The Weather Thread (Sponsored by the Autumn Equinox 2015)

[Spikey M]

Still pretty good here today. The wind is amazing.

[Lewis]

I think it's the end of shorts season lads.

[Giggles]

Yeah it’s great. This morning was 9° down on last week.

[Spikey M]

I think it's the end of shorts season lads.

Awkward time of year, it's cold first thing in the morning but when the sun comes out it's still pretty warm in the afternoon.

I'm going to cling onto the shorts for now.

[Dquincy]

Can confirm the hot women in London have commenced hibernation until May. Sad times. No more erections on the underground for the time being.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Last night was the first time I broke out my duvet in months (I was using a blanket) although I probably should have gotten it out a night or two before.

Still not cold enough for the heating though.

[Pepe]

I think it's the end of shorts season lads.

I'll wear them for at least three more weeks.

[Waffdon]

Shorts season is all year round. legs don’t get cold

[Manc]

Waff has it right. The fleece & shorts combo is undefeated.

[Spikey M]

I didn't know Manc was a Geography Teacher.

[Baz]

Fleece :sick:

[Jimmy Floyd]

Fleece and shorts can only be worn by people who work from (but do not drive) a van, with a maximum vocabulary of 65 words, 5 of which are dahhhhhlin'.

[Disco]

Short season is March - October regardless of weather.

[Offshore Toon]

Depends what you're up to. If you're going to be inside, then shorts always.

[Queenslander]

Temperature got up to 36.6* today making today the hottest day in October since 2004.

Wish I had a chance to temp gun the letter box today. :moop:

[Ian]

I like to imagine that second sentence ended midway through because he's gone FUCK IT and run off to find a way to temp gun the letter box no matter what it takes.

[Kikó]

:D U no dat is happen.

[Spikey M]

I like to imagine that second sentence ended midway through because he's gone FUCK IT and run off to find a way to temp gun the letter box no matter what it takes.

:lol:

[Ian]

I think you should check your own temperature, QL.

[Spikey M]

Temperature got up to 36.6* today making today the hottest day in October since 2004.

Wish I had a chance to temp gun the letter box today. :moop:

We have to be


Temperature got up to 36.6* today making today the hottest day in October since 2004.

Wish I had a chance to temp gun the letter box today. :moop:

We have to be


Temperature got up to 36.6* today making today the hottest day in October since 2004.

Wish I had a chance to temp gun the letter box today. :moop:

Are you having a stroke?

[Queenslander]

It's my shitty found going off in my pocket.

[Spikey M]

It's my shitty found going off in my pocket.

What? :lol:

[Queenslander]

It unlocks and goes off on whatever I have had open.

I've pocketed dialled the police several times.

When I opened my phone again it had the page open as if I had just typed a message out.

That last one was me editing and posting what I thought was just 1 repost. I need to go for a walk I'm mental.

[Jimmy Floyd]

This on the day Queensland starts having its own time zone, I think there is some rupture in the continuum.

[Queenslander]

Queensland Standard Time. :cool:

[Giggles]

Speaking of time zones, did the EU ever get off their holes and end this clock changing rubbish?

[Waffdon]

It’s so oddly warm outside tonight. Walked out the door and felt like I was hit with a heat. What on earth is it still 18c for?

[Dquincy]

Wafffle doggy.

[Spikey M]

Good night out Quince?

[Dquincy]

:D

Just a few a few tipples.

[Ian]

I wasn't sure if that was a request.

[Spikey M]

Enough of the mischamischaracterisations tyvm.

[Dquincy]

You bunch of nonces.

[Lofty]

It is suspiciously warm here today.

[Ian]

What is it making you suspicious of?

[Shindig]

Oh, y'know ... them.

[Disco]

Big Weather.

[Shindig]

Met Office. Met Police. Really makes you think.

[Lofty]

Suspicious like it is lulling me into a false sense of security before turbo winter.

[Queenslander]

33* at the moment and my letter box is 55*.


Massive lol to all the covid refuges that fled Melbourne and Sydney for Brisbane this year as the heat is brutal for first timers.

[Don]

It was saying 15 degrees during the night and currently but I'm fucking freezing. Carrying a slight cold so that must be it but jesus, I am not prepared for winter.

[Baz]

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/forecasters-predict-exact-date-snow-25431152


It has been predicted that up to six inches of snow will fall on November 26.

Black Friday more like White Friday amirite :arry:

[Don]

Not even single digits and I'm on the ropes here. Drop in temperatures and shitty non-stick teflon snowfall due next week too :sick:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It was 2c yesterday in Poland but it felt like it was into the minus digits with the wind.

It's a bit warmer today but not by much.

[Waffdon]

This wind is mental. Never been in a red warning before. trampolines and caravans all over the gaff

[Shindig]

I should've brought the wheelie bin in before it started.

[Queenslander]

The humidity is really sorting us out at the moment.
:

The women lining up at the local wanker brunch places were sweating all over the shop. :D

[Giggles]

I may go out shortly and see how many roof tiles survived, that was brutal. We have absolutely no shelter up here.

[SincereTheRebel]

One piece of snowfall around here and i had things i needed to do


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[Yevrah]

It was bad enough down south (sounded like I was being home invaded) so Christ knows what it must have been like for you boys in Scotland/Ireland.

[Shindig]

I'm stunned we didn't lose power. It was sparking up the lines.

Bin status: Tipped and the lid's snapped off. :D

[Manc]

There isn't much better than walking the dog in the snow. Not a fucker about.

[Giggles]

Wind is gone and back to muck and rain.

[Manc]

This weather is beyond grim.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Is Barra the female version of Barry? It can fuck off either way.

[Spikey M]

I've got to help a mate carry a fridge and a sofa out of his flat at 6pm, just as the winds peak here. 50-60mph winds are not sofa carrying conditions. :moop:

[Boydy]

Is Barra the female version of Barry? It can fuck off either way.
Giggles

[Spikey M]

The Met Office and their Irish and Dutch counterparts have divided up storm naming amongst themselves and this is what we ended up with:

https://www.met.ie/cms/assets/uploads/2021/08/Press-Release-image-1.jpg

[Ian]

I've got to help a mate carry a fridge and a sofa out of his flat at 6pm, just as the winds peak here. 50-60mph winds are not sofa carrying conditions. :moop:

PIVOOOOOooooooooo- *disappears over the horizon*

I just checked precisely how old that reference is and immediately regret it.

[Yevrah]

It is an all time classic though Ian.

[Spikey M]

Pre-millenium bug :D

[Yevrah]

The gap in time between WW2 ending and when I was born is now a fair bit less than the gap in time between when I was born and now. :eyemouth:

[Ian]

I'm not at that stage yet....

[Jimmy Floyd]

My birth is closer to the Napoleonic Wars than it is to my death. Or, at least, here's hoping.

[Ian]

How old are you hoping to live to?

Other than "too old."

[Giggles]

@Giggles (https://www.thethirdhalf.co.uk/member.php?u=26)

I've never heard the name before, but I'd say if it's not Dutch then it's from the south west here.

[Giggles]

This one was British named apparently. UK Met Office involved too.

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/storm-barra-named-after-bbc-ni-weather-presenter-41123992.html

[Spikey M]

It's a shame we'll probably not get to see Storm Pól. Sounds like a Norse god.

[Shindig]

What a lovely time for someone to break down on the A1 and back all the traffic up for four miles. :moop:

[Baz]

I can’t stop thinking about Blindboy’s “a kid named Barra shit in a ball pool” Barra story whenever it’s mentioned

[Queenslander]

Mid arvo and my bench top is currently 33*. :cab:

The western sun is going to melt my thongs into the footpath come January/February.

Lol having the Summer Olympics here in ten years time what a stupid decision.

[Giggles]

I’d love to experience a Christmas with that sort of weather just to see what it’s like. Make a nice change from rain.

[Queenslander]

It's nice but I dont know any different.

[Baz]

TTH Wife Swap 2022 - Giggles & Queenslander's Christmas Carol.

[Waffdon]

It’s mean to be snowing on Christmas Day here and for 5 days after. Don’t think I’ve ever seen it snow then.

[Queenslander]

TTH Wife Swap 2022 - Giggles & Queenslander's Christmas Carol.

:D

[Spikey M]

It's fucking snowing. :moop:

[Giggles]

I'd a cunt of a job getting the van out in it this morning.

[Pepe]

-17 tomorrow and 30cm of snow on Sunday. I just went to do my shopping. I will not go out until Monday the earliest.

[Pepe]

Fuck shoveling snow.

[Jimmy Floyd]

One of the best things about the UK, or at least the south, is (presumably because it's a wee island) the temperature resolutely refuses to go below about minus 2, even in weeks-long cold snaps. I can't remember it ever being below minus 4, even once.

[Spikey M]

In 2010 it did, but yeah it is pretty great.

That said, I've had to de-ice the car every morning for about 2 weeks now and that can fuck off. More global warming ASAP.

[Kikó]

The start of last year in Scotland, we were snowed in pretty much for 2 weeks.

[Pepe]

-18 this morning and my heater cannot keep up. It was nice meeting you.

[Giggles]

Where the fuck is it -18?

[Spikey M]

Quite common over there away from the coasts. Too cold all winter, too hot all summer. Mental country.

[Pepe]

In the great state of Pennsylvania.

I don't know how the Amish and their no technology nonsense manage.

[Giggles]

Is that in real money or Fahrenheit?

[Giggles]

I also always thought you lived in Texas for some reason.

[Spikey M]

If it's Fahrenheit then he's not joking. RIP indeed.

https://static.diffen.com/uploadz/thumb/2/2a/C-f-lossy.png/344px-C-f-lossy.png

[Pepe]

Celsius, It was like 2 Fahrenheit I think.

I think Foe spent some time in Texas, right? I have been there, but never lived there. The trajectory so far has been Florida, New York, Missouri, Pennsylvania.

[Kikó]

In the great state of Pennsylvania.

I don't know how the Amish and their no technology nonsense manage.

They must build properly insulated houses or just live within Beaver skin coats?

[Pepe]

I have yet to live in a properly insulated house, but I hope others are better. Not sure though, since it is all built of wood for some reason. You just have the heater running 24/7 half of the year and the AC the other half. I probably get to turn it off like five weeks per year during the glorious Fall days.

[Manc]

The wind is running riot in Yorkshire.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I can only imagine the triggering that 'Storm Malik' will be doing.

[Ian]

That's what's wrong with this country, we let these foreign storms come over here and cause property damage that could have been done by a good old fashioned blustery day. It's a fucking disgrace.

[Shindig]

We need to be turning them back at Calais.

[niko_cee]

Given the above list of storm names (and I thought the idea was that they go up the alphabet so how are we at 'M' already?) how have we ended up with Storm Malik?

[niko_cee]

Anyway, if we were going off our list, and we were at M, how the hell are we saying Méabh - mave like wave? Meeb! It's probably Simon or something.

[Baz]

Anyway, if we were going off our list, and we were at M, how the hell are we saying Méabh - mave like wave? Meeb! It's probably Simon or something.

Yes Mave like Wave.

[Shindig]

Storm Muhammed.

[Manc]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/feb/13/uk-weather-winds-of-up-to-90mph-forecast-to-disrupt-northern-uk

:rolleyes:

[Spikey M]

Storm Eunice looks like it's going to be a laugh. I've got to drive to Basildon and back in it tomorrow afternoon too. :moop:

[Mike]

The tree in my parents back garden got blown over.

[Ben]

Storm Eunice looks like it's going to be a laugh. I've got to drive to Basildon and back in it tomorrow afternoon too. :moop:

It looks like there's a storm for the North (Dudley) and a storm for the South (Eunice). According to MetOffice we've had the worst of it up here last night; the forecast for tomorrow is windy but not as much.

[Lofty]

Supposed to be living the dream on my own this weekend while the wife drives down south but the red weather warning is hampering my 48 hour regression session.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The forecast says 70mph winds here tomorrow morning :D

That's like hurricane force?

[Kikó]

I hope it doesn't stop you getting to the office Jim.

[Spikey M]

The forecast says 70mph winds here tomorrow morning :D

That's like hurricane force?

Category 1 hurricane is from 74mph apparently. The South Coast could hit 100mph which is Category 2. Lol.

[Yevrah]

The wind was ridiculous here yesterday, surprised the house is still intact really.

[Giggles]

We’re orange here for the moment but up where I am I’ll be expecting what they’re getting on the south coast.

[Giggles]

It's coming now by the looks of it. Over 170km/h there.


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[Ben]

Are lighthouses manned these days? Because if so, fuck that.

[Magic]

We had a red one a few weeks ago. Brought loads of trees down and killed two.

[Spikey M]

2 Fence panels down. :moop:

[Baz]

My wife went Ikea yesterday so now I’ve a load of cardboard blowing around the garden. Hopefully the wind picks up and it blows it over a few fences.

[Kikó]

https://youtu.be/vPQh1FrbOc0

[Manc]

How on earth will you cope?

[Spikey M]

Sorry for sharing weather related things in the weather thread lads.

[Baz]

That shoddy looking fence deserves it. Are there no plinths? :cab:

[Spikey M]

Yeah, deleted. Not sure why I thought this would go any different tbf.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I think it's a disgrace that you even have a garden or live in a place with weather. Fucking prick.

[Boydy]

I wanna see Spikey's fence :(

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

In the front garden there is a load of ripped up cardboard (must have flown over when the binmen were unloading this morning) and a fence panel has started to go which a neighbour is trying to fix.

In the back garden some stuff under tarp is now exposed (the tarp hasn't flown off and can't but it's no longer providing much coverage).

[Manc]

I wanna see Spikey's fence :(

Mumsnet.

[randomlegend]

Doesn't seem that bad here. I'm sure I played football in worse as a kid.

On that note, I remember arriving at a pitch as a kid and everyone standing around deliberating whether the match should go ahead because of the wind. Not 5 seconds after they took the decision that we should play, half a tree came down across the pitch. There'd have been deaths if we'd been on there at the time, I have zero doubt :D

[Spikey M]

I'm not really finding it funny lads. This place has been getting more and more toxic for a while now, but I thought we were a bit better than lolling at people's property being ruined. Apparently not. That's about all the energy I have for a public flounce off I'm afraid, but enjoy.

[randomlegend]

We're not even above lolling at Magic's ruined lungs so I think you've set your expectations a bit high.

That said I would have been sympathetic about your fence

[Foe]

My parents lost their fence in a storm about a month or two ago, and I think it’s been replaced.

Awaiting feedback it’s gone again.

I can imagine it’s more than a little annoying having to fix something so boring.

We had snow earlier, but it’s now turned to horrible pissing rain and wind. I could really use going to the gym, but this weather is giving me a great excuse to just sit and watch the new episodes of space force.

[Magic]

I lost 4 tiles. Cost me £100. :(

[niko_cee]

The airport youtube channels seem to be doing a bumper trade today, everyone seems to be on about them.

[randomlegend]

I lost 4 tiles. Cost me £100. :(

Should've got vaccinated you cunt.

[Boydy]

1494661922574286854

:lol:

[Jimmy Floyd]

Just a standard day out in Croydon, tbh.

[SvN]

One of my recycling bins has blown away somewhere. That's a fiver right there.

[Lewis]

There are bins all over here but nothing serious. Everywhere is dead though. Empty shops, no cars out. It's only wind.

[Jimmy Floyd]

People have got a taste for lockdowns now. Can't wait until it hits 30 degrees in the summer.

[Pepe]

Seven reasons why you should self-isolate this Summer (Covid isn't one of them). Number 7 will surprise you.

[Waffdon]

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:lol:

That’s the fakest thing I’ve ever seen. :D

[Don]

That's located right by Croydon's new skyscrapers so that's a legit downdraught. Used to love fighting my way through the one near my offices before the fatties stole that away from me for 2 years.

[Lewis]

Millennium Dome getting it. Blow it up with Tony Blair in it.

[Spikey M]

Our chimney is fucked too. Lol :boydy:

[Bam]

Storm Eunice looks like it's going to be a laugh. I've got to drive to Basildon and back in it tomorrow afternoon too. :moop:


Fucking hell, you poor git. You had to drive for 20 minuets in this weather!? :violin:

[Bam]

Our chimney is fucked too. Lol :boydy:

Sounds like you need some scaffolding. :charm:

[Giggles]

The house is surprisingly intact. Result.

[Mellberg]

I've basically slept the last 2 days recovering from x4 12 hour night shifts. The biggest gusts have come from the dog's rear end. Heard what sounded like a glass bottle break outside earlier though. Scenes.

[thommo]

Power went down for about 6 hours this afternoon. Luckily no damage outside that I can see, and I'd moved all garden furniture/detritus inside last night so we're clear on that front. But dealing with 2 young children for 6 hours without any power was fucking draining.

[mo]

That sounds fucking terrible. Commiserations.

[niko_cee]

This is why you have kindles/ipads/other battery driven devices.

[Giggles]

It's a lack of sleeping tablets (for the kids).

[Lofty]

The weather is really providing some excellent shadenfreude. A few people I know from my hometown are heavily involved with the rugby club and were sharing memes on facebook earlier about how everyone was soft for worrying but they were hard as true Cumbrians. The beer tent marquis area at the club has been ramraided by the storm and they've had to postpone their next fixture :D

Similarly a guy I know I foolishly thought was more intelligent than this posted earlier that he didn't know what all the fuss was about, and it was playing out weather when he was a kid. Just posted a frantic appeal on facebook because the roof has blown off his summer house :D

[niko_cee]

This is exactly why I held off saying it was a load of piss and wind, but it was.

[Shindig]

The alleged snow didn't turn up for us.

[Giggles]

Franklin is every bit as bad as Eunice here anyway.

[Queenslander]

South East Queensland is copping proper end of days flooding ATM with a handful of towns suffering from the worst flooding in recorded history.

:moop:

[Spikey M]

It sounds terrible, but the real question is what temperature is the flood water? Time to get The Gun©.

Seriously though, are you safe from the flooding?

[Queenslander]

Im perfectly fine my place is halfway up a long street however woman died in flood waters 1 suburb over.





I'll temp the puddles tomorrow morning and report back.

[Spikey M]

You guys do seem to get semi-regular flooding, which is a bit baffling when you're permanently on fire too.

Is it just that you don't get any rain at all for years, and then half the Indian Ocean falls on you in 2 days?

[Queenslander]

I think this is the reason.



Typically, some areas of northern Australia will experience flooding during La Niña because of the increase in tropical cyclone numbers. The relationship between La Niña strength and rainfall is closely linked. The greater the sea surface temperature and SOI difference from normal, the larger the rainfall response 2.

[Waffdon]

It sounds terrible, but the real question is what temperature is the flood water? Time to get The Gun©.

Seriously though, are you safe from the flooding?

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/BaggyEvilBream-size_restricted.gif

[Spikey M]

:D

[Queenslander]

https://i.ibb.co/0tqnrys/FB-IMG-1645921036606.jpg (https://ibb.co/Hd7KqTh)


Just outside Suncorp stadium.

[Lewis]

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/BaggyEvilBream-size_restricted.gif


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCjAZ7jYdD4

That thumbnail is a right set up.

[Spikey M]

Drizzle is the worst type of weather going, isn't it? Absolutely fucking miserable. Spring needs to hurry up.

[Baz]

Drizzle is the worst type of weather going, isn't it? Absolutely fucking miserable. Spring needs to hurry up. https://scontent-lhr8-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/18835560_1535384273179000_1813820755804215627_n.jp g?stp=cp0_dst-jpg_e15_fr_q65&_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=2d5d41&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ohc=jcbvwaynWTEAX-UmA4O&_nc_ht=scontent-lhr8-1.xx&oh=00_AT9mNX_tZxdPJgEMMKRi_B5KGxGiLGsU1RM-RTrGbSgg0w&oe=6249990A

[Spikey M]

This Saharan dust is a bit mad. More orange than a night out in Basildon.

[Jimmy Floyd]

This Saharan dust is a bit mad. More orange than a night out in Basildon.

I was about to say, wtf is going on outside, looking outside the office I thought the Russians had launched a sulphur attack.

[Ben]

This Saharan dust is a bit mad. More orange than a night out in Basildon.

:D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Absolutely pouring it down here.

[Spikey M]

https://i.ibb.co/nR4Bn7G/20220316-143749.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/mzdhwkB/20220316-145718.jpg

Glad I got the car cleaned at the weekend. :D

[Manc]

How's the fence?

[Clunge]

Been dark af here all day. Such weird light around midday, it was like seeing the world in sepia.

[Giggles]

Monster evening here. 15° so I’m drinking outside.

[Pepe]

How's the fence?

:D

20 degrees over here. The shorts made the first appearance of the year. :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It's been pretty weird here today.

It seems to be going from a sunny 10c with no wind to 2/3c with plenty of wind and snow flurries every 45 minutes or so.

[Spikey M]

It's currently snowing here while the sun is out.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, we've just had a couple of pretty heavy snow flurries.

Was 4 degrees and sleet this morning, with pleasant sunshine in the afternoon. :cab:

[Spikey M]

https://i.ibb.co/3v3KCwL/FB-IMG-1648748830812.jpg

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fence is looking alright now.

[Baz]

Brits are in for a two-day heatwave - with the Met Office in-turn issuing a heat alert for 'dangerous' 34 degree Celsius weather.

The weather officials have urged large swathes of England to be ready as temperatures are set to skyrocket so high, that a new record could be set for the hottest day in June , since records began.

For context, parts of the South East and London could reach temperatures hotter than Portugal, Jamaica, Costa Rica, the Canary Islands and Cyprus - with the rest of England also set for sunny spells.That's me working from the garden on Thursday and Friday. :cool: "Only" 27 in the north west, mind.

[Kikó]

It's apparently 37° here on Saturday. Going to melt.

[Spikey M]

34 here apparently. Then shite all weekend, naturally.

[Waffdon]

34c in the UK must be fucking horrendous

[Spikey M]

34c in the UK must be fucking horrendous

I was in London when it was 36 about 5 years back and it was brutal. The tube was unbearable. Must have been well above 40.

[Giggles]

I'm going to melt when it's 24 here.

[Ben]

I was in Bath last summer when it was 34. I got absolutely steaming off about 5 Pimms. Glorious.

[Spikey M]

That's what it comes down to. It's all good when you can enjoy it. Ideally a pool / beach and cold drinks. It's absolutely shit to work and commute in.

[Shindig]

Looks like it's only getting to 23 degrees here. Honestly, there's always a breeze going so it's been nice to get out in it.

[Manc]

Anything above 32° is sickening.

[randomlegend]

That's what it comes down to. It's all good when you can enjoy it. Ideally a pool / beach and cold drinks. It's absolutely shit to work and commute in.

And sleep in :sick:

[Kikó]

Currently 32 in Frankfurt. Oh and it's a bank holiday tomorrow. :baz:

[Giggles]

I'm going to melt when it's 24 here.

17 and raining :moop:

[Spikey M]

31 and glorious here. I've booked the afternoon off last minute and I'm sat in the garden with my feet in the paddling pool, sweating the last of the Covid out. :drool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's like 43 over in the land of cheese. Fuck that for a game of soldiers.

[Spikey M]

Yeah that's just unpleasant. Had similar in Cyprus and it's just hide indoors weather. Is household Aircon widespread over there or are they as fucked as we would be?

[Lewis]

Twenty seven here. I went for a sixteen mile walk and I think I was sweating out my eyes.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

30ish and I'm in Southend (well Shoeburyness to be exact). It's quite nice.

[Spikey M]

You're either in Shoebury or it's nice, both of those things cannot be true at the same time.

[randomlegend]

This heat gives me migraines.

[Shindig]

Hit 25 before which is disgusting when it's overcast.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You're either in Shoebury or it's nice, both of those things cannot be true at the same time.

Well I ate in Westcliff and I'm currently standing in the sea on a Southend beach.

[Spikey M]

:( rip

[Jimmy Floyd]

One of the umpires I stood with last week told me a touching anecdote about the time a passer-by shouted 'Nigger!' at him, a black man, as he walked along the beach at Westcliff-on-Sea. I'll always remember it for that now.

[Spikey M]

It will have been one of the local Spice heads, of which there are many. Absolute shithole, Westcliff, the worst part of Southend, aside from Shoebury.

The seafront part is usually OK though.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It will have been one of the local Spice heads, of which there are many. Absolute shithole, Westcliff, the worst part of Southend, aside from Shoebury.

The seafront part is usually OK though.

I was purely along the seafront and it was alright.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I did see a woman crying whilst sitting on a wall with a group of people around her holding a bowl of water for her feet.

So it hasn't been completely fine.

[Ben]

Spent the day on site in full PPE, baking sunshine, 30 degrees. Get home, crack a can and the clouds roll in before I'm half way down. :moop:

[Spikey M]

A casual 33c in my sons room tonight. He's sleeping magnificently as you would expect. His room is north facing and the coolest in the house too. :happycry:

[Shindig]

I did see a woman crying whilst sitting on a wall with a group of people around her holding a bowl of water for her feet.

And you didn't have the decency to whip your phone out and start recording?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

And you didn't have the decency to whip your phone out and start recording?

Sadly I was driving.

[Shindig]

I would argue that is no excuse. :D

[Bernanke]

https://scontent-ams2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/290773238_781500396561182_3111056221057971611_n.jp g?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=ae9488&_nc_ohc=x6RRw9Gl6XMAX9--2eg&_nc_ht=scontent-ams2-1.xx&oh=03_AVLvAxiNU69lxDNWDgZQpDJV-yJVB7trJ7KZXO70v1bl9A&oe=62E5D904https://scontent-ams2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/290773238_781500396561182_3111056221057971611_n.jp g?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=ae9488&_nc_ohc=x6RRw9Gl6XMAX9--2eg&_nc_ht=scontent-ams2-1.xx&oh=03_AVLvAxiNU69lxDNWDgZQpDJV-yJVB7trJ7KZXO70v1bl9A&oe=62E5D904

Time to start keeping an eye on how the mid July forecasts look. :uhoh:

[Spikey M]

2 weeks away so unlikely to happen, but if it does I'm driving to Scotland for however long it takes to fuck off. 40c. :sick:

[Bernanke]

It's actually not even the "most likely" model run as far as I understand it, but "within the modelled possibilities", so with 2 weeks out it's unlikely. Seeing 43c over where I'm at in NL still gets me looking at possible escape routes. :sick:

[niko_cee]

Looks like utter shite.

Still, even on the hypothesis it looks like the Channel Islands are the place to be [they're not on the map].

[Giggles]

Not a hope we get mid 20’s so no dice.

[Don]

https://howtobbqright.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sucklingpig6_9.jpg

[Giggles]

https://howtobbqright.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sucklingpig6_9.jpg

Gammon.

[Shindig]

Torched to perfection :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'd demolish that.

[Manc]

Phwoar.

[Ian]

2 weeks away so unlikely to happen, but if it does I'm driving to Scotland for however long it takes to fuck off. 40c. :sick:

Remember and get some square sausage while you're here.

[Giggles]

And get me some while you're at it.

[Bernanke]

It's probably not getting all the way to 40 but the London forecast now says 36 in a week. :uhoh:

[Don]

God, I fucking love it.

[Spikey M]

Had a barbecue and a day in the paddling pool yesterday and a pub garden lunch and the afternoon at the beach today. What a weekend.

The London scummers don't make it to the beaches this far down either. :cool:

[Smjffy]

Definitely rather be back down south than Wales given the quality of beaches both offer.

[Don]

Do UK beaches get better than Pembrokeshire?

[Shindig]

It's no Cullercoats.

[Lewis]

The best beaches seem to be in the worst places. The North East, Wales, the arse end of Northern Scotland.

[Spikey M]

St Ives is nice isn't it? Pretty much anywhere in the South West that isn't Bristol, actually.

[Smjffy]

St.Ives is lovely aye. Most of Cornwall is tbh.

[Boydy]

The best beaches seem to be in the worst places. The North East, Wales, the arse end of Northern Scotland.

Northern Ireland has some nice beaches too.

[randomlegend]

Norfolk has great beaches.

[Giggles]

Northern Ireland has some nice beaches too.

I never did the north coast obvs, but there’s some nice ones up the east from Newcastle (which is rocks) upwards.

Southwest England has some really good ones too.

[Spikey M]

Norfolk has great beaches.

Not any of the ones I've been to. The best one was Horsey where we saw the seals, but the sea is still grey.

[randomlegend]

Not any of the ones I've been to. The best one was Horsey where we saw the seals, but the sea is still grey.

Which have you been to? You won't get azure waters a la Seychelles, but I say I've seen that even at some of the best beaches in the country.

[Spikey M]

Which have you been to? You won't get azure waters a la Seychelles, but I say I've seen that even at some of the best beaches in the country.

Horsey was the best, but also been to Hopton, Gorleston and Yarmouth. The sea is grey here too, so I know it's normal for the east coast, it just looks shit.

[Spikey M]

Also been to Lowestoft which is on the border, but I think technically Suffolk. What a fucking shithole that place is. Even by Southend standards.

[randomlegend]

Horsey was the best, but also been to Hopton, Gorleston and Yarmouth. The sea is grey here too, so I know it's normal for the east coast, it just looks shit.

Horsey is decent but there's way nicer beaches than the others.

Holkham, Mundesly, Winterton, Brancaster, Wells, Hunstanton, Caister...

[Luke Emia]

Horsey was the best, but also been to Hopton, Gorleston and Yarmouth. The sea is grey here too, so I know it's normal for the east coast, it just looks shit.

Yeah your in the shithole bit of the county.

[Baz]

Is the quality of the sand more important than the quality of the sea?

Pebble beaches can get lost, but I think I’d prefer lovely sea and a beach littered with broken shells and condoms, over brown sea and lovely fine white sand.

[Spikey M]

Horsey is decent but there's way nicer beaches than the others.

Holkham, Mundesly, Winterton, Brancaster, Wells, Hunstanton, Caister...

I've been to Caister too actually. I was a kid though and had no idea it was Norfolk. I had it near Clacton in my mind :D

Clacton is probably the peak of Mount ShitSeasideTown. I did an eviction there once and the tenant - a heroin addict - had booby trapped all the soft furnishings they left behind with used needles. Bless.

[phonics]

In Swansea you can see the steel mills in port Talbot pumping sewage into the sea from the beach for an extra bit of fun.

[Spikey M]

https://i.ibb.co/1mMNWq5/Screenshot-20220711-142716-Facebook.jpg

The weather is amazing at the moment, but this can fuck off.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I umpired 12-7.30 Saturday and 2-8.30 yesterday, must have lost about 6 stone in water weight. 35 degrees on Sunday will see me move into negative mass.

[randomlegend]

There's a mess at work which is air-conditioned. Might just move in there for the next week or so.

[Magic]

It was 32C in Dundee yesterday. :drool:

[Spikey M]

That seems unlikely.

Edit: Internet says 27/28. Not bad for you lot. Foe must be a crisp.

[Magic]

According to my car thermo whilst driving back from Edinburgh. So ambient temp less wind chill.