Excessively hot and humid here. We've had rain for weeks on end and today started sunny but then we had a torrential downpour with sound and light show and hailstones. Possuma nd I missed that bit as we were in Namur at midday but OH was out playing golf and got caught.
The ground is sodden and can absorb no more so the back road as we came home was a river - fields either side plus springs near the surface so a torrent today.
Sunny and dry now but too sticky to do much. Even the dogs are indoors where it's cooler.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Where are you obelixx that you got hail? Hazel, ladies dont sweat they only glow, I have been glowing so much at night, I am awaiting the Police helicopter!
Rural central Belgium. We've been having steady rain with frequent thunder and hail all month.
A few years ago I came home form Chelsea to find a hailstone tornado had nuked my rhubarb, hostas and newly potted on seedlings and left scars on woody stems of shrubs, roses and trees. Nightmare.
Last edited: 23 June 2016 16:51:04
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
We have had rain, its raining now, but still very humid. I dont take any notice of forcasts on TV, the papers are as bad. I have once in my lifeftime known snow in June, a very long time ago. Got the Kale and beetroot to re-sow, (got 1 beetroot seedling, no kale, but that can wait till tomorrow now! Better to be talking about the weather than "are you in or out", thought I would wait till OH gets in from work and we can walk to the Polling station with the dogs.
Warm and absolutely pouring (Essex/Suffolk/Cambs border). Overly-tall foxgloves collapsed everywhere but I've been staking most things so fingers crossed.
It's been a beautiful day here - in fact, a bit too hot if truth be told - though I'm not really complaining. We had our share of flooding on Boxing Day. The Hippodrome (rather fine local theatre) re-opens next week, having been shut for 6 months after 4ft of water in the stalls...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
We have had a mega storm with wall to wall lightening overhead and along the horizon for a good 30 miles. More rain than the drains and ground could cope with so heres's the centre of our town tonight - https://www.facebook.com/maya.remy/videos/10154380614313489/
Never seen anything like it here before.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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Excessively hot and humid here. We've had rain for weeks on end and today started sunny but then we had a torrential downpour with sound and light show and hailstones. Possuma nd I missed that bit as we were in Namur at midday but OH was out playing golf and got caught.
The ground is sodden and can absorb no more so the back road as we came home was a river - fields either side plus springs near the surface so a torrent today.
Sunny and dry now but too sticky to do much. Even the dogs are indoors where it's cooler.
Where are you obelixx that you got hail? Hazel, ladies dont sweat they only glow, I have been glowing so much at night, I am awaiting the Police helicopter!
Rural central Belgium. We've been having steady rain with frequent thunder and hail all month.
A few years ago I came home form Chelsea to find a hailstone tornado had nuked my rhubarb, hostas and newly potted on seedlings and left scars on woody stems of shrubs, roses and trees. Nightmare.
Last edited: 23 June 2016 16:51:04
We have had rain, its raining now, but still very humid. I dont take any notice of forcasts on TV, the papers are as bad. I have once in my lifeftime known snow in June, a very long time ago. Got the Kale and beetroot to re-sow, (got 1 beetroot seedling, no kale, but that can wait till tomorrow now! Better to be talking about the weather than "are you in or out", thought I would wait till OH gets in from work and we can walk to the Polling station with the dogs.
Warm and absolutely pouring (Essex/Suffolk/Cambs border). Overly-tall foxgloves collapsed everywhere but I've been staking most things so fingers crossed.
It's been a beautiful day here - in fact, a bit too hot if truth be told - though I'm not really complaining. We had our share of flooding on Boxing Day. The Hippodrome (rather fine local theatre) re-opens next week, having been shut for 6 months after 4ft of water in the stalls...
After a damp start it has turned into a beautiful evening so we went out onto the common.
Burnet rose, Burnet moth
Last edited: 23 June 2016 20:35:43
We have had a mega storm with wall to wall lightening overhead and along the horizon for a good 30 miles. More rain than the drains and ground could cope with so heres's the centre of our town tonight - https://www.facebook.com/maya.remy/videos/10154380614313489/
Never seen anything like it here before.