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  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    B3 said:
    Car is smothered in a gift from the Sahara. It looks like it's been parked in a quarry on blasting day.😕
    Yes I had to wash the car  side windows as the rain wasn't enough to wash it off. We could hardly see out, quite dodgy. 
    AB Still learning

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I'm not sure whether to hose it yet in case there's more on the way.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    Yes I  wasn't sure, but we were out in the car and side visibility was quite poor,  so I thought I  had better do it.
    AB Still learning

  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Isn't Saharan dust supposed to be good for the garden? I think the Amazon rainforest depends on it for fertiliser.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Jenny_AsterJenny_Aster Posts: 945
    Uff said:
    How interesting Jenny_Aster. Do you think they ate it and then it was passed through their intestines or nibbled the coating off? 

    No they didn't eat it, it just looked like a part of the compost was wrapped in clingfilm, like it was behind glass. It might still be there, when it stops raining I'll have a peek and see if I can take a pic :)


    Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am! 

    Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Harking back to the discussion of things growing out of / on cars, this may well be a significant factor @wild edges🤔
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    B3 said:
    Harking back to the discussion of things growing out of / on cars, this may well be a significant factor @wild edges🤔
    You're probably carbon offsetting by growing a rainforest on the car. :)
    Grumpy at myself today. The new USB connector turned up for my lamp repair project. I checked the wiring diagrams for USB terminals and soldered the wires on accordingly. I made a really neat job of the whole thing too. Then I plugged it in and nothing happened.  :| I'd checked the continuity and that was all fine, bulb is fine too and the inverter. Then I checked my other lamp just in case and found they'd reversed the wires in the bulb holder for some reason :/ Luckily I'd ordered two USB terminals and just had to cut the first one off and resolder the new one on to match but I'm kicking myself for not checking the wiring properly in the first place and saving myself half an hour of messing about.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    I'm looking out of our side window and seeing bright orange, very fast moving clouds to the west, looks most beculiar. It's to the west where we usually see sunsets, so don't think it's Saharan sand - says she, hopefully.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Why would they do that wild edges, was it a mistake do you think?
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    B3 said:
    Car is smothered in a gift from the Sahara. It looks like it's been parked in a quarry on blasting day.😕
    Yes I had to wash the car  side windows as the rain wasn't enough to wash it off. We could hardly see out, quite dodgy. 

    It has absolutely chucked it down all day here so our cars are dust free.  That's the only up-side of the rain.  It will probably be a few days now before I can do any work in the garden.
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