Afternoon Phil
LoL at you post regarding the North East storms lol,
Regarding coming back to the Midlands , unfortunately you have no chance, I lived there for around 48year, {done it seen it and worn the T shirt} I have now settles here in the North East, its a wonderful part of the country, I love the The place, the scenery, is out of this world, 10 min drive either side of me you are in a complete different world, to the East you have the northumberland coast line, and to the west you have some of the best scenery i have scene for many a year, My wife is Toon through and through, she has tried to convert me to become a Toon {to no avail i may say} i still follow my beloved Baggies, who i have followed for all of my life, i have attended a few games since moving up here, but i cannot afford to go to every home game at west brom , although i would love too, for me to go to a match now it woruld cost me around £150 {which is alot of money these days} thats included the match , bed and breakfast at the Moat house, fuel there and back , and a few bevvies,
Regarding the storms , i would love the North East to see more storms , unfortunately that wont happen, i will have to start chasing again, which i am already set up for ,
The last decent storm we had was back in 2005 i think it was, when we had a huge cell which covered virtually the whole North East, torrential rain ,that bad, we had to stop on the A1 has we couldnt see in front of us, when i eventually got home, everyone on our street was stood at there front door, watching the lightning, it was magnificent, fork lightning everywhere, one of the best storms i have witnessed for a long time, since then , virtually nowt,
nigel