Re: Weather

by Askit Wed Jun 30, 2021 6:13 pm

My SiL lives in Richmond so we've been getting updates from her and her husband. Hopefully the extreme hot weather will pass.

Another lovely day here, the whistles appear to have been confiscated but the paddling pool hasn't sprung a leak.........yet had_idea

by groundhog Wed Jun 30, 2021 7:18 pm

Usually take the seaplane from Richmond to Nanaimo, very handy for YVR. Much cooler today according to daughter today, great relief but the concern now I believe is the potential for fires. Hopefully it will not happen.
Lovely warm sunny afternoon here today, busy this evening otherwise it would have been a walk round the village.
That paddling pool sounds like a good idea. Wonder what Tag would make of it?

by burlingtonboaby Wed Jun 30, 2021 8:32 pm

Tag has a couple of pink kiddies pools hog, he goes nuts if you leave the hose pipe on slow when filling them.
Chilly day here,overcast for most of the day.
Boaby

by burlingtonboaby Thu Jul 01, 2021 6:32 am

Fresh breeze coming of the coast and overcast. Long walk out with Tag along the coastal path,not to many folk about this morning.
Lots of young gulls about,some unfortunately have been ran over,
Sad really.
Have a nice day.
Boaby

by Askit Thu Jul 01, 2021 8:46 am

Another hot one ahead, already 19°c with clear skies. Forecast suggests it will all be back to normal at the weekend with some rain and cooler temperatures. Obviously the person in charge if the weather knows we are away next week and arranging appropriate conditions for us BBQ

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by groundhog Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:41 am

Morning all
Good dry start to the day, roads were very busy at 0730am on the way to the weekly shop, looks like being another warm one. Clean the van today ready for MOT and service tomorrow. Its Canada Day today so may have to partake in a few drops of WHISKEY this evening. Have a great one! allthumbz

by burlingtonboaby Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:45 am

groundhog wrote:Morning all
Good dry start to the day, roads were very busy at 0730am on the way to the weekly shop, looks like being another warm one. Clean the van today ready for MOT and service tomorrow. Its Canada Day today so may have to partake in a few drops of WHISKEY this evening. Have a great one!

Enjoy Canada day GH. up!

Might just have a wee half too. up!

Boaby
Still windy and overcast.

by Dave 418 Thu Jul 01, 2021 12:48 pm

It’s supposed to be June but it feels more like February. It was grey and damp yesterday but to day it’s even colder and grey.
My idea of a couple of days away next week might not be a good idea unless it warms up a bit. I don’t want poor old muttly getting cold. walkies

by burlingtonboaby Fri Jul 02, 2021 6:24 am

Mild night with a few rain showers, fret cleared to reveal a lovely sunrise, good walk out with tag,kept out the long grass as its soaking.
Blackies doing well collecting worms etc for there second brood.Mavis having a good old sing song.
Have a nice day.
Boaby

by groundhog Fri Jul 02, 2021 7:11 am

Lovely sunrise here too, badger has been busy grubbing in the lawn again and it looks like someone has attacked it with a pickaxe!
Van off for the MOT this morning, chance to actually use it as it is a thirty mile round trip.
Looks to be another hottie so make the most of it.
Have a good day
allthumbz

by Askit Fri Jul 02, 2021 8:40 am

Good luck with the MOT up!

Think we're on the last day of wall to wall sunshine, showers tomorrow with some heavier stuff coming on Sunday. Had to chase the squirrel out of the garden yesterday, it digs up plants and tracks the bird feeders. Recently we found two of them ones hooked to our pear tree on the ground and the squirrel was identified as the culprit. It's been exonerated (of that at least) as we caught a magpie in the act.

They have now been fixed to the tree with wires (the feeders, not the magpies hugegrins

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by burlingtonboaby Fri Jul 02, 2021 9:37 am

groundhog wrote:Lovely sunrise here too, badger has been busy grubbing in the lawn again and it looks like someone has attacked it with a pickaxe!
Van off for the MOT this morning, chance to actually use it as it is a thirty mile round trip.
Looks to be another hottie so make the most of it.
Have a good day

Hope your van passes its test o.k hog. Turned out nice here no wind either.
Boaby

by burlingtonboaby Fri Jul 02, 2021 9:41 am

Askit wrote:Good luck with the MOT

Think we're on the last day of wall to wall sunshine, showers tomorrow with some heavier stuff coming on Sunday. Had to chase the squirrel out of the garden yesterday, it digs up plants and tracks the bird feeders. Recently we found two of them ones hooked to our pear tree on the ground and the squirrel was identified as the culprit. It's been exonerated (of that at least) as we caught a magpie in the act.

They have now been fixed to the tree with wires (the feeders, not the magpies )

Magpies must be spreading all over the country Tony, I watched them attack a young collared dove at the site in Yarmouth, plenty of them on other sites too.
Turned out nice here, the claim before the storm. up!

Boaby

by groundhog Fri Jul 02, 2021 6:33 pm

Quite a lot of magpies down this way too, watched another dogfight between three buzzards and a flock of gulls this afternoon, they really do go for it, pretty spectacular though.
Van serviced and MOT passed with no problems or advisories so all good, £260 which questions the myth Mercedes are expensive, traffic horrendous this afternoon and the main hols haven't started yet. Good sunny day but the skies are darkening now and storms threatened for the weekend.

by burlingtonboaby Fri Jul 02, 2021 8:10 pm

Watched a family of Swifts zooming through the sky above my head 10 minutes ago, like something out of Star Wars .
Low sea cloud coming in again after a nice clear and sunny day.
Boaby
P.S pleased your van passed o.k hog, that's you set for new adventures.

by burlingtonboaby Sat Jul 03, 2021 6:29 am

Sea fret this morning covering the sunrise,still mild, birds seem to be to busy looking for food ,not many singing the dawn chorus this morning .
Boaby

by Askit Sat Jul 03, 2021 8:08 am

Good news on the van GH up!

The rain arrived early yesterday, hard luck on anyone with a planned BBQ as it hammered down at teatime. It's dry with light cloud, and still fairly warm, but we're expecting showers later. Hard luck, especially when there's nothing on the telly up here snigger

by groundhog Sat Jul 03, 2021 10:04 am

Warm morning but rain about, quite heavy overnight.
Nothing on the telly down here either Tony, mind you it was good last night at Wombledon when that Andy bloke lost, where was the other player from again... snigger

by Askit Sat Jul 03, 2021 11:06 am

Aye, you Canadians taking advantage of an old man with one leg uncertain

by groundhog Sat Jul 03, 2021 11:29 am

Askit wrote:Aye, you Canadians taking advantage of an old man with one leg

by Dave 418 Sat Jul 03, 2021 10:16 pm

I think next weeks break is going to be moved on a week judging by the weather. This evening it turned really muggy and threatened a storm. rainyday

Just before I took muttly for his evening walk the storm broke for about an hour. When the rain stopped we set off. It was still thundering but he didn’t seem to be bothered. Probably too meany damp grass smells. doggy

by burlingtonboaby Sun Jul 04, 2021 6:30 am

Thick pea souper this morning, short walk out with Tag, even the Swifts are flying over the roof tops as the fog is so dense.
Had planned wash the van this morning, nope.back under the duvet
Have a nice day.
Boaby

by groundhog Sun Jul 04, 2021 7:11 am

Wouldn't be walking Tag here absolutely hammering down at rhe moment guttering can't handle it.
Duvet for me too for an hour or so

by Askit Sun Jul 04, 2021 8:29 am

Dry start but still overcast and muggy. Yesterday was the same, some around here had enough rain to cause flash flooding but we got a single shower that lasted all of 15 minutes. I think there will be more today so it's an indoors day for us.

by burlingtonboaby Sun Jul 04, 2021 10:34 am

Woke up at 9 to the sun out and very hot, clouding over abit now though, have a nice day.
Boaby