stainesbloke

Looks like winter is starting early here next week, several ice days and chances of snow are forecast

Very mixed day here. Grim morning with loads of rain in 3°C temperatures, but that cleared away around lunchtime and the rest of the day was sunnier and very pleasant, barring one heavy downpour later in the afternoon. Then a thick fog formed after dark, which has now cleared as a breeze has picked up, and now it’s 8°C

Overcast, breezy and cold again, just 5°C. Not hugely appealing, I must admit

Pretty yucky day here with largely cloudy skies and a really cold wind, maximum temperature was 6°C. Managed an hour in the garden but had to come in, too cold

A much better day here thankfully, with long sunny spells, plenty of blue skies, nice clouds and a light breeze. The ground is absolutely sodden so could do with a few more days like this

Looks like a beauty of a late autumn day in much of England. More dreary cloud, wind and rain here, unfortunately

Yet more rain here, properly chucking it down after a grey and damp day.

It’s grim here in Czechia, too. Overcast since the morning and it’s been raining (again) from mid-afternoon. Feeling very chilly at 7°C

Lovely autumn day here, mainly sunny (so far), light winds and currently 8°C. Could do with a spell of high pressure as the ground is sodden, but am cracking on with garden work. Have hardly had any seasonal mist, fog and frost here so far, which has been a bit disappointing.

Definitely could do with a few weeks of high pressure

Sounds like lots of work, usual story unfortunately when you take on allotment but it’s great to see it take shape. Plus it’s fantastic exercise. Are you taking photos? To have a greenhouse is like winning the lottery Best of luck with it all, nothing tastes like homegrown! It snows here every winter, multiple times, though it doesn’t last as long as it used to before the climate started changing. Nice to still have fairly defined seasons, though. Mid-late Autumn here has been a bit of a disappointment this year, loads of rain and very few instances of the weather types I like. Hopefully something more exciting/enjoyable/interesting to come

Ooh, an allotment, very exciting! Hope it’s going well, usually it’s a lot of hard work taking one over as they’re in a bit of a state. Had two allotments for a number of years, am definitely not an expert lol, but I picked up quite a lot of knowledge from other allotment holders and from personal experience. Happy to chat whenever The book below by John Harrison is so good, easy to read, humorous and packed full of useful information. Weather-wise, it’s a beauty of a day here in Czechia, sunny, barely any breeze and currently 13°C, after a light frost this morning. I can see the mountains bordering eastern Germany and Poland in the distance and they have had their first snowfall

It’s feeling very autumnal over the last week or so (at least to me) with so much rain, both in the UK and Czechia. Hoping for something quieter for a while, sunnier by day and frosty/misty/foggy by night. Had enough wind and rain already, thanks

Looking at pics and videos from the Channel Islands and northern France, we really dodged a bullet! Thankfully Feel sorry for people in those areas, what a nightmare. That house wrecked by the tornado is crazy. I do enjoy exciting weather but that’s on another scale.

Very fine margins here, it currently looks like away from the immediate south and southwest coasts, the majority of the UK might well dodge this nasty storm. Fingers crossed, with many trees still in full leaf and the ground saturated, it’s quite worrying.

Thanks mate

Spent this weekend in London celebrating my 50th birthday, brilliant weekend apart from the sodding weather!

Back home to Czechia just for the weekend, had an interesting sunset yesterday with a bright salmon coloured light. After an atmospheric, chilly and foggy start this morning, it’s now beautifully sunny and should reach 20°C. Wow

Quite unpleasant weather in west London of late, yesterday was very wet indeed and looks like plenty more rain to come this month. Interesting if you’re a duck , I suppose, otherwise am hoping for something a bit more sunny and settled with some decent fog

Arrived back in London to a very pleasant autumn day, if rather windy. Sunny and 15°C

First frost of the season here, everything white but the temperature is hovering a couple of degrees above freezing now. A nice sunny start before I fly back to London for work

Yes, deep joy. I’ve found wearing a beanie/woolly hat indoors (despite looking like a plonker) really helps me feel much warmer

Another beautiful sunny morning here, chilly at 5°C. Yesterday was nice until later in the afternoon when some showers arrived. The wind went a bit mental and was absolutely freezing, so I gave up weeding and scurried inside. Interesting charts for the week, though there could well be some flooding issues unfortunately. Nice to see a Scandi high setting up, too early of course, but will this be a recurring feature of winter?

The warmer air has been swept away here by an active cold front that gave a brief period of heavy rain and strong winds yesterday. Chilly start today at 6°C but with a beautiful blue sky and sunshine, though the W’ly wind is picking up in strength now

That’s a good thing about the cooler months, the stars are often more visible. A very bright planet is rising in the eastern sky every evening, is it Jupiter? Was so bright last night