Dartmoor_Matt

Brrr. Freezing again today, two ice days now. Snow a bit further up which has lasted since Sunday/Monday. Anyone have a clue whats happening this weekend?

Strange its not made the local news yet, we have a crack on the chimney, about 2 foot long but aside from that I can't see any damage.

Nope, although I will, it was quite a shake... well for a place that doens't get that many lol.

So thats what that boom and house shake was about then, I thought it was a bomb!

Would be great on the two days when you don't have to go to work a week though ... Plus, I reckon 6 hrs is a passable amount of sleep

Sounds like a great idea to me. Surely now we live in a 24hr age it make sense to have longer in the evenings? Plus, down here it will be light long into the night. Perfect for BBQs and parties.

Lovely day today, sat out with t-shirt on at lunch, pretty chilly when the sun went behind a cloud, but otherwise a real sense of spring! Lovely

It does sometimes work out, I can remember a few times when we have had snow about 2 weeks after the Eastern US ... but thats usually from a NW direction... the good stuff will be a battleground over us East vs West

A guy I used to work with had family who owned what used to be called Sparkwell Zoo (south Dartmoor) he said they had seen large black cats on the CCTV outside the large cat cages. How true this is remains to be seen! That said, there are lots of reports from the area, especially from the older population who have had countless chickens taken in large quantities and allegedly found skulls in their grounds that have been shown to belong to large cats. I'm yet to see one... although have seen the remains of some rather vicious attacks on sheep and chicken enclosures.

Crazy, I spent some good times at Mission Beach and Tully. Good luck Qld!

Another bitter day here, albeit sllightly above freezing for the first time in 5 days! Temp last night was -8.7C, so I think its been a tad chilly.

3rd ice day in a row today, currently -2.1C with some snizzle. :yawn:

I doubt we will see snow this easter... its virtually in May it's so late. Freezing again today, and very dry with it. Edit: At 12:30 its still -2.1c!

Brrrr! -1.6C at the mo after a ow of -3.4C last night, very strong wind drying everything out and making it feel uber cold! Just got off the phone to Oz... oh how I wish we had the warmth!

Did anyone else spot that tumbleweed? Pretty miserable day here, lost all the lovely sunshine and instead had 3c and cloud. Sun did some out late this afternoon though which made it feel quite nice!

Yeah, does seem a bit mad to be playing in mid Jan, but thats the price to pay I guess. I'd take this weather anytime, can't beat a bit of sunshine!

Bit chilly last night! The tennis courts froze over while wewere playing and it was lovely and white this morning everywhere. -3.9C was the min. Not bad after the mild!

Certainly was wet! And now, to top it off, NW has my location down for a 4% chance of snow! :lol:

Some drier weather would be lovely... another day of heavy rain and high winds here today. Tomorrow looks better. Believe that when I see it, yesterday was supposed to be dry... turned out to be that lovely drizzle. On the plus side, yes, its not as bad as Qld.

Not much in the way of real rain here today, certainly not what was forecast. Its just been drizzly and damp all day. That said, we did have 15mm overnight. Stacking up the totals this week! 78mm since Monday (Tuesday was a dry day) Normal service has resumed.

Yeah I see on the BBC site that there are warnings out across Devon & Cornwall with more rain to come tonight, tmrw and over the weekend. On the plus, its not as bad as in Qld, have some friends in Brisbane and its been pretty scary for them.

10.5C here, which feels positively tropical in comparison, but another 22mm of rain so far today is doing nothing to keep those river levels down. 6 flood alerts so far on rivers.

Woo, lots of surface water around today and the rivers are very high on the way to work. But the sun is out. That said, still feels cold in the wind, Least its not as bad as Qld, have friends in Brisbane and its getting worse all the time there. Total for yesterday was 41mm of rain here... with another 3.5mm after midnight. Good job Dartmoor is a giant sponge!

Yup, we have exceeded the warnings amount here already (warning was for up to 35mm) its currently 38mm and still raining. Why could this not of been snow?! Anyways. G'Nite all.

Absolutely pouring here again. Could be some quite interesting amounts by morning. 29mm at the moment.