Weather

Day started cloudy and drizzle, but improved to cloudy then better to a nice afternoon. Dictionary definition of calm though....

Cloudy with sun and showers here so far this morning. Still v cold 1c overnight...

Light frost this morning but soon clears when sun on it. Sunny but cold 4° .  Improvement forecast for next few days, chances of rain reduced.

Nice enough to BBQ yesterday but we had a heavy shower in the evening. Bright and sunny with broken cloud again, 6°c rising to 11°c later and showers always a possibility. Good walking weather again so off we jolly well go.

Talking to the folk next to us after telling them how good their Hymer van convertion looks. They ordered it in April 2021 after seeing one at the NEC, it was delivered........April 2023

Lovely this morning.  9 degrees and bright and sunny and should stay like this all day.  Shopping later on so looking forward to that....

Dry for the early shop but grey and overcast.Back home by 8am and have to confess to crawling back in to bed for an hour.
Now ominous black clouds and a few spots of rain so might have a crack at repairing the wall in the hallway where we had the water leak as it has dried out now
Hoping to get away with a bit of filling, stain block and a few coats of paint otherwise it is a strip the plaster job and that is beyond my skill set.
Have a great day all

Another mixed day of showers and a chilly breeze but after getting soggy going across to Lidl it’s brightened up whilst we are having lunch.
The kids turned up with managements birthday presents to take with us but whilst we were in Lidl she reminded me no one had bought her a birthday cake. Fortunately she is easily pleased so we found a nice cake to take with us. I will have a dig in the kitchen drawers for candles.

Another mixed day of showers and a chilly breeze but after getting soggy going across to Lidl it’s brightened up whilst we are having lunch.
The kids turned up with managements birthday presents to take with us but whilst we were in Lidl she reminded me no one had bought her a birthday cake. Fortunately she is easily pleased so we found a nice cake to take with us. I will have a dig in the kitchen drawers for candles.

My I pad is throwing a wobbly hence the double post.

Cool wind and dry in Whitby today, good walk with Tag ,not to many other dogs of lead.
2 fish suppers x £20.85, haddie and chips.
Have a nice evening.
Boaby

Red sky at night AND lenticular clouds, tomorrow should be interesting. Here at Ballyshannon, Donegal btw...

And here is the result! Lake is actually the head pond for a medium sized hydro electric station on left in pic
Also, as a non Greeniot, the 1952 built hydro plant at full throttle powering the Irish grid, the -6 wind turbines nearby total output =0!!!

A bright and dry start here. Muttly was pacing about early this morning but when I opened the door he looked out and wandered back into the sitting room. He is like a kid because knows the van is off the drive so something is happening.
Porridge and toast for breakfast ,a short walk and then finish packing ready for off. It will be a nice change to be heading north.

Enjoy your travels folks. Almost a repeat of yesterday's weather here, broken cloud and a high of 11°c with the inevitable chance of a shower Despite the same threat yesterday it was dry all day, lovely in the sun but you could feel the cold bite when it hid behind the clouds. Another good walking day for us.....hopefully.

Good to see those vans rolling again, so make the most of it everyone and take care.
Ground slightly damp this morning so may have been light rain overnight but sun is trying its best now. So much colour in the garden right now, this has to be the prettiest time of the year and the birds are singing their heads off.
Have a great day all

very heavy rain shower at dawn, soon dried up and had a good long walk with tag.
Have a nice day.
Boaby

9 degrees and sunny.  Might wash the car today - van will be next weekend to get it ready for getting away for a few days.

Stottin down here, started raining during the night and hasn’t stopped .
Take care if your on tour, not car cleaning weather here.
Boaby

Woken by a heavy shower here in the Wild West of Donegal.
Stopped now, zero wind, cool, lots of clouds surrounding us but blue sky between them

Morning folks,

Bright again this morning but a bit cooler at 5 degrees.

Another decent day in prospect with no rain on the forecast, should remain cloudy with some sunshine and a high of 11°c. After all the exertions of the last few days we're taking it easy with a wander through the woods, keep hearing Woodpeckers but can't spot one. Plenty of Red Squirrels though.

It started raining hard before we got up this morning and muttly is pretending to be asleep. We managed to walk down to the bay after tea yesterday so he won’t need much of a walk when the rain eases off.
The cinder track being an old railway is normally muddy but it’s black mud and worse than we have seen it before. Fortunately muttly managed to cross the track last night without getting mucky and bringing it into the van.

Strong winds and rain here on the East Riding ,roll on summer.
Boaby

We managed a soggy walk eventually. The site roads are draining on to the cinder track via the gate at the side of us. It took a bit of careful planning to get out without getting wet feet. There is a lot of standing water on the site. It will take a lot for it to dry out by the first bank holiday. We have been tenting with kids and dog on muddy sites. No more thankfully.
As management reminded me I don’t possess a pair of welly boots. I was issued with steel toe cap ones when I was doing breakdowns. For the walks I do my walking boots are ok. I find wellies cold and uncomfortable.

Spent most of the day at Basset Cove on the north coast, sunny and just beautiful, very quiet too.
Van really needed the run, turned the key this morning and battery wasn't playing, attached the nocoboost and burst in to life, something really worth carrying.
Grandchildren in Canada are in the RCAF air cadets and 13 year old is just having her first flying lesson then her 11 year old brother just after never did things like that when I was that age! This flying malarkey must run in the family,️
Hope they have digested breakfast!