The colin_p appreciation summer sun and storm thread 2024
Discussion
Scabutz said:
Is it relative though, because its been mid single figures overnight. A heat wave could mean the dizzying heights of low teens comparatively
Absolutely - improvements look likely but if anyone thinks we can go from this dross to high 30s in a blink of an eye, I'll have what they're having.Start looking for an improvement midweek next week - following weekend looking good for BBQs. Too far out to be a forecast, but there's some model alignment for improvement.
5 degrees here last night! Five bloody degrees! This is just the s
ttest summer ever.
It’s the first time in my life (and apart from a few spells living abroad) I’ve lived within half a mile of here all my life) I now have wellies by the front door, and for going outside, garage, bins etc they’re my default footwear. It’s June ffs.
I can’t wait for next year when hopefully we are moving - eastwards. Some of you will say “ooh but it still rains a lot” - but there’s a big difference between “rains a lot” and “wettest (almost) place in England”.
People come up with crap about poverty killing people in north west mill towns - I disagree. I think it’s the miserable stinking climate, the cold, the non-stop bd rain, seeping into your bones and the very fibre of you body. The depression that it causes. You can’t go out and get any exercise as you need a bloody sou’wester and wellies just to get down the corner shop. Our washing is just full of filthy muddy MTB gear (I’ll give it that: the mountain biking here is second to none).
I hate this sodden place.
ttest summer ever. It’s the first time in my life (and apart from a few spells living abroad) I’ve lived within half a mile of here all my life) I now have wellies by the front door, and for going outside, garage, bins etc they’re my default footwear. It’s June ffs.
I can’t wait for next year when hopefully we are moving - eastwards. Some of you will say “ooh but it still rains a lot” - but there’s a big difference between “rains a lot” and “wettest (almost) place in England”.
People come up with crap about poverty killing people in north west mill towns - I disagree. I think it’s the miserable stinking climate, the cold, the non-stop b
d rain, seeping into your bones and the very fibre of you body. The depression that it causes. You can’t go out and get any exercise as you need a bloody sou’wester and wellies just to get down the corner shop. Our washing is just full of filthy muddy MTB gear (I’ll give it that: the mountain biking here is second to none). I hate this sodden place.
^^^^^ One of the reasons that we now live in East Suffolk is that Mrs B grew up in Exeter.
She recalls that it was only once she had left Devon to attend university did she realise it wasn't necessary for her to routinely carry a raincoat or umbrella with her, whatever the month.
So, we are now as far east as is practical.
She recalls that it was only once she had left Devon to attend university did she realise it wasn't necessary for her to routinely carry a raincoat or umbrella with her, whatever the month.
So, we are now as far east as is practical.
Dog Star said:
5 degrees here last night! Five bloody degrees! This is just the sttest summer ever.
It’s the first time in my life (and apart from a few spells living abroad) I’ve lived within half a mile of here all my life) I now have wellies by the front door, and for going outside, garage, bins etc they’re my default footwear. It’s June ffs.
I can’t wait for next year when hopefully we are moving - eastwards. Some of you will say “ooh but it still rains a lot” - but there’s a big difference between “rains a lot” and “wettest (almost) place in England”.
People come up with crap about poverty killing people in north west mill towns - I disagree. I think it’s the miserable stinking climate, the cold, the non-stop bd rain, seeping into your bones and the very fibre of you body. The depression that it causes. You can’t go out and get any exercise as you need a bloody sou’wester and wellies just to get down the corner shop. Our washing is just full of filthy muddy MTB gear (I’ll give it that: the mountain biking here is second to none).
I hate this sodden place.
You’re lucky. Braemar dipped below freezing last night! ttest summer ever. It’s the first time in my life (and apart from a few spells living abroad) I’ve lived within half a mile of here all my life) I now have wellies by the front door, and for going outside, garage, bins etc they’re my default footwear. It’s June ffs.
I can’t wait for next year when hopefully we are moving - eastwards. Some of you will say “ooh but it still rains a lot” - but there’s a big difference between “rains a lot” and “wettest (almost) place in England”.
People come up with crap about poverty killing people in north west mill towns - I disagree. I think it’s the miserable stinking climate, the cold, the non-stop b
d rain, seeping into your bones and the very fibre of you body. The depression that it causes. You can’t go out and get any exercise as you need a bloody sou’wester and wellies just to get down the corner shop. Our washing is just full of filthy muddy MTB gear (I’ll give it that: the mountain biking here is second to none). I hate this sodden place.
xeny said:
Terminator X said:
Listen to the science "hottest ever".
TX.
The UK is but a very small part of the globe.TX.
Recent history is but a very very very very tiny period in the life of the planet Earth. For millions of years it's been hotter than now. Hottest ever temp in recent history was 1913. Don't panic.
Blib said:
^^^^^ One of the reasons that we now live in East Suffolk is that Mrs B grew up in Exeter.
She recalls that it was only once she had left Devon to attend university did she realise it wasn't necessary for her to routinely carry a raincoat or umbrella with her, whatever the month.
So, we are now as far east as is practical.
East Anglia is statistically the driest region of the UK (you wouldn’t know it this year - bucketing it down again)She recalls that it was only once she had left Devon to attend university did she realise it wasn't necessary for her to routinely carry a raincoat or umbrella with her, whatever the month.
So, we are now as far east as is practical.
Utter ste in Surbiton. Hosting dinner tonight, would usually have been a bbq this time of year. Instead going to do slow cooked short ribs.
Went to a farm shop and asked for some. They said they don’t stock them in summer as people don’t usually cook stuff like that. Maybe they need to rethink that this year.
te in Surbiton. Hosting dinner tonight, would usually have been a bbq this time of year. Instead going to do slow cooked short ribs. Went to a farm shop and asked for some. They said they don’t stock them in summer as people don’t usually cook stuff like that. Maybe they need to rethink that this year.
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