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Post by SueA on Nov 11, 2015 9:09:14 GMT
My prediction for the winter here in the Manchester area is - wet, wet, bit of snow & ice, wet, wet.  I think Northern Ireland must be the wettest part of the U.K. & then the rain all blows over to us in Northwest England! I heard John Kettley on Talksport the other day & he said it's very difficult to predict for the whole of winter in advance but he said the signs were that we could have a very cold spell but not quite as bad as the winter we had about 5 years ago, I think that must be the one when our town was cut off for a few days by deep snow. Roofy if you stock your bobbletunnel up with some wildlife - ideally not ones who will eat the produce, then I'll give you a boarding pass for it on the ark! |
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Post by roofgardener on Nov 11, 2015 11:34:08 GMT
I could grow fodder for all of YOUR animals, SueA ? Ummm.... providing they like Onions, that is ? |
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Post by sweetpea on Nov 11, 2015 17:03:25 GMT
That winter 1962/63 I was based in Plymouth with 43 Cdo and we had to take bales of hay and fodder for the ponies and other animals on Dartmoor. Well we couldn't get through the 15' snowdrifts with our 4 wheel drive vehicles so it was an airborne mission chucking out the stuff from helicopters.
Just one memory of several.
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Post by Rosie on Nov 11, 2015 19:30:49 GMT
Abbie, my grand daughter is most annoyed that she has the same name as the first named storm in the UK, well 2nd if you count hurricane bawbag a few years baCK  |
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Post by Cherry on Nov 12, 2015 6:59:14 GMT
Abbie should be flattered. I think it is a great came for a storm, and it is the very first. When Abbie has a strop, you could say she is living up to her name. Both the name and the storm (being the first) are historical.
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Post by steve on Nov 12, 2015 9:23:46 GMT
And of course we all noticed the play on the name A Big Gale |
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Post by Cherry on Nov 12, 2015 14:24:57 GMT
And of course we all noticed the play on the name A Big Gale Did we? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2015 15:21:22 GMT
I made a quick trip to the allotment to batten down the hatches on my greenhouses. Not literally but I tied the windows shut with strong string. One thing I do every winter is link some extra rainwater pipe onto the gutters away from the structure into a soakaway I dug. The water butts used to overflow leaving a lake around the entrance. Indoor jobs this weekend I reckon, then hoping for a dry spell before 'operation Dahlia lift'....
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Post by Geranium on Nov 13, 2015 6:00:54 GMT
It looks as though the North of the UK will get it worst - I wish them luck. I just hope Abigail isn't as fierce as the forecasters are telling us.
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Post by Rosie on Nov 13, 2015 17:48:58 GMT
The west coast has been battered, we weren't too bad, I think the Cairngorms kind of protected us a bitty.
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Post by Lou78W on Nov 13, 2015 18:40:05 GMT
Its the North West that have the worst forecast.....hopefully the east coast will fare better.....
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Post by dianthus on Nov 13, 2015 19:36:15 GMT
About 6" of rain is due to fall over North Wales tomorrow 
Hopefully, much less in the South, as I have to go out in it...... where is the fingers crossed icon?  |
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Post by SueA on Nov 13, 2015 20:01:24 GMT
We've been told 6-8 inches for tomorrow afternoon but I don't suppose we'll notice the difference!  |
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Post by Bess on Nov 13, 2015 20:47:23 GMT
Well, let's just wait until we get our decorating/moving house dates set in January, and I can then confidently predict for you exactly when we will have all the heavy snow, ice, typhoons etc you could wish for  Our new place is on a fairly steep slope so I'm not so worried about the rain! |
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Post by SueA on Nov 14, 2015 9:15:07 GMT
You might have to get some skis though Bess if it snows! Hope it goes well for you, the week we moved in here had not been bad but the date we actually moved our main furniture in it poured down with rain! |
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