Yes, I’ve always thought it very apt

It rained off and on till Noon, now it’s blue skies and breezy, quite pleasant really.
Yes, I’ve always thought it very apt
I was surprised to learn he wrote it in 1937! Back in the day when driving to London via Slough, the only way to make the trip through Slough ‘interesting’ was to try to beat the system of traffic lightsAvis wrote: ↑08 Oct 2020 19:45 When I was a child, living in Slough, I wrote to John Betjeman. He kindly wrote back, saying that he rather regretted being quite so rude about Slough, and mentioning a few buildings that he rather liked - including the churches of St Mary and St Laurence. I do so wish that I still had that letter! I have no idea what happened to it.
I remember those lights very well. They were later linked and if you stuck at 30 every light was green and that was the quickest way through.
I’ve concluded they rarely forecast - more like they go outside, wet finger aloft and take it from there!
Ah yes just like on the John Bird ‘Rise and Fall of Idi Amin’ album
TBH our local ones are usually pretty good but for seem reason this week have been a bit outwindrush wrote: ↑22 Oct 2020 11:53 To be honest ours is pretty accurate. It gives rain later for today, like yesterday and it did rain pm, and they got the sunrise and sunset pretty much spot on as well. It's very breezy today which again they forecast, and the sun has just come out as well so the curtains will need closing!
Pete.
Funny, I have the opposite experience. I checked the BBC weather website Monday, it said Tuesday morning would be wet - and it was. It said Weds morning would be very wet - and it was. It said today would be nice first thing, the showers later - accurate so far. Maybe somewhere there was enough rain for the yellow weather warning...funny how warm it is though, heating can't decide whether to be on or off...OLDMAN wrote: ↑22 Oct 2020 11:14 Okay WTF is happening with the weather or more to the point the poor forecasting of it?
Sunday they got it right for Monday which wasn’t bad and the last forecast I saw said it was going to be okay on Tuesday but…………
Tuesday started very WET, but did clear later on, the we get a storm announced and possible yellow warnings for heavy rain and…………………
Wednesday, again started wet, and a lot of wind but not that bad, then cleared a bit, then a little rain later on but not bad although the forecast said more to come / maybe yellow warnings
Today - a couple of light showers on way in, very little wind and it’s been varying between almost clear blue sky to white or gey clouds blowing over – but no rain
It’s almost like ‘let’s forecast the worst’ and not get caught out with another ‘Fishy’ forecast…………
The wind is very gusty (almost dead at the moment) but has change direction in the last couple of hours
Yesterday it was almost exactly blowing North from here (NNE if anything) which is a straight line to Reading
Today the wind was blowing East but has turned a bit so now more NEE – very dark clouds right now but blue sky on the horizon
MET office says possibility of some light rain showers later / next few days but generally not looking bad - hope it stays like it then
I have the great pleasure of sitting here, watching the trees blow in the wind and the leaves drifting down - knowing that they are someone else's problem! I live in a flat with communal gardens and a regular gardener - he went round the other day with a very noisy leaf blower and by the looks of things he will be at it again next week.
... on the way to work I used to see the chap with a leaf blower on London Road which was often ankle deep in leaves.... blow them into a corner of a wall ... what is the point of a leaf blower... to move them from one place to the other
Despite lock down etc I have so far managed to avoid dusting, and worse, tackling the ironing mountain....piwacket wrote: ↑24 Oct 2020 20:24... on the way to work I used to see the chap with a leaf blower on London Road which was often ankle deep in leaves.... blow them into a corner of a wall ... what is the point of a leaf blower... to move them from one place to the otherOurs is a vacuum, which shreds them and the bag gets tipped into the wheelie bin.
Oh you dare devil Avis - dusting!did you ever see Quentin Crisp (John Hurt) on that subject?
Actually, come to think of it, I have no idea if it was a blower or a vacuum - - just that it made a lot of noise!piwacket wrote: ↑24 Oct 2020 20:24... on the way to work I used to see the chap with a leaf blower on London Road which was often ankle deep in leaves.... blow them into a corner of a wall ... what is the point of a leaf blower... to move them from one place to the otherOurs is a vacuum, which shreds them and the bag gets tipped into the wheelie bin.
Oh you dare devil Avis - dusting!did you ever see Quentin Crisp (John Hurt) on that subject?
I don't have an ironing mountain, because I don't iron anything.
I didn’t have a Landlord in mind
Neither do I! Yes there are some things I iron, so I have a blitz occasionally... unlike my sister who’s OH still regularly wears shirts for instance, a clean one everyday! Both of us tend to wear mainly casual clothes these days... so the need for ironing is cut drastically
Great idea Liz!
I’ve got a big old 3-way Black & Decker Vac / Blow version