Weather

[mark smyth]

I never thought I would have enjoyed rain so much. Well not me personally. It's come in time to give all my bedding a good start before the trip to Czech Republic - loads of moisture to get the roots into the soil

[Luc Gilgemyn]

 

[mark smyth]

Luc you can have some if you wish. Bring a few buckets with you

[Maggi Young]

Luc, I watched some TV of the Fleche-Wallone cycle race earlier... it didn't look very sunny... is it really that hot?  

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Thanks Marc, I'm on my way !

Maggi - it is somewhat covered this afternoon - windless and very (looking for the right word) warm and heavy (?)... Not very pleasant.
Who won the Fleche ??

[Maggi Young]

Luc, it sounds as though the word you are looking for to describe the day is " muggy"    not nice weather!
Davide Rebellin of  the Gerolsteiner team won the Fleche.... they were all looking pretty tired and hot so I thought the weather was less good than it appeared... on TV it seemed a good day to rush around on a bike!
I heard that Marianne Vos beat Nicole Cooke in the Women's Fleche race. Miss Vos is making good success for a young lady.

[David Nicholson]

Anthony,

Over here it would be Golden Wonder......

They come in little packets over here!

[mark smyth]

maybe so but the best crisp over here is Tayto

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Yes Maggi, "Muggy" seems the word I was looking for - some wind has appeared since this afternoon - clouds have gone - all blue sky again.
Forecast is another 30 °C tomorrow and then only 27/28 until at least Sunday.
If it doesn't rain until next Tuesday - we will have had 0,0 rain in all the month of April,Never seen or heard before !!
Thanks for the bike-race info !!

[mark smyth]

Rain stats since the rain started. Bob Gordon collects data from his garden every morning that covers the previous 24 hours. I spoke to him just now re the Dublin show. I've missed one Mondays. Unfortunately the measurements are in 'old money' 

.1" Sunday am,
.2" Tuesday am
.55" Wednesday am

[Maggi Young]

Thanks for the bike-race info !!

You're welcome, Luc. There are some compensations for an afternoon at the ironing board!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

That was excellent timing Maggi ! Wished I had been ironing watching the race instead of in this office.... However, this does give me the compensation of being able to lurk at the forum every now and then.... 

[Anthony Darby]

According to 'The Beeb', it has been the warmest April in Britain since records began nearly 350 years ago. I seem to remember my Hawthorn hedge (Crataegus) struggling to flower before the end of May. This year the flowers opened yesterday, 30th April and I saw my first Orange Tip butterflies (Anthocaris cardamines) on Saturday! Thirty years ago the nearest were 80 miles north at Kingussie and just coming out at the end of May.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

31st day without a drop of rain today overhere - quite windy and temperature of abt 23°C - no rain forecasted for another week....Will the Sahara stretch North and reach Belgium soon ?

[mark smyth]

8 days since last rain and it's affecting plants again. So many new plants in bud. Who wants to baby sit and take photos?