Caddies104 Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Please, for all those Wishing for rain, for the garden, can they Stop wishing, Birmingham is Awash with water!!?! And we need to get the Van out soon..... Derek & Pauline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 You won't be complaining about rain when you too get empty reservoirs, dried up rivers, hose pipe bans and standpipes in the street! Meanwhile - bring it on and let's get the water supplies and rivers back to normal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caddies104 Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 Your right of course Tracker, so hope this rain is moving Eastwards, lol (lol) Just being selfish for a change..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Caddies104 - 2012-04-29 12:43 PM Your right of course Tracker, so hope this rain is moving Eastwards, lol (lol) Just being selfish for a change..... Abracadabra - your wish has been granted!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliveH Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Just got back from a wet walk with the dogs in the Forest and drove over the Avon - last week it was a trickle - with gravel banks exposed midstream. Now it looks like it should. Trouble is where I drove over is only about 16 miles from the sea. So all that lovely fresh water they say we need is now on its way to dilute the channel a bit. Hope they have systems to pump it into reservoirs :-S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Rain you can have some of ours its been pouring down here in preston all day and now we have got the wind *-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 skyrider - 2012-04-29 4:45 PM now we have got the wind Try changing your diet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightrider Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Its been a horrible day here today wet, windy and cold with it, just had a nice tea so I am now going upstairs for a log soak in a hot bath. Then into bed to watch some of my fave TV programmes on picTV, Britcops and the Australian Border Control and see how the Ozzies deal with drug smugglers and illegal immigrants etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travelling Tyke Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Hello, Just checked.........120mm of rain since the start of the hosepipe ban. Grass, about the same.......... >:-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retread24800 Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Rain for the last month, expecting two dryish days Tuesday and Wednesday and then rain forecast for another 10 days and temperatures not above 18°C. B-) Welcome to Sunny France B-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leake Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 I'm all right Jack I've built my own flood defences but Trevor who lives out the back of us has got his own personal lake in his back garden. Won't be needing to water his lawns for some time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leake Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 knight of the road - 2012-04-29 5:55 PM Its been a horrible day here today wet, windy and cold with it, just had a nice tea so I am now going upstairs for a log soak in a hot bath. Then into bed to watch some of my fave TV programmes on picTV, Britcops and the Australian Border Control and see how the Ozzies deal with drug smugglers and illegal immigrants etc. I like that Australian Border control. They don't mess about. Your not coming in mate. Then straight on the next plane back to where they came from. Our lot should watch it and learn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leake Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 CliveH - 2012-04-29 1:26 PM Just got back from a wet walk with the dogs in the Forest and drove over the Avon - last week it was a trickle - with gravel banks exposed midstream. Now it looks like it should. Trouble is where I drove over is only about 16 miles from the sea. So all that lovely fresh water they say we need is now on its way to dilute the channel a bit. Hope they have systems to pump it into reservoirs :-S Where we are the Environment Agency use the flood defence barriers to hold back the waters on the Medway then release them in a controlled manner to allow Southern Water to pump as much as possible into the reservoirs further down stream. Nice to see the two agencies working together and showing some common sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliveH Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Retread24800 - 2012-04-29 9:23 PMRain for the last month, expecting two dryish days Tuesday and Wednesday and then rain forecast for another 10 days and temperatures not above 18°C.B-) Welcome to Sunny France B-) My heart bleeads!!!!!!! (lol) (lol) (lol) Driving over Cranbourne Chase on Saturday it was 8 degrees outside and totally *issing down. Truly bloody awful weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliveH Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Colin Leake - 2012-04-29 10:17 PM knight of the road - 2012-04-29 5:55 PM Its been a horrible day here today wet, windy and cold with it, just had a nice tea so I am now going upstairs for a log soak in a hot bath. Then into bed to watch some of my fave TV programmes on picTV, Britcops and the Australian Border Control and see how the Ozzies deal with drug smugglers and illegal immigrants etc. I like that Australian Border control. They don't mess about. Your not coming in mate. Then straight on the next plane back to where they came from. Our lot should watch it and learn! I was talking to a friend of mine that had spent some time In Singapore which is an amazing place for rules in that Chewing gum is banned and throwing a cigarette butt on the ground gets you arrested. The result is that the place is stunningly clean. What an amazing diference to the UK. He had a friend there who like all of them needed a work permit. But when his mate came to renew his it was refused on the grounds that on all three occaisions when this guy had flown back to the UK and then back into Singapore he had tried to exceed the duty free allowance. When he tried to "reason" with the Singapore Authorities that this was really a rather minor thing for him to be "guilty" off - their reply was that doing the same thing three times was indicative of someone who did not want to follow their rules and so Work Permit denied. The down side of Singapore is that the policing there is virtually all "covert" - when we were there on a stopover to Oz - we mentioned to the Taxi driver taking us to the airport that we had heard no Police Sirens or seen any Police cars (Blue Light jobs) - He said quietly that all Police were plain clothed and that was so you never knew who they were. 8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightrider Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Just imagine, covert police? you would be frightened to breath, what amazes me about our Brit cop shows is the petty sentences meted out or quashed by the courts. I could comment further but better not or I will be accused of racism by our PC members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retread24800 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 knight of the road - 2012-04-30 10:17 AMJust imagine, covert police? you would be frightened to breath, what amazes me about our Brit cop shows is the petty sentences meted out or quashed by the courts.I could comment further but better not or I will be accused of racism by our PC members. Don't mention a slap on the wrist or you will have some ambulance chasing lawyer trying to sue for assault............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliveH Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I have just driven back from Poole to home and drove the A31 under the A338 Bournemouth Spur road underpass. The banks each side of the road under the A338 are covered with rubbish. What a bloody awful impression to give to holidaymakers and visitors to the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caddies104 Posted May 2, 2012 Author Share Posted May 2, 2012 Please change that statement, now in Turkey, golfing, no rain this week till Monday?,!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 The rain over last few days has shown (around here at least) just how dry it's been, flood warnings have gone out but within hours of hitting peak the water has rapidly receeded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caddies104 Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 Tracker - 2012-04-29 10:53 AM You won't be complaining about rain when you too get empty reservoirs, dried up rivers, hose pipe bans and standpipes in the street! Meanwhile - bring it on and let's get the water supplies and rivers back to normal! Tracker Are they full yet, as We,re getting a little wet up here!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Caddies104 - 2012-05-11 1:38 PM Are they full yet, as We,re getting a little wet up here!! Nope! Some reservoirs are getting up around 80% but we are now told that the ground water levels, and it now seems that about half of our drinking water comes from bore holes and underground sources, are still 'dangerously' low. So I can only think that it must have been the wrong sort of rain to be able to get into a reservoir or out to sea but not get underground - duh!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumbersvan Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Retread24800 - 2012-04-29 10:23 PMRain for the last month, expecting two dryish days Tuesday and Wednesday and then rain forecast for another 10 days and temperatures not above 18°C.B-) Welcome to Sunny France B-) B-) Are you "C242 URP" if so i saw you last week in the Eleclerc parking :-D Ive never seen campers like either of yours 8-) What are they?I must add im very new to campingcar ing dont know one from another other some are longer than others 8-) Yours were different 8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retread24800 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 plumbersvan - 2012-05-11 3:02 PMRetread24800 - 2012-04-29 10:23 PMRain for the last month, expecting two dryish days Tuesday and Wednesday and then rain forecast for another 10 days and temperatures not above 18°C. B-) Welcome to Sunny France B-) B-) Are you "C242 URP" if so i saw you last week in the Eleclerc parking :-D Ive never seen campers like either of yours 8-) What are they?I must add im very new to campingcar ing dont know one from another other some are longer than others 8-) Yours were different 8-) Sorry that wasnt me in E LeClerc Just back from lac Levassieu about 56Km east of Limoges, lovely Aire overlooking beach and Lac. As for what is my CC Its an Early 1993 example of arguably the most successful 'A' Class or Integrated CC ever produced, for an internal view see here Classic Hymer Travels with Roger Thomas but you cant see its major asset the over cab pull down full size double bed. PS Its sunny and 29°C Today!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumbersvan Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Looks very good Ive been doing the washing,so much i counted one day free at the camping for not washing in a laverie *-) Hear i feared rain, 8-) as the day progressed a blue patch spread sun arrived :-D although the wind is blowing off the sea the wash dried B-) Good day There were two parked a long one and a less long one,i found them interesting *-) a change from the endless white prison vans with a sheet of white plastic at the back and no window 8-) They may both have been mercdies but the smaller certainly was.I was looking this afternoon as i have wi-fi didnt find much,ive put it on my list of to look at with intent to buy Im whizzing around France in a borrowed camper,id like another camper before i have to bring it back to the UK and the one i saw i like more and more Was 23c hear is now 20c blue & bit of a wind off the sea I wish you a very pleasant trip in your wonderful camper & less rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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