! I have nothing else but garlic and winter onions in the ground. Rather pointless to sow any more seed for anything as the tomatoes are beginning to take up all the room and planting out of anything would be crackers as there's no end in sight of this wet stuff. I noticed it was lovely weather in the Highlands. It'll be different in June when we go on holiday - I bet the rain will follow us! The chickens have started quacking. Actually they are getting fed up with the greenhouse, they've scoffed any woodlice, earwigs, spiders mad enough to stay around. I had a brilliant idea of putting their dirt bath in the greenhouse. Brilliant for the chooks, bad for the greenhouse as there is now a layer of dirt on every surface possible!!!! Lots of flooding around here too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Well, the river is back up again having fallen 4 feet since Monday evening it is now set to burst its banks if we have any more rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubababe Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 I'm getting webbed feet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
