I remember 62/63 very well! Obviously a lot older than many of you. Commuted to London and never missed a day. Would have been frowned on if you did. Even my Dad, who was a Stonemason, also working in London, made it and carried on with his job every day. No room for wimps! I have a young Finnish lady staying with me and I feel really embarrassed at the hype about the minimal snow being shown on TV. She was in fits of laughter the day they showed people taboganning and 'ski-ing' on Primrose Hill. GB needs to get a life.
Morning all and hello Rose. Something is falling from the sky but not exactly sure what is, could be very fine snow. We have lots of E European students, they think our response to the snow is very strange too.
Kate if you can teach some international marketing I will swap with you!
Hi PP. I actually feel quite embarrassed about how we deal with 'adverse' weather conditions in this country. Looking out of the window this morning, I know that tomorrow morning, my 2 sons and son-in-law are going to have great difficulty in getting to work, unless British Rail get their finger out. Schools will close. My Finnish girl is already worrying about getting a flight back to Aberdeen. It's ridiculous. We need more women running things!!
On Sky News yesterday they had a spokesman for Heathrow. He was asked why ariports in Sweden don't have these problems, His reply was that we are having the wrong kind of snow. He said that Sweden gets fluffy snow, which is much easier to clear from runways.
This morning, they had a spokeswoman. She had a different story - she said they need to allow more space between planes, just like driving on a motorway in snow.
I hope the lad hasn't been fired.
You do need to have a sense of humour in a job like that.
Jo what a great idea, as soon as it is safe to go out I will start on some sweet peas. I have also been looking at dahlias but my local GC sells them for £1.30 compared to £3 in the catalogues.
Sweetpeas are easy too Kate as you can put them into your coldframe as soon as they are up & going.
I want some named varieties for the dahlias. All for pots after last yrs demolision job by the slug population.
I did however notice one dahlia had started to reshoot whilst in the coldframe under fleece & in a wrapped pot. I have no idea of which, as when they all got eaten they didnt die back properly- couldnt no foliage!- so I just dumped them somewhere for the time being.
When I came to empty the pots a found a couple, no labels of course coz had stupidly removed those thinking tubers would have 'had it' as no chance to build up energy as no foliage, had started again. So have 2 pots of unknown dahlias in the one coldframe & they were still ok before this latest weather. By the time I recognise which they are will be too late to get any more, so am going to get some anyway & daughter can always take spares to her place! J.
Morning all. Light snow here. I was going to take a photo of the hills (look like Alps) but by the time I got my act together the clouds had come and now snow!!
Have to pick Daughter up at 10pm same worries as before.
Dog was really naughty on walk this morning, including not coming when called nd messing on someones garden
I sowed stuff like onions as I haven't sown that sort of thing before and packs said Jan
I'm not into dahlias but thought I might try some - bishop of Oxford looks good. Need a lower growing red one as well - any ideas?
Seen some beginias called Fairyland pot up for fairy dell. Begonias I grow lots of already!
Will try nerines (again new to me) and maybe Galtonia
morning all snowing again here had a bad fall off of pushbike this morning strugling to move now so no jobs out side for me today i hate sitting in arm chair all day when so much i could be doing
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I do not remember 1963
Snowing and settling here, is it too early
I would love to go to Hong Kong, any spare seats?
Can we sow seeds yet?
Kate if you can teach some international marketing I will swap with you!
On Sky News yesterday they had a spokesman for Heathrow. He was asked why ariports in Sweden don't have these problems, His reply was that we are having the wrong kind of snow. He said that Sweden gets fluffy snow, which is much easier to clear from runways.
This morning, they had a spokeswoman. She had a different story - she said they need to allow more space between planes, just like driving on a motorway in snow.
I hope the lad hasn't been fired.
You do need to have a sense of humour in a job like that.
Kate- you could always start off some sweetpeas? I leave until early Feb up here, but why not if you can look after them? Winter salads too?
Am about to re look at my bulb catalogue. The dahlia order next.... J.
Glyn I am afraid that swap will not go ahead
Jo what a great idea, as soon as it is safe to go out I will start on some sweet peas. I have also been looking at dahlias but my local GC sells them for £1.30 compared to £3 in the catalogues.
Sweetpeas are easy too Kate as you can put them into your coldframe as soon as they are up & going.
I want some named varieties for the dahlias. All for pots after last yrs demolision job by the slug population.
I did however notice one dahlia had started to reshoot whilst in the coldframe under fleece & in a wrapped pot. I have no idea of which, as when they all got eaten they didnt die back properly- couldnt no foliage!- so I just dumped them somewhere for the time being.
When I came to empty the pots a found a couple, no labels of course coz had stupidly removed those thinking tubers would have 'had it' as no chance to build up energy as no foliage, had started again. So have 2 pots of unknown dahlias in the one coldframe & they were still ok before this latest weather. By the time I recognise which they are will be too late to get any more, so am going to get some anyway & daughter can always take spares to her place!
J.
Morning all. Light snow here. I was going to take a photo of the hills (look like Alps) but by the time I got my act together the clouds had come and now snow!!
Have to pick Daughter up at 10pm same worries as before.
Dog was really naughty on walk this morning, including not coming when called nd messing on someones garden
I sowed stuff like onions as I haven't sown that sort of thing before and packs said Jan
I'm not into dahlias but thought I might try some - bishop of Oxford looks good. Need a lower growing red one as well - any ideas?
Seen some beginias called Fairyland pot up for fairy dell. Begonias I grow lots of already!
Will try nerines (again new to me) and maybe Galtonia
morning all snowing again here had a bad fall off of pushbike this morning strugling to move now so no jobs out side for me today i hate sitting in arm chair all day when so much i could be doing
hope all of you ok