Guest Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 How exciting! Let's hope it blows over somewhere else for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starboyhull Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Yeah very excited now.....Problem is I only realised it was this Sunday, yesterday.....Gonna cost about £200 return on the train though oppps im gonna be in trouble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 we've had a sunny morning. BUT... its sports day in a minute, and the wind and clouds are gathering nicely. plus we have the school fete on Saturday, and forecast is not good. and friends down from London for w/e - think we can forget the bbq and raving about the idyll of country life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Our public transport is outrageous isn't it? How can it possibly cost £200 for a train journey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starboyhull Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 It is such a rip off, when you consider how cheap you can get some flights for....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Which is all down to government subsidies. It should be subsidising the trains and not the aeroplanes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 I agree 100% Ginette. My niece, who is an impecunious student is going to Newquay for a week with her pals. Cost on the train from Manchester ....over £100. Cost of flying....£49 return. What motivation is there for someone like her to go by train. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Half the price! It's just so wrong!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starboyhull Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 If Humbersider had the cheap flight airlines it would be so much cheaper to fly......Andy once had to go from London to Perth, it was cheaper and took just under 2 hours to fly, was going to be something like 6 hours and over £250 to go by train.......Where do they come up with these prices..... Plus now they are trying to blackmail people to stop them flying as itthey say it affects the environment, what a load of rubbish.....Im sure more people would use the trains instead of cars and planes if it was cheap enough...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Slightly aside, after a glorious morning when I got lots of gardening done, it is now diagonal stair rods here. Hope noone gets flooded as apaprently it's going to be like this for 5 days. Think I might get OH building an ark this weekend..... Mrs Bertie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 Does he know what a cubit is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Its sunny and warm here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Cloudy, 10 degrees and steady but gentle rain here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 15 degrees here......heatwave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 30, 2007 Author Share Posted June 30, 2007 Cloudy but bright if you see what I mean, with just the occasional spot of rain here. Spent yesterday afternoon digging trenches in the back garden to allow the water from the last deluge to drain away. It worked very well. The engineering world needs to know about me. Also cleared the path of all the debris which was left last time, to allow the anticipated gallons of water to drain away. Am working on the theory that if I didn't prepare, we would have water lapping over the back step again, but if I did, we wouldn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 It was lovely here yesterday - bright sunshine & really warm. I even spent an hour on my new Sunbed (its rained since we bought them ) reading a book. Today its vile - warm,sticky & very wet. The daughters are both off into Reading with their pals for the day............rather them than me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Cloudy but bright if you see what I mean, with just the occasional spot of rain here. Spent yesterday afternoon digging trenches in the back garden to allow the water from the last deluge to drain away. It worked very well. The engineering world needs to know about me. Also cleared the path of all the debris which was left last time, to allow the anticipated gallons of water to drain away. Am working on the theory that if I didn't prepare, we would have water lapping over the back step again, but if I did, we wouldn't. I'm just about to go and do the same Egluntine - and hope my work will be in vain I have to dig a trench to take the water away from the new steps which so conveniently channelled all the water towards the house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallina Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 We have been very lucky with the weather in Oxford until today, and of course it is the weekend. It's so unfair ifn you have to go to work in dry weather and stay home in wet. I even had to water all my outdoor pots on Thursday night, as they were wilting with thirst. But I have just looked out of the window, and it has stopped raining and the sky is very bright. There is hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Downright awful here today. Despite that ,the girls were absolutely desperate to get out and free range. They have now seen the error of their ways and gone back in Susan Hope July is sunnier...won't hold my breath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 It's 17 degrees, dull, dreary and wet here. Dead miserable and we have two weddings at church today. I'm sure they must have thought that 30 June would be fairly safe, weather wise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 'Tis pouring with rain here, freezing cold and thick mist. Of course, it's the first weekend of our summer holidays, so what else would the weather dish up for us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Just got back from lunch and we had the most terrific thunder stor, with hail and everything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 3, 2007 Author Share Posted July 3, 2007 Raining Stair Rods this am.....blue sky now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 *giggles* Just seen the new name of this thread - nice one Egluntine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starboyhull Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 We have had the sun for 15 minutes now Is that a July record??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
