Cat tails Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Luvachicken said: Really hot on my arm with 3 massive waterproof dressings covering my stitches and the tablets I'm on making me even sleepier in the heat. I have got my smallest clothes on possible but I am still too hot. Roll on next week when I can take the dressings off Oh no! I was wondering how you were getting on with your shoulder. You should get one of those skimpy dressed men that fan you all day and feed you grapes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Few rumbles today and a smattering of rain. Hope that cools it all down a bit for you Luvvie! Welcome back and soon you'll be free of those extra annoying covers! Hope it's all gone well for you. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 (edited) A funny happened on my way home from work today...there was this weird stuff coming from the sky that made me all wet. Stopped now though. Edited July 27, 2018 by mullethunter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Fingers crossed you get a bit more Mulletty. We've just had a really heavy downpour - super, but I doubt it is being absorbed deep enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 It's much cooler and we've had a night of good steady rain. I think it's the sort of rain that will soak in a bit. It feels lovely. I think I'll get back to doing fitness today. I put it on hold for a couple of weeks while it was very hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Much more pleasant today - also a good drenching during the night and at one point howling wind! There are huge puddles around - had to look them up because I'd forgotten what they looked like! Sunny and very breezy at the moment - can imagine being by the coast! Clouds have been building but they are moving very fast. So nice not to have sweaty eyelids! And same goes for pretty much everywhere else! I can breeeeeeeeeeathe! Hayfever reared it's naughty head but a few snorts and it's easing off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Went for a hike this morning and was just back in time to miss getting wet. Well apart from all the sweat dripping from my body of course... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Did have some more rain 🌧 overnight and have had some serious showers this morning. 11 hours of heavy rain forecast tonight / tomorrow before back to warm and dry. The grounds so hard we’re worried it’ll all just run off and flood everywhere. On the plus side my waterbutts are cleaned out and ready! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 We had some rain last night, and it has been blowy today with the odd shower. Heavy rain early evening and some distant thunder, will inspect water levels in the butts in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Still been raining on and off - checked our greenhouse water butt earlier and it's two thirds full where it had been empty. Probs overflowing by now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Oooh really wet, wet, wet! The dried up bits definitely are taking on a greener hue overall - in such a short space of time! Except for the guy next door and he mowed his dead bits yesterday and it now looks like mud with a few brown stalks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Wet, wet, wet.... just no sexy Marty Pellow It's lovely and cool, blustery and refreshing. Waterbutt no. 1 nearly full now and ready to cascade into the others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 On 27/07/2018 at 4:52 PM, Cat tails said: You should get one of those skimpy dressed men that fan you all day and feed you grapes! Yes, I could really do with one of those All going well so far though and so nice to wake up and see some rain and feel a bit cooler Grey and windy at the moment with gentle drizzle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Hooray! Water butts are full 🌧 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 My mother is very happy now that her overflow water butts have also filled - that was some rain session! The grass does look greener, but it looks like it'll be back to the hot stuff again. Was warm again today, thankfully some nice little clouds and a breeze for some relief! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Back to full on hot here. Not as bad as Europe though. I enjoyed the few slightly cooler days and nights. In other years I would consider them hot, it's funny how they seemed cool by comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Hopefully by next Tuesday or Wednesday it will be cooler again............still no rain forecast for us in Oxfordshire. I've had to 'let some plants go' as I just can't water them all with enough to keep them going. Mainly the thymes,rosemary and lavender that were getting woody anyway. The water butt is exhausted...again! As am I, coincidentally! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Apparently Spain and Portugal are heading for record soaring temperatures. Aunty Beeb said it was the hot weather in Europe that is pushing some of the heat in this direction. Would like it a few degrees lower though. Certainly hot and at midday there was no wind at all. The odd breeze now thank goodness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Well we haven't had the absolute terrible heights of 47 yet, but it has been 44.something, further south than us. Our local weather station has been 41.5, and the local city has been 42.something which is a record for round here. However, its very cloudy, so we haven't had the scorchio sun at full blast, which probably explains it. But the worst news,for us, is that for the past 2 nights our local weather station (10 miles away) has recorded the highest overnight temperatures in Portugal - ie 31 at 3am this morning, and 35 at 9am. Its getting progressively worse each day, and even our cool downstairs (no a/c, just metre thick stone walls) is no longer cool. We had a fan on last night, which we have only done a couple of times in the past 5 years, and I think we are going to switch it on downstairs as well. Unpleasant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Pretty hot then Daphne. I hope you find a way to keep cool. I'm surprised your house has heated up with such thick walls How are your chickens in such heat ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Well luckily I don't have chooks out here. We travel too much to make it feasible, plus after the first summer I didn't think I could cope mentally as the heat puts a massive strain on them as you can imagine, and it would distress me. I couldn't possibly keep anything like my orps, although the polands would be OK but they don't exist over here, so I would probably go for naked necks which are quite well adapted. The locals keep their birds in much of the time with a bit of outside yard. If they are lucky its a stone building which is cool, otherwise its a breeze block construction, which is shady, but not that cool. Anyway, with the house, I think its just cumulative, we can't open doors or windows as that would just let the heat in, so the combined body heat of us, plus life going on (kettles, cooker, showers etc), means that the heat generated inside isn't escaping. You do get used to it, but its not great. Apparently it was 41.5 at midday at the weather station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Hit here again today, but not as bad as it has been. The house remains lovely and cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Blimey Daphne. I love the heat but I don’t envy you that. Quite cool and misty damp here until late morning, but then 25 degrees and sunny this afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 The hottest temp in Portugal yesterday was 46 point something Luckily it remained 41 10 miles away and 38 under our table. At 6.45am today it was 28 indoors and 30 outside, I have a couple of windows open for a short burst of air exchange before battening down again and returning to a murky indoor world. But hurrah - 43 forecast today, 40 tomoz, then I'm going to need my cardy - 30 on Tues and 28 on Weds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 A big drop in temperature does make you feel chilly. I'd forgotten you don't have chickens any more Daphne ( been on too many dopey pills for my shoulder op ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
