Bl**dy British Summertime!!
Jul 14th 2004, 7:50 pm
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Bl**dy British Summertime!!
Hi all,
Sorry i haven't posted for a while. Did anyone miss me..... or didn't you even notice my absence??!!
Anyway, i'm speaking predominantly to us poor things still stuck here in the U.K. - Is it just me, or is this the worst, wettest, most miserable July on record?? Well, it certainly seems like it down here in 'Sunny' Cornwall!
Anyway, what's the weather like in Calgary at the moment? Or in Canada as a whole really.
Take care y'all,
Kev.
Sorry i haven't posted for a while. Did anyone miss me..... or didn't you even notice my absence??!!
Anyway, i'm speaking predominantly to us poor things still stuck here in the U.K. - Is it just me, or is this the worst, wettest, most miserable July on record?? Well, it certainly seems like it down here in 'Sunny' Cornwall!
Anyway, what's the weather like in Calgary at the moment? Or in Canada as a whole really.
Take care y'all,
Kev.
Jul 14th 2004, 7:58 pm
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Re: Bl**dy British Summertime!!
I missed you Kev! Where have you been?
Bloody misserable in Ontario, there is a general absence of summer sun and heat, if not humidity, and its been been pissing down here today. Pretty uncharacteristically grey so far this summer. Had about 5 "good" days so far
Iain
Bloody misserable in Ontario, there is a general absence of summer sun and heat, if not humidity, and its been been pissing down here today. Pretty uncharacteristically grey so far this summer. Had about 5 "good" days so far
Iain
Jul 14th 2004, 7:59 pm
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Re: Bl**dy British Summertime!!
Originally posted by Karate Kev
Hi all,
Sorry i haven't posted for a while. Did anyone miss me..... or didn't you even notice my absence??!!
Anyway, i'm speaking predominantly to us poor things still stuck here in the U.K. - Is it just me, or is this the worst, wettest, most miserable July on record?? Well, it certainly seems like it down here in 'Sunny' Cornwall!
Anyway, what's the weather like in Calgary at the moment? Or in Canada as a whole really.
Take care y'all,
Kev.
Hi all,
Sorry i haven't posted for a while. Did anyone miss me..... or didn't you even notice my absence??!!
Anyway, i'm speaking predominantly to us poor things still stuck here in the U.K. - Is it just me, or is this the worst, wettest, most miserable July on record?? Well, it certainly seems like it down here in 'Sunny' Cornwall!
Anyway, what's the weather like in Calgary at the moment? Or in Canada as a whole really.
Take care y'all,
Kev.
Weather looks to be on the up now.
Jul 14th 2004, 8:12 pm
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Bloody miserable in NS too. Parents coming over tomorrow and they will think it's just like home!!!!
Jul 14th 2004, 8:23 pm
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Hi Kev,
Very nice to hear from you again. I've spent about the last 6 weeks in the Vancouver and Vancouver Island areas of British Columbia. I've only seen about 1 week of rainy weather (total over the 6 weeks), the rest of the time it has been nearly perfect! South-eastern Vancouver Island has been very dry. The berry crops here in the Vancouver city area are about 3 weeks ahead of time. I'm pigging out on raspberries, cherries (from the Okanagan area of BC) and blueberries (grow around Vancouver).
Life has been good!
Very nice to hear from you again. I've spent about the last 6 weeks in the Vancouver and Vancouver Island areas of British Columbia. I've only seen about 1 week of rainy weather (total over the 6 weeks), the rest of the time it has been nearly perfect! South-eastern Vancouver Island has been very dry. The berry crops here in the Vancouver city area are about 3 weeks ahead of time. I'm pigging out on raspberries, cherries (from the Okanagan area of BC) and blueberries (grow around Vancouver).
Life has been good!
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Jul 14th 2004, 11:02 pm
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After a wet June its been lovely in Regina. Right now at 5.02 its 28 degrees. Been in the pool all afternoon. Great pool weather!
Jul 14th 2004, 11:43 pm
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.....hot, hot and more hot! I think it is 35 degrees today. Just come back from a trip on a friends speed boat....beach was busy.
Sorry.....hee, hee
JJ
Sorry.....hee, hee
JJ
Jul 14th 2004, 11:48 pm
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Mid 20's today - we went to the Stampede which is always hotter than anywhere else in town .....
Jul 15th 2004, 12:28 am
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Re: Bl**dy British Summertime!!
Originally posted by Karate Kev
Hi all,
Sorry i haven't posted for a while. Did anyone miss me..... or didn't you even notice my absence??!!
Anyway, i'm speaking predominantly to us poor things still stuck here in the U.K. - Is it just me, or is this the worst, wettest, most miserable July on record?? Well, it certainly seems like it down here in 'Sunny' Cornwall!
Anyway, what's the weather like in Calgary at the moment? Or in Canada as a whole really.
Take care y'all,
Kev.
Hi all,
Sorry i haven't posted for a while. Did anyone miss me..... or didn't you even notice my absence??!!
Anyway, i'm speaking predominantly to us poor things still stuck here in the U.K. - Is it just me, or is this the worst, wettest, most miserable July on record?? Well, it certainly seems like it down here in 'Sunny' Cornwall!
Anyway, what's the weather like in Calgary at the moment? Or in Canada as a whole really.
Take care y'all,
Kev.
You might think this has been miserable but you should have been in jolly Gull Lake - it did not stop tipping down for weeks and weeks...even my guttering has given up the ghost and left town. The difference?.....mozzies...bloody git big huge ones....
Its funny but I always used to wonder why folks thought it was nice and sunny all the time
Did you see that Alberta is now 'debt free'??? Yeah...(wish I lived there sometimes
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Jul 15th 2004, 12:32 am
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Originally posted by lizwil98
After a wet June its been lovely in Regina. Right now at 5.02 its 28 degrees. Been in the pool all afternoon. Great pool weather!
After a wet June its been lovely in Regina. Right now at 5.02 its 28 degrees. Been in the pool all afternoon. Great pool weather!
Hey fancy sending a bit this way??????
Jul 15th 2004, 12:32 am
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We had a trip up on Bodmin Moor and it was a beautiful day, wonderful scenery as well. Course that was 2 weeks ago! The day we went to Looe it hammered down and we had to walk in the rain....so english though!
We had a brief shower earlier but no rain now just dull and cool!
We had a brief shower earlier but no rain now just dull and cool!
Jul 15th 2004, 5:11 am
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Originally posted by Corky
when we left uk i was a bit upset about missing green countryside as we had seen a very yellow countryside in a dry summer here in 2003
but we brought the rain with us and evrywhere is green and lovely
so much so have not felt home sick at all !!!!!!
winter march we were out on deck in shorts but spent april in rain , even the day we moved home , may wet
june since has been better
canadians think its terrible but we think its dry
main thing not many mossies or grass hoppers here but ticks so bad we shaved the dogs! kids hid or would have got the same
i am obsessed with killing things since got here , before they bite me / dig up garden
our getting ready to go out conversation goes
is it buggy out?
we have scales of bugs orange , green and black
orange is the low deet color can
green a higher deet content
and black is put the mesh bug jacket on or end up looking like you have chicken pox
now completely off subject.....i was gardening , bending over weeding , wellies on in july as an anti tick device and long sleeves for anti mossie and i got bitten 6 times on bum through my jeans
how can they bite through jeans??????
am now weeding crouching to reduce target area size
mrs g
We had a trip up on Bodmin Moor and it was a beautiful day, wonderful scenery as well. Course that was 2 weeks ago! The day we went to Looe it hammered down and we had to walk in the rain....so english though!
We had a brief shower earlier but no rain now just dull and cool!
when we left uk i was a bit upset about missing green countryside as we had seen a very yellow countryside in a dry summer here in 2003
but we brought the rain with us and evrywhere is green and lovely
so much so have not felt home sick at all !!!!!!
winter march we were out on deck in shorts but spent april in rain , even the day we moved home , may wet
june since has been better
canadians think its terrible but we think its dry
main thing not many mossies or grass hoppers here but ticks so bad we shaved the dogs! kids hid or would have got the same
i am obsessed with killing things since got here , before they bite me / dig up garden
our getting ready to go out conversation goes
is it buggy out?
we have scales of bugs orange , green and black
orange is the low deet color can
green a higher deet content
and black is put the mesh bug jacket on or end up looking like you have chicken pox
now completely off subject.....i was gardening , bending over weeding , wellies on in july as an anti tick device and long sleeves for anti mossie and i got bitten 6 times on bum through my jeans
how can they bite through jeans??????
am now weeding crouching to reduce target area size
mrs g
We had a trip up on Bodmin Moor and it was a beautiful day, wonderful scenery as well. Course that was 2 weeks ago! The day we went to Looe it hammered down and we had to walk in the rain....so english though!
We had a brief shower earlier but no rain now just dull and cool!
Jul 15th 2004, 5:20 am
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I would presume that weeding in a crouching position only puts the "target area" among the ticks!
My wife weeds when it rains heavily as she reckons the bugs are less likely to get at her then!
My wife weeds when it rains heavily as she reckons the bugs are less likely to get at her then!
Jul 15th 2004, 3:29 pm
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Re: Bl**dy British Summertime!!
Forget the sunshine. Today is my birthday 15 July and it is St Swithin's day and that means according to the legend, because it is raining now (and it certainly is!!) it will rain for 40 days and 40 nights. I hope that cheers you up!
Graham
Graham
Originally posted by Karate Kev
Hi all,
Sorry i haven't posted for a while. Did anyone miss me..... or didn't you even notice my absence??!!
Anyway, i'm speaking predominantly to us poor things still stuck here in the U.K. - Is it just me, or is this the worst, wettest, most miserable July on record?? Well, it certainly seems like it down here in 'Sunny' Cornwall!
Anyway, what's the weather like in Calgary at the moment? Or in Canada as a whole really.
Take care y'all,
Kev.
Hi all,
Sorry i haven't posted for a while. Did anyone miss me..... or didn't you even notice my absence??!!
Anyway, i'm speaking predominantly to us poor things still stuck here in the U.K. - Is it just me, or is this the worst, wettest, most miserable July on record?? Well, it certainly seems like it down here in 'Sunny' Cornwall!
Anyway, what's the weather like in Calgary at the moment? Or in Canada as a whole really.
Take care y'all,
Kev.
Jul 15th 2004, 3:36 pm
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Originally posted by Glaswegian
I would presume that weeding in a crouching position only puts the "target area" among the ticks!
My wife weeds when it rains heavily as she reckons the bugs are less likely to get at her then!
I would presume that weeding in a crouching position only puts the "target area" among the ticks!
My wife weeds when it rains heavily as she reckons the bugs are less likely to get at her then!
JJ