Weather

burlingtonboaby wrote:Heavy showers since 9 a.m ,still warm and damp, Blackies loving it.
Boaby

Same here but is very hard to get a breath. My wife is out in the garden collecting a glut of strawberries and has made friends with a baby Robin. It's been following her round, serves her right for wearing a red jumper

We've just been hit with something akin to a mini tornado

It was over in about 5 minutes and there was a weird howling noise. It looked like the trees were coming down and our garden has been rearranged. Pouring down now so the sorting will have to wait.

Cooler and fresher here after a couple of showers first thing. We decided to have a run out to Barton on Humber, Far Ings nature reserve. Plenty of room to park and free. The interest centre is still closed but we managed a short walk before lunch with one short shower.
After lunch we walked along the bank top under the bridge for a bit. Not feeling too good after a heavy day in the workshop yesterday so we didn’t walk too far but it was nice sitting in the sun looking across the Humber for a while before we wandered back for another brew. 
Next to us was a family with a motorhome having a picnic under the awning. We had to laugh at the smallest one. She had an all in one waterproof suit, pink wellies and a sun hat also clutching teddy. Our daughter had to be dressed like that for any days out that involved any chance of rain. She was a magnet for muddy water. Her brother was no were near as bad. He thought about with he was doing. She would always try and out do him. She even rolled in a puddle like the dog. This is the NHS nurse now and still has mad moments.

Paxton is a bit farther west than were we were today. I used to work in the villages both sides of the river in that area. For some reason they would send me from Scunthorpe rather than sending some one from Hull.
The best one I had in that area was a job at a nursery in Drax. I couldn’t find any thing like a nursery but I found the gate house for the power station. To my surprise it was the Eel nursery at the back of the power station. They used  the warm water to breed Eels.

Wee postscript to my post on Saturday about what seemed like a mini tornado. Got into the garden today to find our apple tree split in half down the trunk I had to cut it down as what was left standing was a danger to our boundary wall. Bit sad, it was well established when we moved in over 30 years ago but now it's gone.

burlingtonboaby wrote:

Askit wrote:Wee postscript to my post on Saturday about what seemed like a mini tornado. Got into the garden today to find our apple tree split in half down the trunk I had to cut it down as what was left standing was a danger to our boundary wall. Bit sad, it was well established when we moved in over 30 years ago but now it's gone.

Do you have a wood burning stove Tony, or whittle your wood into wee green man carvings.      
Could have been worse ,might have split your BBQ.
Boaby
Still very windy with heavy showers

No wood burning stove Boaby, just the gas central heating. I was going to make a carving of Donald Trump's head but I can't find a bit of wood thick enough

Tomorrow's job is cutting the tree enough to transport it to the recycling centre. Everybody needs a hobby