Emz by the Thames

1.5cms on top of the hill...I went for a quick walk just to hear snow crunching under my feet. Back in the valley now and it's already turning to heavy rain washing everything away.

Slow falling and settling down in the valley here! 0.9.c at the moment.

We call them Fartichokes!!! I have found that if you make them into a soup (by just following a parnip soup recipe but swapping parsnip out for artichokes) then, they don't make you windy. perhaps the fibers are broken down in the blending, I'm not sure. This disappoints my partner though, he likes a good fart!!

Got rather excited when I realised the gritter was following me home last night! -1.8 here around 5am (although outdoor thermometer is not very accurate). Lovely to see a proper frost. What it does mean is that I can dig up my Jerusalem artichokes tomorrow at the allotment as they need a decent frost in order to sweeten. I've signed up for a walking challenge thoughout December, which I'll have to do in the evenings...brrr. I'm now beginning to wonder what I'll need - thermals, headtorch, fog lights for people (do they exist?)....snow shoes????

0.2.c here - frost of the roof here but on the ground on the high hill opposite - beautiful!

The gritters are out!!!!

Dug over my allotment over today - first time I've ever dug over in November in jeans and a t-shirt! Usually have about 3 layers on, ridiculously mild. Very pleasant being outside this afternoon despite the lack of sunshine. I put the winter duvet on last week, I'm going to really regret that tonight, it's bedtime and it's 15.5.c!

It's the anniversary of the epic High Wycombe October 2008 snowfall! No snow today though, a bit of sunshine after that rain yesterday.

It is as now. Combination of the rain making it feel damp, no tenant in the flat upstairs and the building cooling down generally. Just the heater in the living room, though. It's strange, I can be doing the housework and have the windows open when it'a 3.c...but I can't stand it when it's 13.c and damp.

@stainesbloke Sending best wishes, hope you feel back to normal soon. Sounds like you've got a good garlic and suppliments routine going so hopefully it won't be long! Was cold last night - winter duvet time I think. The gritters are having a testing /training session in Bucks today! Not looking forward to autumn as much as usual, I think any possible lockdown plus dark evening might be quite depressing. As you may have seen on social media, Halloween is going to be a window-dressing thing this year and I'm already planning it with all my nieces, so that's keeping my autumn spirits up! Harvesting my pumpkins tomorrow.

Beautiful sunset when we went on an evening walk in Cookham after work. Even though the drive home was only 20 minutes, it was quite a shock to the system to be making tea in the dark! Really appreaciating these sunny days - the early morning mist is amazing at the moment. (September mist index?) We've decided the time has come to leave Wycombe. Looking for an up-and-coming small town within 5 miles of the south coat - any suggestions???

REM - Nightswimming, mostly because of the line 'September's coming soon'. Always reminds me of the bittersweet feeling of the end of summer holidays!

Supposed to be lows of 11.c here overnight but it's already 9.c Meteorological autumn in the morning!

20.8.c/72. (always too humid, small flat, no extractors anywhere and strange insulation/windows set up)

6 or 7 lightning strikes early evening yesterday, a nice surprise. But despite the current thunderstorm warning, no mention of thunder in the forecast....we'll see. My allotment neighbour, who is a Latvian grandma and who is very in tune with nature says we'll get one more warm spell then an early autumn and winter. She says the plants know. Might call it the Latvian Grandma Index. I hope the warm spell starts this time next week as we're on our first annual leave of the year, bar the bank holidays, don't fancy 8.c nights in a tent!

Two lightning strikes!

Weather warnings for the whole of the SE for rain this afternoon...then thunderstorms tomorrow! That's our afternoon out cancelled!

Oh no, another weather warning for wind Tues/Weds for the south..I've only just righted the runnerbeans and de-mangled my Dad's gazebo! https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings#?id=11b08d93-9a9f-42d5-ab25-62f4a79c0e92&date=2020-08-25

@congerball My sister sent me almost exactly the same image of those almost vertical clouds, she was walking by The Stray! Meanwhile down south - another risk of thunder. Have to say it's making planning activites with children quite a headache. Clouds moving very swiftly this morning.

It's almost unfathomable out there, a chill E breeze, lower clouds going SW to NE, towers heading north, shocking humidity...it's a right old mess! View: S/SW.

Oh my word, the towers I can see to the s and sw of me.... Photos at teabreak hopefully!

Light rain and very dark here. It's still very warn and stuffy in the flat after days of heat. I can't believe I'm saying this - but I hope we don't get any storms tonight. It was hard to sleep in the heat and the last thunder was at about 1.30am last night, so I'd take a decent nights sleep over any weather extremes at the moment. But - what a storm. Lightning every 2 seconds and torrential rain. I hope it's someone else's turn tonight. I see we have a double thunderstorm warning for Saturday here - a general one and a more specific local one. Might not make any plans for Saturday.

Yes indeed, Bourne end seems to be having some flooding issues right now, the pub is apparently bailing water out the front door. Here, the rain is just still falling but moderately. I think my allotment is going to be forked. Strikes few and far between now so off to try and sleep again.

I made it one every two seconds. Are you home now? It mental out there - our gutters have had it, the A40 is flooded and it's just not stopping. Lightning only every few minutes now. There's going to be some damage in the morning.

Holy heck, this storm!! Trying to sleep though it as busy tomorrow but the strikes are within a mile so it's impossible. I counted the number of separate flashes in one minute and it was 31. Reminds me of the storm in May of last year whereby it's just strobe lighting. Very heavy rain.