Weather mid 2009

[David Shaw]

I was a little quick off the mark this morning with comments about our rain last night. It seems that it was just a shower compared with the rain just five miles to the west of us with surface water flooding in Nairn and the main A96 road closed for most of the night due to farmers fields being washed out onto the road. Open now.
David, have you thought about a move to Scotland ........

[David Nicholson]

Fermi, not likely
 

David, I don't think Scotlnd would comply with my minium temperature requirement. On the other hand the regular access to Lorne sausage could well swing things in Scotland's favour!

[mark smyth]

We have had a brilliant summer here, so far, with high temperatures most days

[Anthony Darby]

Fermi, not likely
 

David, I don't think Scotlnd would comply with my minium temperature requirement. On the other hand the regular access to Lorne sausage could well swing things in Scotland's favour!

One of my friends was speaking to a fellow Dunblane chorister who was proudly announcing the birth of her first grandchild. "What are they calling him?" my friend asked. "Lorne" came the reply. "As in sausage" my friend responded! "Heard at choir practises" has brought me years of amusement: heard between two older ladies shortly after my own wedding. "Where did they go on honeymoon?" "I think it was Bali?" "That must have cost a lot? Mind you, at their age they won't be having a family!"

[mark smyth]

This afternoon the tempertaure dipped to a chilly 10C

[Anthony Darby]

Another wet day here. Went for a walk up the hill at 9.15 p.m. Took this pic of a couple of half-drowned bumble bees on a thistle (Cirsium vulgare). Most thistle heads had one or more on them.

[mark smyth]

Anthony why do some bees act drunk and unable to fly?

[Anthony Darby]

Perhaps they are, especially if they have been imbibing fermented honeydew?

[TC]

To show how variable the weather is, it was mainly cloudy in Ayr this afternoon.  When the sun disappeared about noon I came indoors and watched the golf at Turnberry.  It was wall to wall sunshine down there - only 10 miles from where I live!

[Anthony Darby]

Funny old 'game', the weather?

[Anthony Darby]

After the rain, a more pleasant evening. Heidi jumped into this pond thinking the water was shallow!

[Martin Baxendale]

Super pic Anthony. Nothing but grey skies and rain until dark here today. Feels like sodding autumn!

[David Nicholson]

What a beautiful summer day today (who am I kidding!)

I had to have the light on to read the paper over breakfast. It started drizzling at around 1000, turned to steady rain around 1100, and torrential rain between 1230 and 1400. Steady rain replaced that and it's still steady rain as I write. Yeterday was one of only six days so far this July on which there has been no rain.

[Ragged Robin]

After days of rain, as you describe David, we finally had a decent day today and we have a red sky tonight so with any luck it will be Shepherd's delight tomorrow!

[Tony Willis]

 Yesterday was one of only six days so far this July on which there has been no rain.

Six days!Lucky you.We have not had any dry days this month and rain is forecast every day this week.Keeps the plants growing.