The forecasted weather for overnight was fairly bad. Gusts up to 100 mph in exposed areas were warned of. The storm was obviously fast-moving and looked as though it would be worst early this morning. Being a fast-moving depression the wind would come at us from all angles; starting in the south and moving through …
Tag archives: Island Life
A spell of unpleasantness
It looks as though we are in for a spell. A Yellow Warning for Wind has been in force, likelihood was quite low and Wind Gusts predicted to be up to 80/90 mph. That warning has now been upgraded to Amber for Thursday and Friday and Yellow again for Saturday. The Impact indicator remains the same …
Still still
The weather remains still and calm. We remain frustrated that we did not go away with Brunhilde. C’est la vie. Fast Day today and lunch is coming from a packet – just pasta with a Tesco ready-made sauce, and a humongous salad to make up the 500. I’m not feeling too guilty. I’ll be spending …
Two Little Piggies
Well, yesterday I was just a wee bit peeved. Having elected not to go to town due to the weather forecast, the weather turned out not at all as expected. In fact, we had the best day’s weather that we have had in weeks! We might easily have gone to town but as we were …
Best Laid
Today’s Plan was to make sausage rolls for this afternoon’s Spinning Group meeting. In turn this made Yesterday’s Plan the pre-making of the Puff Pastry. Unfortunately, I had forgotten that the Fitness Kick currently in operation means that I have stopped buying fats. I had no lard and insufficient butter with which to make a …
Goth Weather
Lying in bed last night, awake for much of it again as the elements battered the windows, I suddenly had the notion that we are having Gothic Weather. Come film your horror movies here – we have it all, lashing rain, wind, sleet, hail, thunder and lightning, massive waves and, worst of all, a constant …