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Title: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: Backinwellies on December 10, 2013, 11:07:19 am
Hi
Am sure this is a mistake to post this  :fc:  .... but I am amazed at how dry it has become here .... the streams are as dry as they were in July with one dried up altogether.   

So warm too ........ just planted some onions and broad beans. ..... fushias , honeysuckle and roses still flowering.

Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: bloomer on December 10, 2013, 11:09:45 am
so that will be snow by saturday then...



Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: Fowlman on December 10, 2013, 11:24:58 am
You done it now  :innocent:   :raining:
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: Clarebelle on December 10, 2013, 11:44:44 am
I hope this won't jinx it! My strawberrys have still got flowers on although everything else is just starting to look a bit winter worn now but I agree, so far, by us it seems to be quite mild
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: Q on December 10, 2013, 11:45:08 am
Same here - I have strawberries still flowering.
I have been digging over the weekend and the soil is dry-ish and easy enough to rake.  That shouldnt happen in December.
Planted out Garlic and last minute onions too.

Cue many days of rain and snow.
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: Foobar on December 10, 2013, 12:35:29 pm
Ssshhhhhhh!!!!!

Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: MAK on December 10, 2013, 04:52:56 pm
Dry here too. We had a lot of snow 2 weeks ago and after that thawed the lads down the road drained our very large lake to gather up the carp. They broke the overnight ice then netted the fish. The sluice gates are closed but the stream feeding the lake is dry. I took the dog for a walk over the exposed sand and threw any mussels I found into what water is left of the lake.
I have been outside in a T shirt all day -  :sunshine: :sunshine: :sunshine: :sunshine: :sunshine: :sunshine: for each of the next 6 days so not too much chance of the lake filling up.
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: bloomer on December 10, 2013, 04:57:04 pm
so has south wales been hit by a monsoon yet?


you know its coming...



Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: Hazel Hollow on December 10, 2013, 05:03:13 pm
Linda, You trying to ruin our moving day.
Ken
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: Backinwellies on December 10, 2013, 05:34:04 pm
Ken if we can move in snow then I'm sure you can manage a monsoon!!   So is tomorrow THE DAY?
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: Hazel Hollow on December 10, 2013, 05:48:14 pm
Thursday, nearly all packed. Another dry week with plenty of sunshine would be nice
 :sunshine:
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: hughesy on December 10, 2013, 05:50:56 pm
It's very dry for the time of year here in North Wales too.
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: Bionic on December 10, 2013, 06:47:28 pm
Thursday, nearly all packed. Another dry week with plenty of sunshine would be nice
 :sunshine:


I"m not sure about sun but the forecast is dry here for a bit longer yet  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: john and helen on December 10, 2013, 06:51:56 pm
Back in T-shirts down here, weather is mental for this time of year…. not long before the christmas day swim at Exmouth  ;D
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: mab on December 10, 2013, 07:37:04 pm
Shhh - I haven't finished laying the concrete in the washed out ford yet - then going to need a few more days of dry for it to set  :fc: ...
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: Lesley Silvester on December 10, 2013, 09:45:57 pm
I need to go and pick some tomatoes from the greenhouse. They are still ripening.
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: Hazel Hollow on December 11, 2013, 08:34:33 am
http://www.windfinder.com/forecast/penybont (http://www.windfinder.com/forecast/penybont)
Just seen the forecast for thursday has changed, rain now  :raining: ! I blame you Linda  ;)
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: Backinwellies on December 11, 2013, 08:40:32 am
 :roflanim: :roflanim:  :roflanim:  Opps!         
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: Foobar on December 11, 2013, 09:32:49 am
I think the Monsoon is due on Monday :(.
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: Lesley Silvester on December 11, 2013, 10:14:26 pm
We were supposed to have fog here the last couple of days but nothing.
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: Beewyched on December 12, 2013, 02:05:16 pm
LINDA - now look what you've done  :raining: &  :gloomy:
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: bloomer on December 12, 2013, 02:10:31 pm
not bad enough she got wales wet it spread to scotland which has been lovely recently...


that woman has a lot to answer for....


 :excited: :excited: :excited:
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: Beewyched on December 12, 2013, 02:15:43 pm
 :wave: David - glad to hear the snow's stopped then  ;)
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: Backinwellies on December 12, 2013, 03:38:38 pm
 :raining:  :raining:  well one of my neighbours will be pleased with me ... their water source for cows had dried up completely.    Hope rest of you aren't getting too wet!
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: Foobar on December 12, 2013, 04:01:14 pm
Did it rain? I must have missed that ... maybe it didn't penetrate the gloomy fog that has covered the Vale all day :(.
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: mab on December 12, 2013, 07:55:44 pm
Well it's rained all day here  :raining: - still, at least the hydro-electric should pick up a bit (down to 165watts this am)  :) .
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: john and helen on December 12, 2013, 09:43:44 pm
still dry down here  ;D
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: Backinwellies on December 13, 2013, 08:45:55 am
 :raining:  definitely wet here now!!
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: Bionic on December 13, 2013, 02:30:43 pm
Linda, I blame it all on you  ;D
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: Backinwellies on December 15, 2013, 04:31:14 pm
 :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining: :raining:........................
..... OK   ENOUGH   :raining:!!!!!!

Didn't realise I had such influence!   Just had to have a bath to help me dry out!! (I'd only been out to give cows some hay and check drains)
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: mab on December 15, 2013, 04:45:28 pm
ooooooh Linda! - You've got a lot to answer for!!!

Are you sure you're not a unwitting rain-god like that character in the hitchikers guide to the galaxy series
(showing my age a bit)?

 ;D ;D ;D

m
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: Thyme on December 15, 2013, 05:08:46 pm
 :roflanim: :roflanim: :raining:
Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: Hazel Hollow on December 20, 2013, 08:55:26 am
BackInWellies, you are not my favourite person, rained all day on the day of the move, we were like drowned rats.
Then we have only had one dry day since. Managed to walk the boundaries that day, a bit steep in places.
Drains all blocked up with leaves and the torrential rain the other day.
Any time you have any other thoughts :idea: about the weather please keep them to yourself
 ;)

Title: Re: South Wales Drying Up!!
Post by: Backinwellies on December 20, 2013, 12:05:24 pm
WELCOME to Wales  Hazel Hollow!!!!!!  :innocent: