Cinnamon Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 Just look forward to having your Christmas dinner al fresco on the patio in blazing sunshine!! Is that a promise,Kev? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 Its so bad here OH is doing the ironing and I'm plannig tomorrow's lessons...... Usually an 8.00 pm activity! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 The weather is getting me down too. Not so much the rain (although it has been raining for over 24 hours) but it is so cold. Outside thermometer is showing only 8oc. My radiators are on Don't tell OH he is away for the weekend and yes I did put on another jumper on top of the long sleeved Tshirt and jumper I was already wearing. The dogs are driving me mad, they need to go for a walk but won't go out in the rain I am entertaining them by sitting in the living room and throwing a ball down the hallway and into the family room. Roll on July Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 Oh dear- weather report says N/NE wind and torrential rain for next few days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 im sick to death of this wet. its been raining here for 2 weeks now. All my patio tubs/baskets are ruined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share Posted June 24, 2007 The weatherman has just threatened us with 4 inches of rain over the next 24 hours. Aaaaargh. Where's that bloomin' dove with the olive branch????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Don't know, but send it down here when you've finished with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 classic June day here - raging winds, has been raining most of the night, most plants are horizontal, and of course its the 1st day of Wimbledon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrookhamChooks Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 It's vile here in Hampshire too. Plants flattened, puddles on lawn and chickens disgruntled. No eggs today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Obviously the sun is blazing here - it never rains in Dorset Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 May your pants catch fire Melanie!!!! It was so cold yesterday when we got back from the race (not helped by being soaked and muddy) that I lit the stove. I mean, in midsummmer......! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 So when do you think they'll announce the first hose pipe ban then? I bet by the end of the "summer" somewhere in this soggy puddle of an island has got one! Mrs Bertie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Bet you as soon as our Rainwater Harvesting System gets installed there will be a drought!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Had to laugh. Someone has just posted on my local Freecycle for an electric blanket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 25, 2007 Author Share Posted June 25, 2007 Bet you as soon as our Rainwater Harvesting System gets installed there will be a drought!!!!! Do it....quick!! I've just had to wade (literally) out into the garden to knock down a bit of dry stone walling to prevent the hens from being submerged, and had to unblock two drains as the path at the back of the house was 4" deep and water was beginning to lap over the back step. Aaaaaarrrrgghhhh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 25, 2007 Author Share Posted June 25, 2007 Just had to go out again and unblock the drain as water is now coming into the back porch. It is pouring down the paths and debris keeps blocking the drain. This picture shows that next to the pink Tubtrug, and in front of the green plant there is the accursed blocked drain! I have had to change my socks 3 times now!! Socks...in June. The northern access roads to Sheffield are impassible due to flooding...Him Indoors is stuck in a queue which goes as far as the eye can see he tells me. I'm sure you will all find this rivetting!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Poor you Egluntine, will you be putting out a drawbridge for when your knight in shining armour comes home? It's just started again here, after a brief brighter spell, and the wind has changed direction to the north too, so we're bound to get your floods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 When they mentioned sheffield the 1st person I thought of was you Eglutine. Hope you and your chooks are ok. Praying the weather improves for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 The rain here was so bad driving home, that I could barely see It really is not funny anymore all my lovely veggies are really swaying in the wind now, I hope they'll be okay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 25, 2007 Author Share Posted June 25, 2007 When they mentioned sheffield the 1st person I thought of was you Eglutine. Hope you and your chooks are ok. Praying the weather improves for you Thank you. It is soooo depressing. They say it will improve after midnight. Lets hope so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 phew its eased off our back door was getting water under it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 I cant remember the last time I saw the sun .....I think it was 2 weeks ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 There's a big yellow thing at the bottom of my garden, sitting in a patch of blue. I nearly forgot what the sun looked like! Now we've had a little bask (about 45 minutes) we're drop kicking it up north, hopefully it should reach you soon. This has got to be the worst June I ever remember - our village Strawberry Fayre was almost a wash-out yesterday and every other year has been gloriously hot. It's such a shame when all the schools and such like go to huge effort only to have it obliterated by the lousy weather. Really hope no one on here (or anywhere else I suppose!) ends up flooded, fingers crossed. Mrs Bertie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperman Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 It once snowed here in June when I was a nipper, and it layed! I don't recall it ever been winter for all of June though! I heard on the radio that it has been the wettest June since records began. I think that would still be the case of they only counted the last three days. It has finally stopped raining here now and the lake that was once the garden has started to subside. I am just watching the news, I won't whinge too much as we seem to have got off very lightly compared to some. A bit of respite tomorrow then more of the same is the forcast! It would be lovely to sit in the garden in the sunshine with a nice glass of something, watching the chucks scratting about. They old phrase 'Never cast a clout till may is out' has been changed to 'Never cast a clout' whatever a clout is! Kev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 erm........ Egluntine - whu have you got the hosepipe out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
