Moving from Yorkshire to Kelowna
Aug 14th 2015, 10:50 pm
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Re: Moving from Yorkshire to Kelowna
Thanks we will be doing. My husbands work colleagues are good for info on the winter! We are looking forward to winter and the Big White.
Aug 15th 2015, 9:33 pm
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Re: Moving from Yorkshire to Kelowna
Not relevant for Kelowna or the Okanagan as a whole .... especially right now, as half of the valley is burning due to a very long dry summer with temps between 30-38c and very little rain (could count rainfall hours on one hand since early May!!!) 
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Aug 24th 2015, 8:43 pm
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Re: Moving from Yorkshire to Kelowna
Hello everyone,
Just a quick update from us! We have been here just over a month now and loving it so far. My hubby had a couple of weeks off and then sent out his CV's and the day after was given an interview and offer for full time work whilst I'm studying. He's working for a great, family run business and they have really welcomed us. We are living at Quail Ridge at the moment so a little far out for now but at the end of September we move down to Playa De Sol which is much closer to my husbands work and my college.
Kelowna is so beautiful in the summer and we look forward to enjoying life as the journey getting here, even as a student has been a long, expensive one! But absolutely worth it!
Beckie
Just a quick update from us! We have been here just over a month now and loving it so far. My hubby had a couple of weeks off and then sent out his CV's and the day after was given an interview and offer for full time work whilst I'm studying. He's working for a great, family run business and they have really welcomed us. We are living at Quail Ridge at the moment so a little far out for now but at the end of September we move down to Playa De Sol which is much closer to my husbands work and my college.
Kelowna is so beautiful in the summer and we look forward to enjoying life as the journey getting here, even as a student has been a long, expensive one! But absolutely worth it!
Beckie
Aug 24th 2015, 9:12 pm
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Re: Moving from Yorkshire to Kelowna
Kelowna is so beautiful in the summer...
The sun is up there someplace, although more of a red/orange ball behind the wall of smoke.
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Aug 24th 2015, 9:17 pm
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Re: Moving from Yorkshire to Kelowna
On a scale of 1 to 10, the air quality in Kelowna is apparently 14 today 
Aug 25th 2015, 1:02 am
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Re: Moving from Yorkshire to Kelowna
Clearer just up the valley today - worst it has been since 2003 but still plenty of people having fun on the lakes- you will love Kelowna and the Okanagan Beckie and Morgan- just ignore the grumpy ol' men!
Aug 25th 2015, 2:25 am
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Re: Moving from Yorkshire to Kelowna
Thank you Stinkypup ha ha :-)
Aug 25th 2015, 2:29 am
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It looked like it was lifting a little in Kelowna around 6pm, but a slight breeze is kicking up tonight and the smoke appears thicker again. Whether the breeze is drafting old smoke towards us or the intensity of the Washington wildfire is increasing, well, the bottom line is, we are currently living in a giant outdoor cigar testing factory!
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Aug 25th 2015, 4:30 am
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Re: Moving from Yorkshire to Kelowna
To provide a comparison here in Kelowna .... the first photo displays a cloudy sky over Kelowna on a summer night. The second from a similar viewpoint, displaying our current Washington smoke filled sky from a couple of hours ago tonight.
.. as Jim Royle would lament .... "Cccoooorrrrrrrrrrect Dave!!!"
Only kiddin' Stinkypup
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.. as Jim Royle would lament .... "Cccoooorrrrrrrrrrect Dave!!!"
Only kiddin' Stinkypup
Kind Regards.
Aug 25th 2015, 4:41 am
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Re: Moving from Yorkshire to Kelowna
To provide a comparison here in Kelowna .... the first photo displays a cloudy sky over Kelowna on a summer night. The second from a similar viewpoint, displaying our current Washington smoke filled sky from a couple of hours ago tonight.
.. as Jim Royle would lament .... "Cccoooorrrrrrrrrrect Dave!!!"
Only kiddin' Stinkypup
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.. as Jim Royle would lament .... "Cccoooorrrrrrrrrrect Dave!!!"
Only kiddin' Stinkypup
Kind Regards.
Is that a lady's UFO in the second photo?
Last edited by Stinkypup; Aug 25th 2015 at 4:42 am. Reason: As I always say, I get my paws in a twist after 9pm
Aug 25th 2015, 4:49 am
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Re: Moving from Yorkshire to Kelowna
Yes indeed Stinkypup!!
My wife was talking to "mother-in-law" in Penticton an hour before it rolled into Kelowna on Saturday night. At the time, Penticton was covered in a blanket of smoke, while we were still witnessing blue skies ... so you can imagine the disbelief in sharing comparisons over the phone eh?
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My wife was talking to "mother-in-law" in Penticton an hour before it rolled into Kelowna on Saturday night. At the time, Penticton was covered in a blanket of smoke, while we were still witnessing blue skies ... so you can imagine the disbelief in sharing comparisons over the phone eh?
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Last edited by SivoxII; Aug 25th 2015 at 4:52 am. Reason: Stinkypup has influenced singing Half a Word Away ... with the delightdful vocals of a bag of kittens on a roller coaster!!!
Aug 25th 2015, 4:54 am
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Re: Moving from Yorkshire to Kelowna
Waking up on Saturday to it was a tad worrying- thankfully 400km away but massive fire in Washington and could easily happen here
I love your correction blaming me... again MY ARSE!!
Maybe it was your MIL in the UFO though normally brooms are the more traditional means of transport...
I love your correction blaming me... again MY ARSE!!
Maybe it was your MIL in the UFO though normally brooms are the more traditional means of transport...
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Aug 25th 2015, 5:01 am
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Re: Moving from Yorkshire to Kelowna
Exactly! ... and of course, we all think back to Okanagan Mountain Park Wildfire in 2003 (or firestorm as it was officially known). Stressful times and eerie skies both in the morning and at nightfall.
Correction? ... Blaming You??? ... "Can't do right for doing BLEEP! wrong here!!!"
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Correction? ... Blaming You??? ... "Can't do right for doing BLEEP! wrong here!!!"
Kind Regards.