Nick L

There was a thick dew on the car windscreen at 7.30am. Like the tears of summer angels.

Can't wait till Autumn

Another morning of mist across the Vale, such a gorgeous view from the Chilterns.

Come down to the South East we've got plenty where I am. 

We were literally 5 miles from the boundary of the clear skies and cloud yesterday in Buckinghamshire. Frustrating.

Spot on NIck. Anyone would think you're a forecaster! 

i hope my pipes don't freeze

Need to keep that organ in fully working order Lassie. 

lol might need insulation

38 hours of falling snow here here now Nick. I'm right on the snowline and have slush. Totally agree! 

Writing the Network Rail forecasts for Scotland the last couple of nights were an absolute pig. Tonight I get the joy of the roads forecasts instead 

Tell NR to get their independent snow ploughs ready for the Highland Mainline...! 

Minus 10 isotherm yes...

Sadly as I live in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, we have been put in Tier 4 along with the borough of Southend and most of the county of Essex.  No one in tier 4 is allowed to form a Christmas bubble and those who are in tiers 1, 2 and 3 will only be able to meet up on Christmas day.

I'm referring to support bubbles, not the Christmas bubbles. These were in place many months before the Christmas bubble idea:

I live in a Tier 4 area, my Mum (who lives alone) lives in a Tier 3 area. I am her support bubble and am able to travel out of Tier 4 to see her over Christmas:

If Xmas eve being the busiest night of the year is good enough for Santa Claus... Just make sure your boss keeps you topped up on mince pies.

Grey day here

Wembley! There surely will be fans back by that point. 

Personally I think that it should go straight to penalties

another great competition that has been watered down so much its render it pointless..bah hum bug

Quite the swing after overnight mins of  ~18c in some spots last night.

interesting to some = boring to others, october 2-3 booooring

Tbh only the 1st and 6th were 'interesting' here with convective skies. That wet weekend was as boring as now, and not even usable.

Was certainly interesting here as we had some flooding, 100mm in a few days is not bad going for this part of the world. But otherwise, nada. We're not even going to muster up a frost this month.

about 3mm here

93mm here this is very extreme for lowland ‘east’ London ~20% of average annual rainfall (Greenwich) which is a stone’s throw from me. Just stopped raining after 22 hours non stop! 

You've got a good manager who knows you might be decent next season (when it starts)

We were excellent first half of the season, but after Christmas we've been dreadful. Complete overhaul required. 

yep plenty of 0-0 bore draws on the cards then

I love it,  but I wish I could see the lightning as it is never visible.

Still at 0 here 

It looks like the weather patterns get stuck in recent years. We get months of excessive rain, then months of drought and then thunderstorm after thunderstorm. But there is one constant feature, the above average temperatures month after month. 

I had 3 days of thunder overhead here plus a night of watching a thunderstorm that was 20km away and I could see the top of the cb lightning almost constantly! Just rain today here but maybe another chance for thunder tomorrow.

The fires will start soon

The fires have started, will be doing a rain dance soon at this rate!

Moorland fire still burning after 10 days

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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The peat bog blaze on Hatfield Moors near Doncaster is now 'under control', say the fire service.

Already there here. Not much green left in some areas. 

listen to Absolute, not surprised, weather reports not great

Frosty knickers...

Not a drop of rain here at all yet. I think I can see the anvil from the ex-Cherbourg storm.

Hopefully tonight or tomorrow night is when I can see some distant lightning.

Just hoping it continues into summer!

As long as we're allowed to go outside!

Same goes for snow, i think. I certainly don't hope we get a sudden cold snap and a few inches of snow.

Take care all 

Imagine here in Madrid, shut indoors in an interior studio flat since 13th March, no sunlight, no daylight, 20c days. Terrible the conditions here we need Vitamin D and natural light to build defences.

How are you coping with it?  Sounds very harsh.  How are you managing to get out for food etc.?

It was, but not too bad. The only disappointment was that the Bealach na Ba/road to Applecross was closed because of snow. We went up to Aviemore and the Cairngorm ski centre on the final day, plenty up there! Being winter meant that many places on the route were closed, but the big plus is that there were hardly any people about - bliss.

My favourite part of the world Nick, Can get very busy with convoys of campervans for miles during late spring so you picked a good time to go. If you ever get time to visit Harris do it as it's about as wild as you can get..

My next Scotland adventure is hopefully going to be island hopping up/down the Western Isles!