Good morning everyone

 

I hope everyone had a full night's sleep and are fully refreshed. Though with the sticky night most if not all of us had, together with thunderstorms, that's not very likely.

 

It's fairly cloudy here and warm. Early hours of tomorrow forecast to be when the hot weather breaks down in my region with thunderstorms and torrential rain. One to two inches of rain is likely.

 

I hope Yogi is getting better

Good morning everyone, the forecast is for us to get the heavy rain which will continue most of tomorrow but a little later start than you I think EL, from about 6am onwards.  It certainly was an uncomfortable night and sleep was difficult.  It's cloudy now but at least there's a breeze, I have the patio door flung wide and it's a little cool thank goodness.

 

Yogi I hope you are feeling brighter today, we miss you, look forward to seeing you back soon.

 

Enjoy your day everyone

 

I've been out doing my normal weekly shopping. I normally do this on Saturday but with the bad forecast I decided to do it this morning. I went earlier than normal as I have a client coming to see me at 10 so I needed to get back before he arrived. I have an alternative route I use to avoid the worst of the traffic for people going to work etc.

 

I didn't buy any cakes today so you'll have to make do with this which I guarantee is not only fat free, sugar free but zero calories. Trouble is it's not very digestible

I'm glad you got your shopping out of the way before the rain EL. BUT cling film is good, yes, it will cover delicious cakes and keep them fresh.  Inspects EL's trolley and looks disappointed

Not funny El

 

*munches

 

The sun is currently out but the weather forecast says it should have been raining for some time now

 

Have a great day everyone, yes even you El

 

 

 

 

For our Yogi

 

Afternoon all
It's sunny and overcast at intervals here today, we too have been forecast thunderstorms with torrential rain.
El, you were wise to get the shopping done in advance

Still no yogi?
Moonie she will love your pics

How are you squiggle, I felt like I haven't caught up with you properly this week

It's an exciting life being a coach driver in Gloucester.

http://www.gloucestercitizen.c...42-detail/story.html

At first glance it's funny EL but when you think about it a bit longer it's not is it?  Where were the police?  Both the bull and the coach driver plus any other drivers could have been badly hurt.  I watched a huge procession of police motorcyclists providing escort duty for some big wig recently on FB I think it was.  I kid you not there must have been at least 30 of them, but where are they when you need them?

Hi Summer I'm fine, trying to stay cool, the weather is very odd it went really cold just now but now it's started to heat up again.  Last night was so uncomfortable and I think it may be again tonight.  I hate humidity.  I hope you are well (how many sleeps is it until Christmas? - seriously when I'm too hot I start to long for cooler times).

Hi Sweet

I soooooooo hot here. I got sunburned on the bus going to order some wood

We are supposed to have rain tonight but then we where supposed to have early morning rain and it never showed up

 

No still no Yogi Sweet

I hope she is getting better and the piccies cheering her up, as you say Sweet

Get better soon for Yogi

 

How are you and Bramble coping with the heat Sweet?

Hi Squiggle

I'm sure Sweet will give us the "count down to Christmas sleeps" when she comes back

I agree with you. I didn't find it funny, more like relief that no-one was hurt. Castlemeads Way is  part of a new bypass on the nothern side of Gloucester. It goes past the river and there is some farmland betwwen the river and the road but there must be fencing alongside the road to prevent animals from getting on to the road. It took place in the early hours and there would not have been a massive amount of traffic at that time. There was a thunderstorm around that time so the animal may have panicked as a result. But why the poilce took 30 minutes to respond is a bit of a question for them to answer. Even if no patrol cars had been in the vicinity, the time it takes to get from the police HQ in Gloucester to the scene is 8 minutes for ordinary traffic. 

By the way there are 160 sleeps until the big day

well done Sweet El

El(f) Loro is correct, there are 160 sleeps til christmas
This week I've watched a christmas movie.. No wait, fell asleep to a christmas movie, every night and quickly sketched a design for my cards.
The theme this year is snowflakes!

Moonie I hope your sunburn isn't too sore it must have been unbearably hot on that bus.
I may have a solution, so hold that thought...

Ta daaaaaaa! Captain Phil is back and you don't have to take the bus any more he will take you where you want to go, and keep you cool

I'm going to leave goodnight and get well soon hugs in here and hope you all sleep well

In case of midnight emergencies..

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Good morning everyone

 

Huge thunderstorm here around 2. Lots of heavy rain. The rain has lessened now but it's very grey out there. Risk of more thunderstorms later though not like the one at 2.

 

I hope Yogi's meds are helping her to get better

Good morning everyone, we didn't get any rain at all in the end and it feels like we could do with some to clear the air.

 

Like you EL I hope Yogi is feeling better and the new meds are starting to kick in.

 

I wonder what Summer was trying to leave us in case of an emergency at midnight

 

Have a great day everyone

Squiggle, it's raining heaviliy here and there's been at least an inch of rain since midnight. Your area is right on the edge of the amber warning area though has a yellow one.

 

Welcome back to Captain Phil and Summer

Squiggle, she was trying to post a picture of a collection of ice cream & lollies but it didn't work. I'll try posting it again though it's possible that it may be visible to me but no-one else.

I can see it thanks EL - slurp!!

slorp indeed

 

Lots of pictures on the Gloucester Citizen website of the lightning strikes locazlly either this last night or the previous night,

http://www.gloucestercitizen.c...49-detail/story.html

The article's reference to flood warnings are to alerts as to possible flooding in the usual flood risk areas rather than flooding which has happened.

The rainfall has now reached 2 inches at Nailsworth. The rain is supposed to be easing for a few hours though there is forecast of more rain this afternoon.

 

 

Good morning everyone

A real thunder buster last night. Much cooler now though ans till raining

Have a good day everyone

 

Yogi I hope you are feeling better and will be with us again very soon

 

 

It's stopped raining at long last here but I suspect there's more to come.

 

Still raining here El. According to some open containers I have outside, we have had about 3" of rain so far

Moonie, it's started raining again here and I think your 3" of rain is similar to here. Not surprisingly some roads are closed now due to flooding, and one house on the other side of Gloucester has gad its roof badly damaged by lightning. Luckily the residents are away on holiday so no-one was injured.

Although this could be the wettest day for some years, I don't think it will get to the same quantity of rain as the floods of July 2007. Looking at the Nailsworth weather site it looks probable that by the end of today, the amount of rain which has fallen since the beginning of the year will reach the total for the whole of last year.

 

El, I managed to get out when the rain ceased for a while

Just got back to me house when spots as big a 50p pieces began to fall

Thunder and lightening at present and as dark as night. So I am heading off for a while. See you and the Buddies later

Moonie, the weather has improved here now over the last hour and we've got blue sky Hopefully, that's the end of the rain here today and your weather will start to improve. One of the advantages of using Virgin cable is that there's no risk of getting that cable struck by lightning compared to a BT cable.

 

Yep, same here too El, wall to wall blue sky again

Why is one more likely to be struck than the other then?

The external BT cable is copper and is higher up than Virgin cable which is glass fibre and at ground level. Being metallic, the copper cable could be struck but glass fibre wouldn't attract an electrical lightning strike.

Of course, the electric wiring in one's house is metallic and a lightning strike can hit that so if your computer equipment/router is connected to the power socket in the wall, it would make no difference which braodband cable was used. That's why it's best to have a surge protector between the power socket in the wall and the equipment.

Okies thanks El
I do have a surge protector, as it happen

Still no Yogi

*night owls*

Nite nite. Sleep well and have sweet dreams

Yogi, I hope you feel better soon
Sweet I hope you had a good day

Leaving for absent friends

*night owls*

Belated good morning, afternoon, evening and night to you all! I hope you're all ok and not having problems after the storms.
We had rainy spells here today but no storm, it's now foggy.

Haha, thank you El for revealing my ice creams I thought they would keep you all cool!

Very interesting about the virgin/bt cables, I didn't know that

My day was hectic! I'm glad to be climbing into bed at last

Sweet dreams to you all, I'll see you tomorrow
Leaving extra hugs for absent friends

Good morning everyone

 

A sunny day here and forecast to be dry most of the day though there's a risk of some rain this evening.

 

Summer, I hope you have a less hectic day today.

 

Yogi, I hope you are feeling better today

Good morning everyone, dry here too but partly cloudy, still no rain.  Enjoy the sunshine everyone if you get some today.  Yogi I hope you are getting better, we are anxious about you

 

Summer I hope you have a nice relaxing day today.  Moonie how's the washing going?