Emz by the Thames

As well as the well documented issue of Thames Water and the sewage discharge into he Thames, riverside businesses also have to contend with almost constant Red Boards since autumn due to so much rainfall. Even if it goes yellow, either it's poor weather for it's back onto red within days, so no-one is taking their boats out. A dangerously fast river full of poop.....plus endless grey skies in May = no customers.

Fen Wolf I don't usually suffer much from SAD, but this last winter and spring I've never felt so affected by constant overcast weather. It's really zapped my energy levels and made me feel depressed. So if it's affecting people who don't usually suffer much, I can't imagine what these endless dull days are doing for people who do. Hope you feel better soon, fingers crossed for some sun.

Some fantastic strobe lightning as dawn broke today! It was the first time hearing thunder at night in my new place and woah, the noise hit different. We're on a flood plain now (I know, I know) and its very flat and very dark here where as I'm used to watching storms from an urban valley with lots of motorway noise and light pollution. Definitely scarier here! On a pedantic note, on my old P.C, my Met Office nearest location is still set to my old address in High Wycombe. It lists the nearest location as Wycombe Summit Ski Centre.... which burned down almost 20 years ago! They need to update the listing!

They just mentioned the lovely weather during the 2020 lockdown in the Big Brother house! Clearly still a talking point!

The good weather helped people cope with isolation better I think. Although we lived in a flat, the government kept allotments open and we spent almost every day there. I think our WFH was about 7 weeks and we really did not want to go back to the office because of the lovely weather.

Bucks Council has issued a weather warning for London and the South East for snow....when there isn't one. And now the local and parish councils and doctor's surgeries have spread the non existent weather warning. They have even put up a non-existent Meto link. Truly bizarre!

At least four trees down around here overnight because of the wind, including over the branch line (no pun intended). The wind woke me up in the night, it was that loud.

Powercut in the night seemingly. As I'm back in my rental flat in Wycombe for a bit while the bathroom installed in my new place, I woke up at 2am feeling very confused about where I was, the wind was howling though the trees, my touch lamp was going mental and flashing, the alarm clock was going off..and I head a strange crunch outside - my bird feeder, which has been here for years was finally blown over , smashing the baffle. And all this after Henk flooded the Thameside villages. A windy start to 2024 for sure.

Some serious water on the roads out there. Feel so sorry for those walking home, even driving at 10mph you still hit them with a slow wave of water.

Quite a few trees down around, including a very lucky driver in Cookham who escaped with minor injuries after a tree flattened their car while driving. I snapped these strange circular clouds just before the strongest winds hit, a bit like mammatus. The skies were amazing this afternoon.

Yikes!! Lovely thunder just now, maybe a mile or so away, wasn't expecting it!

Fantastically loud crack of thunder this evening in Cookham, Berks according to lightning map. So loud it was heard for miles and caused several alarmed people to put posts up asking if another Buncefield explosionhad happened. Lord knows why is was so loud over such a wide area, colder temps I guess.

Holy heck, a terrifically loud clap of thunder about an hour ago seemingly heard for miles from Maidenhead to Wycombe!!! Social media across several different Facebook group all had posts asking where the explosion was. Some people though it was another Buncefield. Only one unremarkable flash seen by my partner near Marlow but not me in Wycome, I just heard what sounded like an enormous crash. What on earth made it so loud I wonder! Strike looks like it was a good 5 miles away near Cookham, Berks. Exciting.

Ah what a lovely post, thank you!! I haven't been able to do much exercise in the past week for various reasons, plus the dark evenings and strange low pressure feels have all combined I think! I've heard some people take magnesium when seasonal mood disorders arise, so I think it's time I gave that a try too. Thank you for your kindness

Apart from a few gusts late last night, you wouldn't even think Ciaran was a thing. But I've woken up feeling quite depressed this morning for no reason, my head just feels sort of heavy. I can't account for this feeling at all, so wonder if it's the low pressure! Rainy, cool and very blustery now.