Genie Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 27 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: It’s just been mostly pissy weather all year, hasn’t it? Not a lot of snow and/or ice which is fine, but just miserable. I think February was wettest month ever, and March was very wet but not quite record breaking. April has pretty much been non-stop raining so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 46 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Yep, we’re handing back the allotment to the council. We’ve got a couple of weeks to wade up there and collect our tools and shed porn. In 4 years the fees have gone up from £24 pa to £120, and for the last 6 months it has been utterly unusable. It’s just permanently waterlogged, covered in puddles. At £24 something like that wouldn’t matter and if a crop didn’t work it was only ever really an excuse for some outdoor air and some exercise. With the price hikes we were relying on selling a crop of diamond encrusted asparagus to Waitrose. The only thing we could plant this year would be rice. That's ridiculous. It's like they're purposely trying to stop allotments - I know of 6 that have recently been taken back by the councils for new homes. Increase the price, people don't renew and the land goes back to them. We've hardly been down to ours this year so we've got nowt planted yet, our fees are £50.00 for the year so no increase as of yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Please spare a thought for the BBC weather service. Clearly they aren’t allowed out of the building, and the building doesn’t have windows. this morning’s ‘current’ weather synopsis: blowy with some showers It’s been howling wind and lashing rain since 5:30am 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 1 hour ago, chrisp65 said: Please spare a thought for the BBC weather service. Clearly they aren’t allowed out of the building, and the building doesn’t have windows. this morning’s ‘current’ weather synopsis: blowy with some showers It’s been howling wind and lashing rain since 5:30am Yep, same here. They didn’t seem to get the “biblical weather” memo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Took my son to school at 7:30 this morning. Sideways rain, lashing wind in your face. I'm currently sat in my office and being staring at burning sun for 2 hours. Get. ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 15 VT Supporter Share Posted April 15 Hailstorm here atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 2 hours ago, mjmooney said: Hailstorm here atm. I have always hoped Lzzy Hale was that type of girl (you def won’t get that reference @mjmooney) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 15 VT Supporter Share Posted April 15 1 hour ago, rjw63 said: I have always hoped Lzzy Hale was that type of girl (you def won’t get that reference @mjmooney) I do, actually. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 It's like there's more cogs in the Atlantic. The jet stream can push our weather into all sorts different places before it gets here. Here's some Arctic cold, here's some rain with desert sand mixed in, here's some record downpours, here's a heatwave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 A tornado tore through a suburb of Stoke early. Caused utter improvements. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 It’s been raining a bit in Dubai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bielesibub Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 2 hours ago, Genie said: It’s been raining a bit in Dubai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 25° last week 2 inches of snow this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 I just want to cut the grass, 3 days of non rain is all I ask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 48 minutes ago, Nicho said: I just want to cut the grass, 3 days of non rain is all I ask Managed to get mine done on Saturday . Couldn’t be arsed but had to grab my chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheVilla26 Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Done with this weather. It's ridiculous. I got out 2 weekends ago, jet washed the patio, cut the lawns, cleaned garden furniture etc... and it's rained every day since. We've now got Thunderstorm warnings in the South West for tonight. It feels like Winter has lasted 7 months, just no end to this dreary, miserable crap. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Monday, pop the heating on for an hour to take the edge off the chill Tuesday, oof 20 degrees, air con on in the car Wednesday, pop the heating on for an hour to take the edge off the chill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitvilla Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 On 17/04/2024 at 23:23, Nicho said: I just want to cut the grass, 3 days of non rain is all I ask I have cut grass three times in April, twice in the hail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted May 1 VT Supporter Share Posted May 1 Feels like we're finally back in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 Monumental storms down Saaaarf. House struck, road closed and fire engines on my street. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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