Beverley Lass

I disagree. I really like Carol and her clear presentation voice. I've always found Rob's voice rather hard to hear. He mumbles. BL.

I'd be sorry to see Philip Avery go to the back rooms. I think he has a perfect delivery. BL

Hi again Paul Thanks for your reply. I hadn't heard of the LSD & Magic Mushrooms as a source of help for CH. Goodness, lol. Been a while since I read up on this topic. You would wonder why one becomes susceptible to it. I don't see the medics about it anymore and just cope with it. Maybe it hasn't been so severe this last couple of years, but it is a chronic condition for me, I have it more months of the year than not and can't work out what brings it on. I have been offered steroid injections to the scalp, but haven't gone for them so far. Anyway, I hope you go on Ok. Glad you know of Beverley town, it is a lovely market town with many fine Georgian buildings and of course the glorious Minster. I do apologize to you re. that nasty sounding curry though! lol Good luck with the chef training. BL

Hiya, yes, I can empathize as a fellow sufferer. Had this for over 20 years. The worst pain is the acute stabbing in my eye(s) An MRI scan showed a small amount of pressure on the trigeminal nerves. I've tried 02 therapy and various strong drugs, including one usually for epilepsy. The 02 didn't help and I found the drugs side effects intolerable. I find a cold compress (not too icy tho) helps a bit. My father has long suffered with this too. Glad you have some pain relief for the bad times. Good luck to ya. B.

Ooo might we see an aurora here tonight !? 'Solar Tsunami to hit Earth' Sounds exciting. But looks cloudy at the mo. BL

Ooo might we see an aurora here tonight !? 'Solar Tsunami to hit Earth' Sounds exciting. But looks cloudy at the mo. BL Edit: Oops sorry, put this in the wrong place I see !

Thanks, yes, I will certainly try to. They're not cheap to replace, and I do so love the look of them. BL.

Now that fact is a surprise to me. I've lost two Acers to late frosts in the past. They were in pots. I'm trying a third one planted out properly and may cover it in the winter. BL.

Thanks Rollo, I just spotted this in the TV listings and came here to give the 'heads up'. I shall record it. BL

Hi all, Just coming to the end of a 20 minute thunder storm here. Some nice lightening seen and a short burst of heavy rain. Much needed. BL :lol:

Wash with care Careful how you wash your vehicles .. This ash is scratchy and rather acidic. BL B)

Thank you, that's very beautiful to see. BL

Volcano and Lights Beautiful pictures of the volcano and the Northern Lights. Awesome. BL

I've just been for my morning stroll and heard my first Cuckoo of the season. I understand they are becoming quite scarce and true enough, I didn't hear any at all last Spring. This was quite a nice read .. Cuckoo The old Yorkshire saying made me smile .. "when you hear the cuckoo shout it is time to plant your tatties out" LoL Oh, I was a week early then. BL.

Telegraph Online Pictures Wonderful set of Volcano pics here. Includes some with the Northern Lights .. now that *is* impressive Mother Nature ! BL

Mail Online Some questions and answers and a few fab pics, including a lightening one. BL. :lol:

Yes, thanks for that Mr data, interesting and awful event. I was reading this below .. seems the 18thC eruption may have even caused famine in Egypt and other worldwide consequences. My link Just over 200 years ago an Icelandic volcano erupted with catastrophic consequences for weather, agriculture and transport across the northern hemisphere – and helped trigger the French revolution. The Laki volcanic fissure in southern Iceland erupted over an eight-month period from 8 June 1783 to February 1784, spewing lava and poisonous gases that devastated the island's agriculture, killing much of the livestock. It is estimated that perhapsa quarter of Iceland's population died through the ensuing famine. Then, as now, there were more wide-ranging impacts. In Norway, the Netherlands, the British Isles, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, in North America and even Egypt, the Laki eruption had its consequences, as the haze of dust and sulphur particles thrown up by the volcano was carried over much of the northern hemisphere. Ships moored up in many ports, effectively fogbound. Crops were affected as the fall-out from the continuing eruption coincided with an abnormally hot summer. A clergyman, the Rev Sir John Cullum, wrote to the Royal Society that barley crops "became brown and withered … as did the leaves of the oats; the rye had the appearance of being mildewed". The British naturalist Gilbert White described that summer in his classic Natural History of Selborne as "an amazing and portentous one … the peculiar haze, or smokey fog, that prevailed for many weeks in this island, and in every part of Europe, and even beyond its limits, was a most extraordinary appearance, unlike anything known within the memory of man. "The sun, at noon, looked as blank as a clouded moon, and shed a rust-coloured ferruginous light on the ground, and floors of rooms; but was particularly lurid and blood-coloured at rising and setting. At the same time the heat was so intense that butchers' meat could hardly be eaten on the day after it was killed; and the flies swarmed so in the lanes and hedges that they rendered the horses half frantic … the country people began to look with a superstitious awe, at the red, louring aspect of the sun." Across the Atlantic, Benjamin Franklin wrote of "a constant fog over all Europe, and a great part of North America". The disruption to weather patterns meant the ensuing winter was unusually harsh, with consequent spring flooding claiming more lives. In America the Mississippi reportedly froze at New Orleans. The eruption is now thought to have disrupted the Asian monsoon cycle, prompting famine in Egypt. Environmental historians have also pointed to the disruption caused to the economies of northern Europe, where food poverty was a major factor in the build-up to the French revolution of 1789. Volcanologists at the Open University's department of earth sciences say the impact of the Laki eruptions had profound consequences. Dr John Murray said: "Volcanic eruptions can have significant effects on weather patterns for from two to four years, which in turn have social and economic consequences. We shouldn't discount their possible political impacts." Greg Neale is founding editor of BBC History Magazine

Morning all, Yesterday I washed my UPVC windowsills and today I have the finest yellowish dust on them that sparkles in the sunlight. I think it must be the volcano tephra ash. I can't detect any odour to it though. BL

Expert said "all quiet at Katla so far" *phew. BL.

Be careful. I read that you can easily scratch your car paintwork with this ash. It needs a thorough water wash off. BL.

Yes, I had a wry smile at that comment. Goodness, I pray the bigger Katla doesn't go up. BL

European airspace .. so very quiet.

A BBC (one) news special on as I type about this. BL.

An interesting event this. The quietness must be quite weird for those that live very close to normally busy airports. It's a full month 'til I fly from Humberside airport. Hope there aren't re-occurrences, but suspect there will be. BL

Hiya, This fine fat frog was sunbathing on my rockery this week. I have at least 4 frogs so far in my shallow wildlife pond. No spawn yet. Unfortunately a nuisance pair of Mallards have returned, so I'm having to large-mesh net it over to save the amphibians. They're after next doors fish too ! I usually have a few toads, but not spied one this year so far. BL