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Yet another crud day in not so sunny Somerset. A bit of career advice for all you youngsters. Avoid the Building Trade like the plague, because in this country it's a dead loss You are either battling the weather, or coping with yet another recession. Take it from me, your bank balance, health in later life, and mental well being will thank you for it. If you must do it, then qualify, and clear off abroad.

You can watch your ridge tiles fly off, and your fences fall down, but at least you'll be warm whilst it happens . What a complete crock of s...ite our climate is.

Very kind of you Becks, Winchester is about an hour and a half from here, if you would'nt mind meeting me halfway at Stonehenge I'll take you up on it

We're predicted to have wind gusts topping out at 54 mph, but seeing we're pretty exposed here on the Mendip slopes, I reckon 60 would be closer to the mark.

Wind picking up here, the rain isn't too far away looking at the radar.

I was Three the last time that occurred, been waiting 62 years for a repeat, still, you can't rush the job!!

A continental climate would suit me down to the ground. it's the endless rain . and wind that drives me to distraction, probably because I have to work out in it.

Been a nice day here, plenty of sunshine, around 3/4 degrees. Felt cold, but nothing a coat, gloves, and scarf could'nt sort out. Got to be better than 11 degrees with wind , and rain. That's about as much use as a plastacine walking stick.

Just had a look in the Mad thread, I sometimes wonder why the knowledgable posters ever bother to contribute, They have the guts to put their thoughts into the public domain, and then get their heads shot off for their trouble, just because things don't work out to some peoples liking. I honestly think that some of them have some serious growing up to do. Get another 30 odd years of life expeience under your belts, together with some real s..ite that life can throw at you ,and maybe you'll realise just how stupid you are making yourselves look.

If only it was going to be dry, but yet more rain on sodden ground is going to result in more flooding problems for some poor people. This country really is a pit when it comes to rainfall.

Can't wait.

I wouldn't be surprised to see some snow here next week, we're about 500 feet a s l,. It's the potential switch back to wind, and rain that concerns me though. A lot of poor folk around here were flooded out last Thursday. We need rain about as much as I need a bullet hole in the head.

Remember it well, I was almost 18 . I t started on a Saturday evening if I remember rightly. by about Tuesday it was on it's way out .

Got another load coming on Saturday, really been rattling through them this week, mostly Ash with the odd bit of Hazel.

I've been working since 1976, 33 of those 48 years have been spent outside. Believe me, what is being forecasted for next week doesn't even come close to what was around during the late 70s and early to mid 80s I can recall working on a site near Bristol, in early Jan 82 and only being able to work outside for about 20 minutes at a time before we had to get back indoors and warm up. Our 7. 5 ton lorry's had external diesel tanks which were freezing up.

Water run off from fields adjacent to the carriageway is very likely to be a serious problem during the next week or so . Roads will be transformed into skid pans. I bet the spivs at the energy companies are rubbing their hands together in glee as well.

After having to spend 20 minutes this afternoons trying to shore up my fence, I can safely say that High Pressure can't come soon enough. I've had a belly full of this useless garbage.

If it's dry , it can be as tedious as it likes as far as I'm concerned. This rain is now beyond a joke.

Could'nt give a stuff about snow, but going by the M.O 's update for frosty weather, another load of logs might be a good shout. they'll always keep for next year anyway. Once the penny drops , people will be clamouring for them.

Down here in Shepton we have escaped any rain so far today. God knows we've had enough of the s..ite this year though.

Sounds like you had a good one Pete, we spent ours with the Grand Children. Nice to see them enjoying themselves. Sounds good re the possible change in the weather, just to have it dry would be a blessing.

I've said the same, Christmas is pushed at you from October onwards by the Supermarkets, and come end of trading on Christmas eve, they are tearing down the decorations. It just underlines what a over commercialised money making racket the whole things become. Stuff they would have charged you full whack for 3 days ago, they'll virtually give you today because they want rid of it to make way for the Easter eggs.

Cloudy, and wet here this morning. Went shopping, and was glad to get home. It might have been 13 degrees, but I'd have swapped that for 3 degrees, and sunny any day of the week.

Tend to agree, at nearly 64 years old I can count the number of white Christmases on the fingers of one hand, and severe /memerable winters on two That must tell you something.

Welcome back Pete, thought you'd gone a bit quiet lately