The official winter rain, wind, snow and ice thread 2023/24

[21st Century Man]

Blib said:

Yes, the last few days have been perfect.

We were in Walberswick and Southwold this morning.

Had I known that you were close to where i live, we could've met up to discuss flanges.

Southwold is a lovely little place indeed, with a brewery and distillery.

It would've been nice to have had a chat about our specialist interest

[Blib]

21st Century Man said:

Southwold is a lovely little place indeed, with a brewery and distillery.

It would've been nice to have had a chat about our specialist interest

It's the quintessential, English seaside town. We often head there to walk the dog on the beach.

[Its Just Adz]

Woke up to heavy rain and howling wind in Preston, garden gate banging around.
Dark and cold too, like a winters morning.

As soon as I've headed north up towards BossHog terrority (Carlisle) it's lovely blue skies.
Strange.

[tamore]

said:

yep!

[Blib]

tamore said:

said:

yep!

Nope.

Really cold, really windy and soon to be really wet here in NE Suffolk.

After such a lovely and weekend, it's back to the usual grind.

[75Black]

Sigh, time to put on the winter coat again. It's mid April FFS!

[ChocolateFrog]

We were at Legoland on Thursday/Friday and got lucky with nice Spring weather. The weekend wasn't bad either.

Grim this morning though just as the kids go back to nursery and I was hoping to get a load of outdoor jobs ticked off.

[cuprabob]

Hail stones at the moment here in Ayrshire.

[SomersetWestie]

Somerset........ heaving it down, very windy and dark....... following 2 rather nice weekend days...... back to normality again it seems !

[CallThatMusic]

Very windy and cold here this morning, just south of Edinburgh

[21st Century Man]

Spring was almost Summer the last few days, however it's been pissing it down this morning, it cleared for an hour, then we had hail. It's now 3 degrees and sleet. Derbyshire.

The hail's back now.

[dirty boy]

Blib said:

21st Century Man said:

Southwold is a lovely little place indeed, with a brewery and distillery.

It would've been nice to have had a chat about our specialist interest

It's the quintessential, English seaside town. We often head there to walk the dog on the beach.

It used to be the quintessential English seaside town. WIfe and I used to walk there most weekends, but now those tits with popped collars and hunter wellies (mid summer) infest the streets with their little Tarquins and Ruperts. Lost it's community feel big time.

However, will say it's a cracking place visually and for an ice-cream.

Girl sat opposite me is now selling her Walberswick home, just not the same for her either, such a shame second homes do devalue a feel for a place if not the aesthetics.

[dirty boy]

Oopps, sorry to moan...

Came on to say hailstones on the east coast and a single crack of thunder that shook the entire building!

[Puggit]

dirty boy said:

Oopps, sorry to moan...

Came on to say hailstones on the east coast and a single crack of thunder that shook the entire building!

Reports of tornadoes in Stoke and West Bridgford (Nottingham)

[loafer123]

Puggit said:

Reports of tornadoes in Stoke and West Bridgford (Nottingham)

The UK has the highest number of tornados per square mile of any country in the world.

https://inews.co.uk/news/uk-tornadoes-country-why-...

[Puggit]

Video of possible Stoke tornado.

It even has PH content (destruction of caravan)

https://x.com/PaulKnightley/status/177983616126069...

[Blib]

dirty boy said:

It used to be the quintessential English seaside town. WIfe and I used to walk there most weekends, but now those tits with popped collars and hunter wellies (mid summer) infest the streets with their little Tarquins and Ruperts. Lost it's community feel big time.

However, will say it's a cracking place visually and for an ice-cream.

Girl sat opposite me is now selling her Walberswick home, just not the same for her either, such a shame second homes do devalue a feel for a place if not the aesthetics.

Walberswick has been a second home village for ever.

It's totally empty most of the year.

[75Black]

loafer123 said:

Puggit said:

Reports of tornadoes in Stoke and West Bridgford (Nottingham)

The UK has the highest number of tornados per square mile of any country in the world.

https://inews.co.uk/news/uk-tornadoes-country-why-...

The issue is, in this country people hear "tornado" and think of the mile wide monsters that cut across the plains in tornado alley and scoff, where in reality our tornadoes are mostly EF0-1 tiny ropes or rain wrapped and barely visible

[abzmike]

Chilly when putting the bins out earlier - but now thats the hail on...

[darreni]

SomersetWestie said:

Somerset........ heaving it down, very windy and dark....... following 2 rather nice weekend days...... back to normality again it seems !

I'm just outside Taunton, its been crazy windy all day, i don't remember seeing it on any of the forecasts.