Awful weather - typical Brits talk

Dustyevsky

YoungBlueEyes said:

Popping on without catching up to say I hope you suvveners are alright, especially 2p + Dusty 🤞🏻

Nothing remarkable here; just drizzle and a strong breeze, but thanks for thinking about us.  We only get excited when the tiles start jumping. 

Looks as if you're a few degrees colder, but still missing the worst. 

  Our DD1 in the Midlands has about 3-5  cm of snow. Over 40 000homes are without power in Cornwall, and allegedly they've cancelled the trains here, but DD2 says she can still see and hear them passing.

EDIT: Geoff from 'Geoff Buys Cars' live-streamed  his drive up the M5 in the Midlands during a lively snowstorm. The motorway hadn't been gritted at that stage.  

twopenny

It sounds like it's windy out there but I'm not getting out of comfy spot to look.
Suddenly tickly throat and cough looks like I might still be here tomorrow.
Anything that needs attention can wait 😏

I was worried about Poppy with terrible conditions up there. Hope she's warm and dry.

Bluey, I was thinking about you just now. Great Rivers and the elephants walking through the reception of the lodge. You've got to go and see that 🤩
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wort

Just popping in to check on you all, the news predicted red for you down south. So hoping you are all unscathed.
some lovely moon pics, a lot of pages to catch up on. I haven’t ventured in the garden since I took down the Xmas decs, and did the garden tidy . I have had a letter saying the council are going to plant some trees on the edge of some nearby playing fields. 👏🏻
I have some January birthdays to buy for and I’ve had a lot of hair decluttered.

Dustyevsky

wort said:

Just popping in to check on you all, the news predicted red for you down south. So hoping you are all unscathed.

The red was for the funny lot in the county next door, who put jam on before the cream.   Here, it was just a blustery night with hail and rain battering on the windows. At this time of year, it's routine for us to get weather like that, so we check everything is secure and get plenty logs in etc.

I think the Midlands and Wales probably had 'our' snow, and it's scandalous the M5 wasn't gritted ahead of the heavy stuff falling. 

It's good that councils are still planting trees. If only they could keep roads as good and litter-free, as they did in the 1990s, when Devon's were among the best.   Perhaps, if we had some relatively unskilled people with no jobs, just sitting around, being paid to do nothing, the problems might be solved.   

Yesterday, I gave you Viburnum tinus, somewhat out of focus. Today I can't find the 'proper' pictures of it I took.  So instead, here is someone else's picture I liked at the Fatstock Show. The theme was 'Christmas Morning.' It didn't win, but in my opinion, maybe it should have. Credit to whoever took it!   

Sunny, breezy, and about 6c outside, so I'm off to have fun...

Farway

wort said:

Just popping in to check on you all, the news predicted red for you down south. So hoping you are all unscathed.

I have had a letter saying the council are going to plant some trees on the edge of some nearby playing fields.

Still here, bit of an anti climax TBH, cold, wet & windy, but IMO just January weather from me, with apologies to any who are chin deep in snow or roofless

I went out earlier, getting tootsies sorted, and the wind was bitter

My car [diesel] thought twice about spluttering into life, it was hold breath & silent prayer for a moment or two, but I am prepared with a fully charged Power Pack thingy that I could jump start with if prayer fails

Hope your council moves quicker than mine, it was year between letter & tree. They said trees, but we only got tree, a crab apple, which at least survived last year's drought and should show it's worth this Spring

2P, I think tickly throat & cough is "doing the rounds", every advert seems to be advertising cough stuff 

Closer inspection at the front on way back indoors, I can confirm my Jap Ans are alive and sprouting into growth, must be tough

The foxgloves & Honesty are a bit sorry for themselves, alive but some dead leaves need trimming off. Not in the weather though

Spotted a BT on the half coconut near the nest box, BT flew away as soon as I started looking, but at least it is not invisible to the BTs

Just refreshed, cracking pic Dusty, I'd have given it a prize

twopenny

Brief again.
Miserable bug or inhaling fumes from sink cleaner and couldn't sleep. Fierce sore throat, coughing hurts, shivers and flush so it's a day in bed to keep steady temperature.

Yes it's a bit windy, showers, occasionally sun but mostly grey. Around 3c.

Yes I love that photo Dusty. Excellent and different. It's a first from me 🏆

Farway congratulations on the bird success. I was going to mention that they won't nest if there's food there as other birds will come.
A wide open space with back to the wall, fence. But if they are feeding in sight that's a win 🙂

The blackbird is in the garden most of the day at the moment which is a pleasure 😍

Wort, hair decluttering sounds interesting. Do you put it out for the birds? 

-taff

Yes, it does have a screw to tension it Dusty, we'll see how it goes though. Shame he didn't ask you if he could put the soil to one side as a ready bed, would have been much easier all round...2p, just watch the kickback towards you when you're using one, it's like a stronger version of a reciprocating saw..this is if you haven't used one before obviously [ I hadn't...]

Farway, you're like the child snatcher from Chitty Chitty with all your BT enticements  

Tarka dahl ::snort:: I think I've grown the apricot one from them before, the guy is american isn't he? I'm sure I've bent his ear at a gardening show before..and another one with a tomato guy, I was telling him about Piglet Willies French Black and promising to send seeds. I still have seeds but the last couple of years they've definitely dropped off production and size, so if anyone has any fresh, I'm happy to pay for postage and swap what I have. 

explosive cyclogenesis sounds pretty serious too, does it translate to a bit of rain and some wind but nothing really major? Or at least that's what we had. The weather must not have paid attention to the dire warnings for our area...

I'd have given Christmas Morning a prize too. That is one perfect sheep bum too. 

Funny, I was telling my cousin about the power pack thing a couple of days ago Farway. She's never heard of such a fantastical object and purchased one straightaway This was unfortunately after she had to call out the AA, who she assured me were not alcoholics or anonymous.

Hope your lurgy didn't develop any further 2p, the elefants sound brilliant, reminds me of a kids show called A Horse in the House...I was a horsey child and loved anything to do with them but was wildly allergic to them.

I have done zero of anything of note I'm afraid, too cold etc...And I can't sleep for over thinking so that's why I'm up...