[HPFGU-OTChatter] British weather

[Kathryn Cawte]

David
>
> Perhaps the English Tourist Board could adopt the slogan: "Come to
> England, where the weather is only moderately uncomfortable".
>
> Once, one of our cats wanted to go outside but, when we opened the
> back door he was disconcerted to see it was raining, and promptly
> went to the front door to see if conditions were any better there.
> He was disappointed on that occasion, but I feel he had the right
> idea.

K

I agree with your cat on this one definitely. Let's take *part* of the last
week as an example.
(I live in Luton btw and am obviously giving the weather for where I live)

Wednesday - Overcast but not too bad for most of the day. 4pm starts to snow
heavily (well heavily for Southern England) leaving a few inches of snow on
the ground. Clouds then all vanish and the night is clear and cold.
Thursday - continues clear and cold, thus freezing the snow on all uncleared
roads and pavements (which would be most of them) and turning the place into
one large ice rink. Drizzles all evening and night (clearing most of the
snow)
Friday - overcast, dull and eventually rainy.
Saturday - rains a little, gale force winds to the extent that there is now
(or was Saturday evening and all of Sunday, haven't checked today) a tree
blocking half my road.


So in the space of 4 days we have cloudy weather, heavy snow, sun, rain, and
very strong winds. I think all we needed was hail and we'd have had a
complete set. (*knocking on wood because that looked awfully like tempting
fate*)

K