South East & East Anglia Regional Discussion 12th April 2013 13:00hrs>

[Jan_Bromley]

You have a beautiful garden bj. Just dug the vegetable patch and cut the grass (sorry Great Plum) and now I'm knackered

 

Such a lovely afternoon, took dogs for a walk to local nature park and everything is lush and green. Long may it continue

[Tom Montalbano]

You have a beautiful garden bj. Just dug the vegetable patch and cut the grass (sorry Great Plum) and now I'm knackered

 

Such a lovely afternoon, took dogs for a walk to local nature park and everything is lush and green. Long may it continue

 

Hi Jan,

 

If you're up to it, can you pop round to BR7 and strim our grass too, shot up in the last week or so and when you've done that any chance you

could reconstruct the wet room, don't think current builders have a clue!

 

Surveyor looked at the builders 2nd attempt, which builders finished on Monday and still doesn't think there's enough gradient on the floor and he's recommending the floor, toilet and sink be ripped up again, in his report, and they have a 3rd go at it!

 

The shed's really nice though and not leaking, at the moment.   

 

Unbelievable!

 

Hope you're all having a lovely day, really nice here in Croydon.

 

Yours, still under reconstruction,

Tom.

Edited May 1, 2013 by TomBR7

[Jan_Bromley]

Hello Tom,

 

I would happily do your garden but fear it would finish me off! These builders are just a joke! How many more tries do they need? Not good Tom.

 

Just go and live in the shed. At least it's dry

[Tom Montalbano]

 

Hello Tom,

 

I would happily do your garden but fear it would finish me off! These builders are just a joke! How many more tries do they need? Not good Tom.

 

Just go and live in the shed. At least it's dry

 

We have Jan.

Turned inside of the house into a lovely water feature, now.

I know when I'm beaten!

Regards,

Tom.

Edited May 1, 2013 by TomBR7

[MarcB]

Hi Jan, just cut my grass, third time in a week! put weed & feed down about four weeks ago and even just the dew in the mornings seems to be making it grow along with some warm sunshine of course. Ah lovely smell of freshly cut grass.

 

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Great garden bjk, looks gorgeous and well looked after.

 

 

 

Unbelieveably at 16.55 the temp was 17.2° here and still rising! Very unusual this late in the day.

 

Not seen a cloud all day today, a really beautiful day and long may it continue....

 

Edit: Meant to say as well, heard my first Cuckoo of the year today, no wonder the songbirds have been so quiet.

Edited May 1, 2013 by MarcB

[Guest bjaykent]

Great garden bjk, looks gorgeous and well looked after.

 

 

 

Unbelieveably at 16.55 the temp was 17.2° here and still rising! Very unusual this late in the day.

 

Not seen a cloud all day today, a really beautiful day and long may it continue....

 

Edit: Meant to say as well, heard my first Cuckoo of the year today, no wonder the songbirds have been so quiet.

Hi MarcB, good to hear that you have heard a cuckoo, i've been listening out most mornings lately but nothing here yet, we generally get quite a few as the drainage ditches on the marsh are full of Reed Warblers which tend to be a favourite nest site for cuckoo's to lay their eggs in. Very much liked your Yellowhammer the other day, the strangest bird I have had in the garden this year was a Reed Bunting at the end of March, definitely a first for me in the garden. 

 

Have reached the time of year now where we get a night time chorus of noisy Marsh Frogs  

[john pike]

 

have a guess from the 9th

 

round here i get a night and day chorus of police sirens

[Neilsouth]

It was cold today!

[john pike]

It was cold today!

hi victor

 

i worked on a car today and while in the sun it felt warmish

 

when in the shade i felt cold as well

 

 

 

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/ecmwf.php?ech=72&mode=1&map=0&type=0&archive=0

 

ecm still looks ok

 

however if the ending is near to being right

 

we see this

 

 

that looks a potential north westerly attack

 

fi and hope thats wrong

[Lauren]

When the wind blows it's actually pretty chilly.

 

BH weekend was looking promising but the most recent BBC forecast has lowered temperatures somewhat.

[john pike]

heres what the 12z gfs shows

 

saturday

 

 

ok but some rain about

 

which is what the fax chart picked up

 

sunday

 

sunday looks dry and pleasant temps

 

tampered by a chilly wind though

 

monday

 

again dry and warm

 

a tad chilly on east facing coasts and a chilly breeze

 

looks dry but a poss chance of some late pm storms

 

will update the fax charts later re all this

[john pike]

tomorrow

 

a chilly easterly flow

 

temps will vary

 

where cloud persists 10-11 degrees

 

where the sun shows its head  13-15 degrees

 

will feel chilly in the shade but dry

 

tomorrow night

 

east to north east flow but weak

 

poss fog more towards the east coast

 

temps between 0-4 degrees

 

cloud cover will help keep the frost away

 

again looks dry

 

friday

 

a more westerly flow and a tad more breezy

 

should see some more sun today

 

temps around 13-15 degrees

 

again looks dry

 

friday night

 

a westerly flow

 

should stay dry

 

temps around 3-6 degrees

 

saturday

 

early morning showers clearing by lunchtime

 

a weak westerly flow

 

temps between 14-16 degrees

 

sunny intervals throughout the day

 

rest to follow

[john pike]

sunday

 

westerly flow

 

dry

 

temps around 15-16 degrees

 

looks sunny but poss mist on east coasts which may temper temperatures a tad

 

monday

 

a mainly westerly flow

 

and dry

 

temps between 16-20 degrees

 

the warmer temps the further south you are

 

happy with these at present

[Snowangel-MK]

Morning all,

 

I'm really enjoying a sunny week here in MK - would be even better if I didn't have to work and could be outside starting off my tan !  Still the balance of my holiday is due tomorrow so that means it's getting close.....just as well....

 

 

 

 

........have a nice day and hopefully the sunshine will last over the weekend when we can all get outside and have fun 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[MarcB]

Hi MarcB, good to hear that you have heard a cuckoo, i've been listening out most mornings lately but nothing here yet, we generally get quite a few as the drainage ditches on the marsh are full of Reed Warblers which tend to be a favourite nest site for cuckoo's to lay their eggs in. Very much liked your Yellowhammer the other day, the strangest bird I have had in the garden this year was a Reed Bunting at the end of March, definitely a first for me in the garden. 

 

Have reached the time of year now where we get a night time chorus of noisy Marsh Frogs  

 

Hi bjk, luckily, we do not get frogs in the garden, no one around us has a pond or anything like that and the river is about 400m away.

 

Not the best picture but here is 'my' Reed Bunting trying to blend in to the background.

 

 

We originally had a pair that would come in and feed but not seen them together for over a month now.

 

Talking of strange birds, surprisingly I have been told that there is a 'Hoopoe' in the next village, really hoping that it will pay us a visit.

[chilly milly]

Morning all, had a week off from here due to 'family problems'.  But can't stay away from here too long.

 

Glad to see Coast back amongst the fold and sorry to hear of all your plumbing problems Tom. Took us two years to sort out a plumbing problem here, not wanting to worry you or anything.... :0

 

I am loving this weather.  The moorhens on our local duckpond have had babies and if you are lucky you can catch them bouncing from the nest and following mum for a swim.  I love spring.

Edited May 2, 2013 by chilly milly

[Jan_Bromley]

Hi all,

 

Another gorgeous if somewhat chilly morning with clear blue skies

[Coast]

Morning regionaires!

 

The first day of this week where it hasn't been sunny and warm to start off. It looks like it's just a bit of lingering cloud over the extreme SE corner and hopefully it will clear later:

 

 

 

Still looking good for a dry and mostly sunny B/H weekend and then it's time to consider the return to work

[snow raven]

Morning All

 

Yet another lovely day here - I could get use to this weather

 

I finish work at 1.15pm and won't be returning till after the bank holiday weekend, so I am currently on count down.  3 hours and 48 minutes left... 

Edited May 2, 2013 by snow raven

[Guest bjaykent]

Morning all, another beautiful morning after an early ground frost, things shaping up nicely the BH weekend with little rain, if any showing for Saturday now, temps warm up nicely through the weekend and by Monday should reach the high teens and for those lucky enough to be off Tuesday looks like it may hit 20c before rain moves in Wednesday.

 

 

 

Sad story of the man from London who died attempting to trek across Greenland you can see from GFS maps for Saturday just how severe the snow, wind and cold temps are there and while we look towards a nice weekend, Greenland is still very much in the grips of winter.

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22363216

Edited May 2, 2013 by bjaykent

[Methuselah]

Morning all...

 

Wall-to-wall again, 11C...

[Tom Montalbano]

Morning all,

 

Ditto to the above, beautiful morning here in Chislehurst, despite the internal lift not working again! Cant waste anymore time on the phone.

My daughter and I have been asked to work an extra hour today, due to computer system not up and running, after being out of action all day, yesterday. Didnt realise this building company were involved in computer software too!

Will be working 11.30-8.30 today and then busy weekend and Bank Holiday Monday coming up, with lots of racing, including first 2 classic races of the Flat season, at Newmarket.

Can be a bit of a pain working the whole of these B/H weekends but the overtime comes in handy, of course.

 

Hope you all have a lovely day.

 

Regards,

Tom.

Edited May 2, 2013 by TomBR7

[Keraunic]

Mornin each. Another lovely day by the looks of it. It's 12c here in Ippy now so hope it gets warmer. Been really busy with writing and I've been asked to write a piece for a history site aimed at encouraging young people to read history by making it 'fun' and more accessible to them. And my WIP is coming along nicely and already has fans. YAY!

Hope you all have a lovely day and have lots of plans for the holiday weekend.

Take care all.

[Steve C]

Morning all.

 

Sunny here too. Might get out at lunchtime to appreciate it. I've been really busy at work till this morning. Definitely looking forward to the weekend now!

[Heisenberg]

Morning All

B E A utiful again this morning. Expecting some cloud cover later.... Off to Chessington on Saturday for my eldests 11th Bday. I hope we have some nice weather for that...Have a good day Y'all