Winter is coming.
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Yeah, I did a similar deal for the road side parts of my front hedge, it was very overgrown and the council has had complaints about the hedges encroaching on the road so best trim it. (Further down the hill, they had a contractor in to cut things back, I suspect the landowner was then given the bill....) Loads left for me to lay in, only had the side done, will actually make laying the rest easier as it's reduced the width to something sensible.
Well, it was forecast to effect the south and south east of England so what do you expect?
And in fairness, they are not really used to wind and rain over there, so a couple of inches of rain falling in Kent is a significant event there.
GC
Mmm...Somerset; heaps of tomatoes and lashings of ginger beer.
And Zider.....
Apples and cider are more the traditional Somerset things. Along with willow for basketry. (The Enid Blyton stuff is more Devon I think?)
There's also a reason why south Wales and Devon traditionally had dairy farms and orchards (clay soil, rain and hills = good grass and orchard trees, but difficult-to-impossible to grow cereal crops).
It's raining heavily here and windy, but it's west Wales so that's nothing unusual.
GC
Well, I'd say for me it's been a typical autumnal day. Sunshine and showers, a bit chilly, but not realy cold, and a little blustery now and then. Quite invigorating and joyful really.
It's put a smile on my face anyway, tho there are plenty of huddled miserables out there complaining its an awful day.
When the sun is out, the leaves glow gold , bronze and red. So pretty, but the huddled misery don't see it, or the phlurry of pheasants in the field, the squirrel madly gathering acorns, and the little Robin in the hedge, waiting for his handful of mealworm I scatter at a particular spot for him and his pals whenever I toddle into town. Hot choc drink when I got home with g/f hobnobs.
Apple and ginger crumble in the oven for tea.
A lovely hugge day.
It's put a smile on my face anyway, tho there are plenty of huddled miserables out there complaining its an awful day.
When the sun is out, the leaves glow gold , bronze and red. So pretty, but the huddled misery don't see it, or the phlurry of pheasants in the field, the squirrel madly gathering acorns, and the little Robin in the hedge, waiting for his handful of mealworm I scatter at a particular spot for him and his pals whenever I toddle into town. Hot choc drink when I got home with g/f hobnobs.
Apple and ginger crumble in the oven for tea.
A lovely hugge day.
This is the first morning that it smelled like Autumn.
I drove to the Ironbridge Gorge looking for the usual tapestry of colour but it’s not there yet. Still lots of green and the reds haven’t fully developed yet.
I’m camping in Wales next week and have the feeling that the colours shall be short lived this year. Hope I don’t miss them.
The trees in Telford are the whole reason that I live in Shropshire. I came here nearly fifty years ago to plant a lot of them - but not these on the side of the Gorge.
pee ess. It’s tipping down but we need it. River isn’t even seriously full.
I drove to the Ironbridge Gorge looking for the usual tapestry of colour but it’s not there yet. Still lots of green and the reds haven’t fully developed yet.
I’m camping in Wales next week and have the feeling that the colours shall be short lived this year. Hope I don’t miss them.
The trees in Telford are the whole reason that I live in Shropshire. I came here nearly fifty years ago to plant a lot of them - but not these on the side of the Gorge.
pee ess. It’s tipping down but we need it. River isn’t even seriously full.
Not much evidence of Storm Benjamin in my neck of the woods, though on Thursday morning there was no street lighting among my stretch of road and in the evening train service was disrupted further along my line so I had to take an alternative route.
Street lights were still out when I got home and still out on Friday morning. Knocked off early enough to get home in daylight, though, and trains were back to normal.
Twigs all over the footpath but no branches down... Our equivalent of a homeowners' association does a good job of keeping on top of pruning the trees along the streets, though that doesn't prevent the odd tree from occasionally falling onto a parked car, as happened very recently just around the corner.
Street lights were still out when I got home and still out on Friday morning. Knocked off early enough to get home in daylight, though, and trains were back to normal.
Twigs all over the footpath but no branches down... Our equivalent of a homeowners' association does a good job of keeping on top of pruning the trees along the streets, though that doesn't prevent the odd tree from occasionally falling onto a parked car, as happened very recently just around the corner.
More water inbound.
Last week was bad enough, stream as high as I've seen it and a fair bit of flooding in Carmarthenshire/Ceredigion.
I cleared the trash screens of leaves and shovelled the silt out of the catch pool at the weekend, took 3 wheelbarrows full away. See how high it gets this time.....
No drought here.
GC
Last week was bad enough, stream as high as I've seen it and a fair bit of flooding in Carmarthenshire/Ceredigion.
I cleared the trash screens of leaves and shovelled the silt out of the catch pool at the weekend, took 3 wheelbarrows full away. See how high it gets this time.....
No drought here.
GC
Nor here thankfully. My garden ponds are overflowing, and the path out to the burn is a muddy mess.
In Summer the trees drink up much of the rain, but at this time of year, mostly the clay just becomes saturated and slippy. I am grateful that the burn runs nearby, and that it's usually 5m down in it's bed.
I have seen it flood though, and out the back became a surprise loch :yikes:
In Summer the trees drink up much of the rain, but at this time of year, mostly the clay just becomes saturated and slippy. I am grateful that the burn runs nearby, and that it's usually 5m down in it's bed.
I have seen it flood though, and out the back became a surprise loch :yikes:
I think I could time the seasons pretty accurately based on when Anglian Water switches from emails telling me that there is a shortage of water, to emails telling me there is too much water. Both of which I am sure result in an increase in my water bill. Funny how that works.
Just checking the weather on Windy.com. Something like 65mm rain expected to fall here between now and mid-morning on Thursday. Thats a lot even in west Wales, and it's falling on wet ground.
Only saving grace is that the short respites between the heavy chucking it down might allow some dropping of water levels before more comes (hillside streams- rise quickly, fall quickly) although I expect that the usual Towy and Teifi catchment floodplains will be under water again.....
GC
Only saving grace is that the short respites between the heavy chucking it down might allow some dropping of water levels before more comes (hillside streams- rise quickly, fall quickly) although I expect that the usual Towy and Teifi catchment floodplains will be under water again.....
GC
I've unblocked the drain at the bottom of my road. There has been a car parked over it for a few days, and the leaves gathered underneath blocking it and causing a bit of a lake at the bottom of the hill. Today the car was gone, so I rushed home to get my rake and broom and managed to clear the build up of leaves being washed towards the drain.
Lake was gone in about ten minutes. Thank goodness because if someone hadn't got to it today, it would have overtopped the kerb and probably flooded the oap bungalows.
It's been another grey forbidding day. Lights on in the house at 2pm, I did get out for a bit of a trundle, and found a small calor gas canister with a FREE PLEASE TAKE ME sign on it. You bet I will!
Good foraging today!
Lake was gone in about ten minutes. Thank goodness because if someone hadn't got to it today, it would have overtopped the kerb and probably flooded the oap bungalows.
It's been another grey forbidding day. Lights on in the house at 2pm, I did get out for a bit of a trundle, and found a small calor gas canister with a FREE PLEASE TAKE ME sign on it. You bet I will!
Good foraging today!
Spent a whole of last Sunday digging out the roof guttering. It took half of the next day to clear the pathway of all the gloop of sodden moss, snails and a half eaten pigeon, also rooted weedlings.
Couldn't pass up the opportunity to make an incredible mess, still wondering how the snails managed to get up there.
I do this every couple of years, out of concern that Winter temperatures may easily freeze all of that debris and that the additional weight of any ice accretion would bring the whole guttering crashing down.
Regards All
Ceeg
Couldn't pass up the opportunity to make an incredible mess, still wondering how the snails managed to get up there.
I do this every couple of years, out of concern that Winter temperatures may easily freeze all of that debris and that the additional weight of any ice accretion would bring the whole guttering crashing down.
Regards All
Ceeg
There was a marked decline in animal activity in the woods yesterday compared with the week prior. Same woodland, same time, weather very similar (slightly warmer yesterday by a couple of degrees).
I still saw the odd squirrel dashing across the path and there were a few birds about, but it was far quieter. Amazing how much difference a week makes at this time of year.
I still saw the odd squirrel dashing across the path and there were a few birds about, but it was far quieter. Amazing how much difference a week makes at this time of year.
Thanks for the reminder, been so busy I forgot about putting the usual vehicle winter gear in the van. (Ditto the motorbike).
In my neck of the woods the most likely scenario is a road blockage and very long delay due to someone, (maybe me), going into a ditch or a road accident/breakdown.
In my neck of the woods the most likely scenario is a road blockage and very long delay due to someone, (maybe me), going into a ditch or a road accident/breakdown.
Seeing the signs of winter now going. First daffodils of the year are blooming here.
Feels like it's been a long, wet, slog this winter. Saw some daffs today too. A very welcome sight.
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