interested & confused

Yup, woke me up as well. still getting drizzly showers, but not heavy like that first dump. What feels stupid is trying to dodge the showers to water the greenhouse

Must be those dreaded Time Lords again

The answer here, was not very long, we had drizzle from about 11am, turned heavier about an hour ago....

They do have a destinct, deep whoosh, whoosh noise if you live near to them, worse with some wind directions. If I stay at my son's house I can hear them, but they're all used to the background noise now, so it doesn't register with them. It's just like you get used to living with traffic sounds in your own area.

The sun didn't last long, did it? I was gearing up for the allotment when it got clody and we had a bit of drizzle. Oh well...

MetO forecast? Bah humbug - mine shows, for today, "maximum temp 20C" Pfft, that seems impossibly optimistic, as it's grey and we've had a bit of that 'thing' where there's drizzle in the air, but it doesn't seem to reach the ground? Anyways didn't bother to put the washing out to dry... used the airer instead.

I live in a very old house, with mostly double thickness brick walls only the front could have insulation pumped in, so it is hard (so expensive) to heat, plus at my age I feel the cold. So all in all, my heating is on for a couple of hours in the morning and then again in the evening. It's not on high though, living room is 18C at present. I was with Green energy so got caught out when the company folded, my new monthy direct debit is going to be about £122 according to the latest email info I seem to use more gas than Ofgem's 'medium' but less electricity, I wonder if that means it would be better to top up the living room with a halogen fire, rather than turn the c/heating system thermostat up when it gets colder?

Kalimera Zakynthos - that brings back so many happy memories I lived there for 5 years and winters were amazing, bright and sunny but not necessarily that warm. There was actually snow on the mountains for 3 winters while I was there. It never lasted more than a day or 2 before the sun came out again though

Just had a few spits here in Ashford, wasn't worth taking the washing off the line..

Here, it's calm hot and sunny, just a lovely day - a reminder of the summer days we should have had more of

I lived on Zakynthos, the Greek island, for 5 years from 2004 and absolutely loved the sunshine - but the mid-summer heat was too much for me. I ended up cooped up inside with the airconditioning on. In the UK I'm cooped up inside with the central heating on in the winter LOL. Nowhere's perfect I s'pose. This summer, though, the SE has had very few really sunny days, and I'm already beginning to suffer from S.A.D. whuch usually only appears in winter....

Just had a squally shower, with quite large lumps of hail in there at first, before it turned into rain after a 5 minutes. Enough to flood the front path for a while.

It persisted down all night and most of this morning, so that the front footpath is flooded. It's just soaking away slowly now - ready for the next lot? These dreary grey days make me tired all the time - tbh I never seem to wake up properly unless I see some sun.

No sign of any daffs here, but the tulips in the pots near the door are just poking through the soil, which is earlier than last year. I know it's been a very grey and wet winter, but it's sure not been a cold one so far. EDF have reduced my fuel direct debit by a tenner/month so that tends to prove my point..

I lost part of my greenhouse yesterday and next doors shed was trashed a little while ago, by a nasty gust. It's just whistling up the terrace No sleep 'til it calms down a bit..