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Category Archives: Environment
They say never meet your heroes…
But perhaps that should include finding more out about them, too. I’ve been using the guidance of Charles Dowding for some years now as regards no dig vegetable growing and I’ve found that it works pretty well. I don’t agree … Continue reading
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Another distrail
I’ve not seen one of these for quite some time. The last one I have a photo of was in January 2012! Quite sweet to have a contrail running right alongside it.
Heatwave headlines #3
“Two-hour delays as M5 closes due to risk of falling electricity cables” This is in Somerset, where it seems the weekly, or even bi-weekly, closure of the M5 has achieved the status of a traditional event over the last two … Continue reading
Heatwave headlines #2
“French energy giant to give schools millions in euros for cooling systems” EDF, in this case. But I wonder if it’s as generous a gift as it seems, given that the recipients may well be buying more power to run … Continue reading
Heatwave headlines #1
“Caution urged as London pavements hit 57C”. At that point you surely have to see if you can fry an egg or two?
A deeply unpleasant day
Adding to the issues that I’m dealing with at present in terms of how the medication I’m taking is messing up my body, today was the hottest UK June day on record, measured less than twenty miles from my home … Continue reading
A disappointing weather forecast
This is what the Met Office promised us for tonight. I was sooo looking forward to it; a decent size thunderstorm and rain to water the garden too. But no. I saw a couple of lightning strikes, one of which … Continue reading
What madness is this?
37°C forecast for tomorrow. Then a 10° drop for the following day, and a further 7° over the next three days. Not that I’m unhappy that temperatures should return to something rather more bearable, but that is an enormous change … Continue reading
Sometimes I do wonder what the Met Office are thinking
From today’s forecast: So, at midday they’re showing a less than 5% chance of precipitation, but showing a “showers” icon. Then from 1pm there’s a 20% chance of precipitation, but no “showers” icon. Errr, what?