"IT'S TOO DARN HOT" never thought I would sing that this year, my garden is South Facing so shade not normally needed is at a premium, came in burning and to make some tea "tea, are you mad" yup tea cures everything. Stockton is suffering global warning?? Knowing our weather it will be one day only.
Joyce knew Colchester it was our stop over when moving all our heavy equipment from Bordon to Germany. We would park up and refuel at one of the many Barracks before shipping out of Harwich to Hamburg. As we did the move many times to and from we got to know the flesh pots of Colchester.
You live in a lovely part of Ayshire, my Daughter her husband and I stayed a few days after a Grand Tour of Inverness, John O Groats, back along Loch Ness to Fort William, a stay beside loch Lomond where my evening meal was Bonny prince Charley he tasted quite tender and the Chef came out to see us as we were the only ones ordering the most expensive meal in the place, well he was a Royal. Then a meander back through Glasgow and the coast. We have relatives in Annan so detoured through Dumfries I love that area, in my prime we often went Pony trecking there, nothing wrong with Scotland apart from the bagpipes.
You are making memories flood back Joyce and History is one of my Loves, I write for the local Library Archives and have done for the BBC, it is not just a fad with me.
Bagpipes are lovelly, aparently 23d today but completely windless, took the dogs to the top of the (south) Downs, round the chalkpit, full circle and back home 2 and a half hours, felt soooh hot! Got told off for forgetting to water OHs Brugmansia, which we put into conservatory while it was flowering!
Beyond understanding, it stayed fine and sunny all day, cooled slightly after tea as we call it, we have Sunday Dinner at 13:00 hours without fail, common lot are we not.
Nanny Beach, you would have different thoughts on the bagpipes had you had to put up with Pipers climbing the hills around and practicing all day, if I hear Blue Bonnets over the Border ever again I will do something drastic to the offending pipes. Should that be with the offending pipes.
Might swap them for the "boy racer" we seem to aquired here, Saturday night up and down 6 times, yesterday morning 8 am. No idea what sort of car it is, its metalic gold about 3 feet off the ground, lots of fins and things, and obviously VERY fast, which is laughable because we live in a little narrow road with big speed bumps. Up till recently there was a chap I would guess about 18 practicing his drums daily, could be heard a surprising long way down the road always doors and windows open, (why!!) Mother, has a noisy yappy dog, a few different neighours thought it was my little one, we are talking sometimes midnight, 2 am 4 am, I havent heard it then, but my imediate neighbour says Mon to Frid 4am, not weekends, so I expect its someone who goes to work early in the week, my 2 sleep in the bedroom. Went to Edinburgh 18 months ago, there was a piper playing something anthem, I love that bit of music, and had to admire the kilt as it was freezing! Oh, the weather, 17d, very "still" no sun.
We had hot sunny weather until Tuesday when we had a huge storm that blew a tree onto our telephone line, no Internet, no phone. Borrowing a friend's Internet. Since then it rained and has been cool and cloudy.
We were having dinner on the terrace in the warm evening then the sky changed, see photos. Should still be daylight, had been sunny.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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"IT'S TOO DARN HOT" never thought I would sing that this year, my garden is South Facing so shade not normally needed is at a premium, came in burning and to make some tea "tea, are you mad" yup tea cures everything. Stockton is suffering global warning?? Knowing our weather it will be one day only.
Joyce knew Colchester it was our stop over when moving all our heavy equipment from Bordon to Germany. We would park up and refuel at one of the many Barracks before shipping out of Harwich to Hamburg. As we did the move many times to and from we got to know the flesh pots of Colchester.
You live in a lovely part of Ayshire, my Daughter her husband and I stayed a few days after a Grand Tour of Inverness, John O Groats, back along Loch Ness to Fort William, a stay beside loch Lomond where my evening meal was Bonny prince Charley he tasted quite tender and the Chef came out to see us as we were the only ones ordering the most expensive meal in the place, well he was a Royal. Then a meander back through Glasgow and the coast. We have relatives in Annan so detoured through Dumfries I love that area, in my prime we often went Pony trecking there, nothing wrong with Scotland apart from the bagpipes.
You are making memories flood back Joyce and History is one of my Loves, I write for the local Library Archives and have done for the BBC, it is not just a fad with me.
Frank.
Pleased to have brought back some youthful memories Frank.
Once you start digging around in archives, you are hooked.
Bagpipes are lovelly, aparently 23d today but completely windless, took the dogs to the top of the (south) Downs, round the chalkpit, full circle and back home 2 and a half hours, felt soooh hot! Got told off for forgetting to water OHs Brugmansia, which we put into conservatory while it was flowering!
Beyond understanding, it stayed fine and sunny all day, cooled slightly after tea as we call it, we have Sunday Dinner at 13:00 hours without fail, common lot are we not.
Nanny Beach, you would have different thoughts on the bagpipes had you had to put up with Pipers climbing the hills around and practicing all day, if I hear Blue Bonnets over the Border ever again I will do something drastic to the offending pipes. Should that be with the offending pipes.
Frank.
Might swap them for the "boy racer" we seem to aquired here, Saturday night up and down 6 times, yesterday morning 8 am. No idea what sort of car it is, its metalic gold about 3 feet off the ground, lots of fins and things, and obviously VERY fast, which is laughable because we live in a little narrow road with big speed bumps. Up till recently there was a chap I would guess about 18 practicing his drums daily, could be heard a surprising long way down the road always doors and windows open, (why!!) Mother, has a noisy yappy dog, a few different neighours thought it was my little one, we are talking sometimes midnight, 2 am 4 am, I havent heard it then, but my imediate neighbour says Mon to Frid 4am, not weekends, so I expect its someone who goes to work early in the week, my 2 sleep in the bedroom. Went to Edinburgh 18 months ago, there was a piper playing something anthem, I love that bit of music, and had to admire the kilt as it was freezing! Oh, the weather, 17d, very "still" no sun.
We had hot sunny weather until Tuesday when we had a huge storm that blew a tree onto our telephone line, no Internet, no phone. Borrowing a friend's Internet. Since then it rained and has been cool and cloudy.
We were having dinner on the terrace in the warm evening then the sky changed, see photos. Should still be daylight, had been sunny.
That sky was really thunderous BL.
Warm, sunny day here.
very close I am melting!