A Lark Ascending Posted May 23, 2004 Report Posted May 23, 2004 I know those of you at the centre of this board are experiencing atrocious weather. Hope it lifts soon! However, in other parts... How's summer shaping up? After a a very dull, damp spring the last couple of weekends have been glorious here in the UK. Today I took my bike out to Clumber Park, a former grand house (now demolished) that is a grand place for a summer's day. And saw: Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted May 23, 2004 Author Report Posted May 23, 2004 Post your scenes of early summer here! Quote
Claude Posted May 23, 2004 Report Posted May 23, 2004 (edited) It's freezing here. The coldest month of May I have ever experienced. Colder than April. 5°C in the morning today. I saw on TV that it was even snowing in the german Alps. Must be some kind of promotion for that "Day After Tomorrow" movie ... Edited May 23, 2004 by Claude Quote
tonym Posted May 23, 2004 Report Posted May 23, 2004 (edited) Outside my front door last week. This is the second and, usually, last batch from the hens. Unfortunately they rarely all survive. Edited May 23, 2004 by tonym Quote
Joe G Posted May 24, 2004 Report Posted May 24, 2004 I went for a walk out back (same woods I wrote about in the "earlier thread") to check on where the river was after all the rain we've been getting. It's higher than I ever remember it being. There's a golf course on the northern edge of the woods that's completely underwater (the floodplain--great spot for a golf course, morons!). The footbridge I wrote about is normally 3 1/2 to 4 feet above the surface of the water. Today the water was actually touching the underside of it. Parts of the trails were completely flooded. Pretty wild. Though everything is very green, I have to say. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted May 24, 2004 Author Report Posted May 24, 2004 Nice ducks, Tony! Claude, Despite being beautiful this last week it has been a might chilly. With the sun out you don't notice it but when the sun goes down...brrrrr... Any chance of a pic of the floodwaters of Organissimoland? Quote
couw Posted May 24, 2004 Report Posted May 24, 2004 Rapeseed is in full bloom again. Still freezing the extremities off though.... Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted June 3, 2004 Author Report Posted June 3, 2004 (edited) Come on! Show off your neighbourhood! Your summer travels. Here's a glorious summer evening in Bath by the canal! Edited June 3, 2004 by Bev Stapleton Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted June 3, 2004 Author Report Posted June 3, 2004 (edited) And a gloomy afternoon on the Wiltshire Downs. Note the horse carved in the hillside! Explains that cover from the local XTC lads a couple of decades back! (Actually that cover is based on a much older horse carving a few miles away). Edited June 3, 2004 by Bev Stapleton Quote
tonym Posted June 3, 2004 Report Posted June 3, 2004 (edited) Edinburgh castle Wednesday morning (about 10am) just taken from across the road. Warm, sunny and smelling very sweet for a busy city centre! Edited June 3, 2004 by tonym Quote
RainyDay Posted June 3, 2004 Report Posted June 3, 2004 You guys are dripping with old world charm over there and you want a photo of my neighborhood? I'll see what I can do in the next week. There are some charming parts of Oakland. I don't LIVE in those parts but it's nice for those who do... Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted June 4, 2004 Author Report Posted June 4, 2004 If you look closely at Tony's Edinburgh castle shots you can see several of the bodies from Ian Rankin's books! Arn't digital cameras amazing. Point, click! Just like an old instamatic. Slip straight back in your pocket. The results come out better than the cumbersome SLR I had in the 80s that needed several sherpas to carry the lenses! Quote
tonym Posted June 4, 2004 Report Posted June 4, 2004 And those pics are about the third of actual size. Too much memory to upload onto a post. I may be wrong but I think that scaling them down also affects resolution. They are brill though. Quote
chris olivarez Posted June 5, 2004 Report Posted June 5, 2004 Its only felt like summer in Pagosa Springs for just a couple of days but summer In Pagosa even though it's too short for my liking is really nice. Quote
tonym Posted June 7, 2004 Report Posted June 7, 2004 The warmest day of the year so far. I'm riding back from the café to home in order to collect my son from nursery. Pics taken about 7 and 1 miles from the village where I live. I don't normally have the camera with me on my bike but a friend had brought it out as I had left it at his house after a party last night. Again i had chatted over my coffees too long and left myself insufficient time to get back, therefore the picture was taken whilst moving. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted June 7, 2004 Author Report Posted June 7, 2004 Glorious, Tony. Where is that? Looks like the vale of York. It's certainly been a gorgeous day. Sadly a week late. I could have done with this weather in Wiltshire last week. Instead I've had a day of fractious overheated children in poorly ventilated classrooms! Quote
tonym Posted June 7, 2004 Report Posted June 7, 2004 It's the other edge Bev. Normally the cold, windy side of the Moors! My wife is also a teacher so I can empathise with the way you are feeling. She is stooping over work just now. Quote
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