Re: No smoking
 

On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:37:19 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:43:31 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>> ><[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 20 apr, 11:08, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >[]
>> >> > >There's been no lack of rain round here - in Germany, maybe, but not
>> >> > >in Soggy Bottoms.
>> >> >
>> >> > It hasn't rained for two weeks in ZH.
>> >>
>> >> But before that it rained solid for six months.
>> >
>> >It doesn't seem to have rained as much as I'd have expected here in the
>> >last 6 months. I'm doing that by the highly scientific and reliable "how
>> >often have I felt I've been caught out in the rain in the last 6 months"
>> >test. :)
>>
>> The amount of rain and lack of sunshine was noticeable during the last two
>> weeks of March, when we were in UK.
>
>Where you _were_ in the UK, which is what I thought when you posted as
>much then.

The North East coast& the Whitby area. We had a sunny weekend in Sheffield
whilst we were there, otherwise we had an enormous gale, blizzards, thick fog
and torrential rain and an occasional bright period.

>Not much rain in much of the west, and a lot of sunshine. I
>don't have a photographic memory for sure (!), but a good memory of the
>weather in particular places, and checking my diary for those two weeks
>just then, it was mostly very fine weather wherever I was then, which
>was almost exclusively on the west.

In the Netherlands the weather was exceptionally fine during most of the same
two weeks.
--

Martin

Re: No smoking
 

Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:37:19 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
> >Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:43:31 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
> >> chancellor (*)) wrote:
> >>
> >> ><[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On 20 apr, 11:08, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >[]
> >> >> > >There's been no lack of rain round here - in Germany, maybe, but not
> >> >> > >in Soggy Bottoms.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > It hasn't rained for two weeks in ZH.
> >> >>
> >> >> But before that it rained solid for six months.
> >> >
> >> >It doesn't seem to have rained as much as I'd have expected here in the
> >> >last 6 months. I'm doing that by the highly scientific and reliable "how
> >> >often have I felt I've been caught out in the rain in the last 6 months"
> >> >test. :)
> >>
> >> The amount of rain and lack of sunshine was noticeable during the last two
> >> weeks of March, when we were in UK.
> >
> >Where you _were_ in the UK, which is what I thought when you posted as
> >much then.
>
> The North East coast& the Whitby area. We had a sunny weekend in Sheffield
> whilst we were there, otherwise we had an enormous gale, blizzards, thick fog
> and torrential rain and an occasional bright period.
>
> >Not much rain in much of the west, and a lot of sunshine. I
> >don't have a photographic memory for sure (!), but a good memory of the
> >weather in particular places, and checking my diary for those two weeks
> >just then, it was mostly very fine weather wherever I was then, which
> >was almost exclusively on the west.
>
> In the Netherlands the weather was exceptionally fine during most of the same
> two weeks.

Sounds like quite bad luck. It was definitely very nice on March 19
(Monday) in your part of the UK, because I flew over it from Bergen to
Manchester, and got the clearest view of the area I think I've ever
gotten! :)

As well as statistics (which show better weather in the east in general)
I'm impressed by the number of times I've been to various eastern spots
in the UK in recent years with fine weather. Half a dozen trips to
Newcastle and environs in the last few years, as well as the same to
Aldeburgh, always sunny! However, there is the time we took a trip to
Scarborough and the sun came out for 5 seconds! Maybe I should only ever
go to the east on business? :)



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Re: No smoking
 

On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:57:12 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:37:19 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>> >Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:43:31 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
>> >> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>> >>
>> >> ><[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> On 20 apr, 11:08, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >[]
>> >> >> > >There's been no lack of rain round here - in Germany, maybe, but not
>> >> >> > >in Soggy Bottoms.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > It hasn't rained for two weeks in ZH.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> But before that it rained solid for six months.
>> >> >
>> >> >It doesn't seem to have rained as much as I'd have expected here in the
>> >> >last 6 months. I'm doing that by the highly scientific and reliable "how
>> >> >often have I felt I've been caught out in the rain in the last 6 months"
>> >> >test. :)
>> >>
>> >> The amount of rain and lack of sunshine was noticeable during the last two
>> >> weeks of March, when we were in UK.
>> >
>> >Where you _were_ in the UK, which is what I thought when you posted as
>> >much then.
>>
>> The North East coast& the Whitby area. We had a sunny weekend in Sheffield
>> whilst we were there, otherwise we had an enormous gale, blizzards, thick fog
>> and torrential rain and an occasional bright period.
>>
>> >Not much rain in much of the west, and a lot of sunshine. I
>> >don't have a photographic memory for sure (!), but a good memory of the
>> >weather in particular places, and checking my diary for those two weeks
>> >just then, it was mostly very fine weather wherever I was then, which
>> >was almost exclusively on the west.
>>
>> In the Netherlands the weather was exceptionally fine during most of the same
>> two weeks.
>
>Sounds like quite bad luck. It was definitely very nice on March 19
>(Monday) in your part of the UK, because I flew over it from Bergen to
>Manchester, and got the clearest view of the area I think I've ever
>gotten! :)

That was the day that there was a blizzard and 40' waves flooded the same house
twice in Sandsend, some tosser driving a car too fast turned it over and ended
up upside down in the middle of a snow covered field.

>
>As well as statistics (which show better weather in the east in general)

Yes that's why we go there. :-)
It was the wettest holiday we have had in March since 1998 when it rained
everyday.

>I'm impressed by the number of times I've been to various eastern spots
>in the UK in recent years with fine weather. Half a dozen trips to
>Newcastle and environs in the last few years, as well as the same to
>Aldeburgh, always sunny! However, there is the time we took a trip to
>Scarborough and the sun came out for 5 seconds! Maybe I should only ever
>go to the east on business? :)

Arriva has lost the Middlesborough Whitby franchise, the company that replaced
it is running cheap trips to and from York. The North York Moors Railway is
running steam trains from Pickering to Whitby. Public transport is almost back
to where it was 50 years ago, other than the closed coastal lines. :-)
--

Martin