When is it going to stop... Raining

[classic33]

Not since I was about 14 years old! (6' 1")

How young do you think I am!

I'm sure a wetsuit for someone 6' would stretch that extra 1", without too much trouble.

Nearly as old as you feel!

The super-wet and super-sunny summers would both have been somewhere between 1960 (me being old enough to remember them) and 1969 (my last childhood summer there). If you can't track them down I might have a look myself later.

1982, 1995, 2003, 2018...

They're just four of the top of my head.
You not around these parts in '95, when they were bringing the water in by tankers.

 

[ColinJ]

You not around these parts in '95, when they were bringing the water in by tankers.

Oh, yes - I moved here after finishing university in 1986. (Yes, I was a 'mature' student!)

 

[ColinJ]

Glen Lonan over to Taynuilt is nice and then cut down the side of Loch Awe.

I did that years ago. Very nice!

The 'southern loop' I mentioned on Mull was Glen More, west coast, and cut across to Salen. I never made it further north than that. I do fancy doing the rest of Mull but maybe not at that time of year, and definitely not in bad weather!

I will probably ride Gleann Salach, Loch Etive again.

I liked the dead-end road from Connel up to Musdale.

I hope to loop around the end of Loch Creran and Appin again too.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

S.E Lakes - nice enough today but humungous rain overnight.

The river by the house (150' away and 70' down in a rocky ravine) is well and truly in spate.

Was warm but breezy in Manchester yesterday:

 

[Dogtrousers]

I'm about to take my shiny new (to me anyway, but it's not far off as-new) bike out for a spin.

It's raining.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I'm about to take my shiny new (to me anyway, but it's not far off as-new) bike out for a spin.

It's raining.

I'm back. I'm filthy. Job #1 for bike: Fit mudguards.

 

[ColinJ]

I have been tracking down historical weather data... It looks like my glorious summer in Argyll was probably 1968. Southern England had a bad one but Argyll had it very good for a change.

It is quite interesting so I will see if I can find more detailed and localised data.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

And, just for a change, it is bucketing down here in the S.E Lakes. With high winds too, making it a tad miserable out there.

I feel sorry for the holiday makers.

I hope they keep off of the Fells too - 3 more idiots needed rescuing from Scafell Pike by the local MRT. They ignored severe weather warnings during storm 'Lilian' - utter fools.

 

[Brandane]

And, just for a change, it is bucketing down here in the S.E Lakes. With high winds too, making it a tad miserable out there.

I feel sorry for the holiday makers.

I hope they keep off of the Fells too - 3 more idiots needed rescuing from Scafell Pike by the local MRT. They ignored severe weather warnings during storm 'Lilian' - utter fools.

If you are feeling particularly masochistic, take a look at the forecast for London and the SE for the next 2 weeks. Warm and sunny. But take comfort in the fact that here on the Costa Clyde it is also wet, windy, and COLD, as it has been pretty much all summer. Unbelievable just how consistently bad it has been. Every weekend is a 3 day weekend for me (part time hours at work) and even at that there has not been a single weekend this year where I have been able to get a few days away on the pedal bike or motorbike, due to the forecast of persistent rain for at least one day of every weekend. Completely fed up with it now. And as for roof repairs I need done - all local roofers are months behind due to the weather. So who knows what chaos the winter storms will cause this year on the ill prepared roofs.

 

[classic33]

I have been tracking down historical weather data... It looks like my glorious summer in Argyll was probably 1968. Southern England had a bad one but Argyll had it very good for a change.

It is quite interesting so I will see if I can find more detailed and localised data.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-averages/gf517kcnc

https://weather-and-climate.com/ave...hine-region-argyll-and-bute-gb,United-Kingdom

 

[geocycle]

Well I made carrot and Coriander soup for lunch, in August! Tells you all you need to know about today‘s weather.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

If you are feeling particularly masochistic, take a look at the forecast for London and the SE for the next 2 weeks. Warm and sunny. But take comfort in the fact that here on the Costa Clyde it is also wet, windy, and COLD, as it has been pretty much all summer. Unbelievable just how consistently bad it has been. Every weekend is a 3 day weekend for me (part time hours at work) and even at that there has not been a single weekend this year where I have been able to get a few days away on the pedal bike or motorbike, due to the forecast of persistent rain for at least one day of every weekend. Completely fed up with it now. And as for roof repairs I need done - all local roofers are months behind due to the weather. So who knows what chaos the winter storms will cause this year on the ill prepared roofs.

The company due to paint the north wall of the house asked us weeks ago if they were able to put it back until next year.

No option but to say yes.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

'Our' small builder has not had 3 consecutive outdoor days of work since October last year - crazy!

 

[Slick]

I have been tracking down historical weather data... It looks like my glorious summer in Argyll was probably 1968. Southern England had a bad one but Argyll had it very good for a change.

It is quite interesting so I will see if I can find more detailed and localised data.

Makes sense, it was before I was born.

 

[ColinJ]

'Our' small builder has not had 3 consecutive outdoor days of work since October last year - crazy!

Climate change... WHAT climate change?!

I just went up to my guest attic bedroom. The floor looked how the surface of the grass in the local park looks in mid-autumn... There is a tree across the road from here which is still very green but the recent storm had blown scores of leaves off it, over to my roof, and in through the 5 cm gap I had set below the Velux window for ventilation!