General Chat

10 minutes ago OH was gardening! This morning he played golf and the sun shone. more like April!

Same here in Norwich, Ann, it was bright and dry so o.h. said he would cycle into work, he had a week of using the car after the jaunt to Liverpool but felt for the sake of his health he should be cycling again. I do hope it dries up around 10 tonight or he will have a soggy ride home lol

Neighbours come back from their two week holiday today, I haven't had to water their garden since the weekend :>)) as we have had so much rain, haven't had to do ours either.

Flaming June?!!!

xx

Pouring this morning, tried to brighten up for a while after lunch, but now dull and raining again.
Liz in Sussex

Its about to chuck it down here too.

I was born in Brereton, Lived at Etchinghill and went to Rugeley Infants School and Slitting Mill school before I moved counties Michele.

Ann in Leics

Which way is the wind blowing? : if it's towards London I'm heading off home before it gets here.

So far so good here in N/Wales .....
had a few little showers this morning but nothing
to gripe about , got was***g dried ....this morning ..
there is no wind and not a lot of birds about either ....
it seems very quiet ....lol

Looking very doubtful here in Derbyshire, and I hate it with a passion. In fact frightened to death of the thunder and lightning. One compensation. It is near the cocktail hour, so maybe I will calm down
God Bless To All
Julia in Derbyshire

Jusy got the grass cut when we had a down pour here just outside of Kettering, dry at the moment but for how long? sky looks very dark.
lynn

Cats and dogs here, too, Ann.... I do hate it when it is so heavy... R will be on his way home now, and there are so many numbskulls around!!

Love

Daff xxxxx

Heavy downpours here this afternoon, but the weather map on TV didnt show it wet in this area. Pouring off the garden as I type.

Hope R got home safely Daff. I hate that heavy rain because it batters down all the flowers and the poor hanging baskets. Very damp out there at the moment but no rain.

Please let it not thunder this evening..my dog just widdles in terror! BC XX

Aw BC, bless her!!! My German Shepherd used to be petrified as well!!

Jean... it is brilliant sunshine here, again, now!! Talk about fickle weather!!

Ann, yes, he got home about 20 minutes ago!!

Love

Daff xxxx

We've got it up here in Lancashire now - it's been really odd weather today. Sometimes a bit warm (like just before a storm), sometimes grey and now it's turned into heavy drizzle. Looks so gloomy!

Oh dear, it's bucketing down here so o.h. won't be happy when he gets in from cycling home, soaking wet and hot and sticky from all the wet weather gear, he has a shower at work when he leaves off , he will need a bath when he gets home ! And no, he hasn't finished installing the shower yet, 18 months now and still the bathroom isn't done lol

Lizx

Raining quite heavily here in the North East also.

Jenny

Well, I got home in the dry about 7.50, so it must have been going another way. I don't like the motorcycle gear getting wet as it has to be spread all over the place to dry out overnight.

Not too many nutty drivers in London tonight in spite of the tube strike which always brings a few weekend drivers onto the roads and they can't cope!

It stayed dry through the evening as well, there were even two motorised paragliders buzzing around.
No hot air balloons thank goodness, one of our dogs was scared by one which appeared at the end of the garden a couple of days after we got him (11 years ago) and he's never forgotten. He barks and howls at them if he is in the garden or on a lead. Off the lead he chases them for a couple of fields. He can see or hear them at a tremendous distance: two or three miles away, well before we notice them.

Been raining steadily here since about 6.00pm. If we have much more we'll be floating away!! Some parts of Yorkshire have had flash floods too.

Hi all, we live quite high up in Sheffield, its been raining stair rods all afternoon. At one point, the road outside looked like a massive washing machine was emptying suds, because of the huge hailstones coming down.Son tried to return to Norfolk on his moterbike but had to return as everywhere was flooded and roads closed. Still, it's given the street a good wash.

Well he got home ok, was peeved cos he had struggled into all his wet weather gear, got outside work and it had stopped raining so he got home wet on the inside from perspiration lol

Hope today is brighter and people can get around safely. Annina where in Norfolk is your son coming to, does he work here or live here all the time?

Lizx