sidewinder Posted June 26, 2018 Report Share Posted June 26, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, mjazzg said: Heatwave confirmed. No rain in Manchester!! Official Northern definition - No rain in Manchester plus no rain Leeds/Bradford.. Not a comfortable night’s sleep, with worse to come ! Edited June 26, 2018 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdavenport Posted June 26, 2018 Report Share Posted June 26, 2018 We'll be talking about the Summer of 1976 before long. Another utterly glorious day in Manchester today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted June 26, 2018 Report Share Posted June 26, 2018 Hot & dry!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdavenport Posted June 26, 2018 Report Share Posted June 26, 2018 3 hours ago, jlhoots said: Hot & dry!! So, you're in Manchester then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 Saddleworth Moor up in smoke ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdavenport Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 Was just about to post that Sidewinder. Sounds fairly grim, described on Manchester Evening News website as the "biggest fire in living memory" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 I checked out the evacuated area on Street View. Very recently built. The locals say that moorland fires are almost a yearly occurrence, though not as serious as this, of course. Just another case of present-day house building in areas (cf. flood plains) that the "ancients" in their wisdom wouldn't touch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdavenport Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 Manchester bus drivers complaining at not allowed to wear shorts is now a Manchester Evening News headline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 1 hour ago, rdavenport said: Manchester bus drivers complaining at not allowed to wear shorts is now a Manchester Evening News headline. I should think not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BillF Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 This morning's Stagecoach driver was suitably shorted, so perhaps the battle has been fought and won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 Saturday through next Friday are going to be dreadful in the Northeast US: in the 90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 On 27/06/2018 at 5:20 PM, rdavenport said: Was just about to post that Sidewinder. Sounds fairly grim, described on Manchester Evening News website as the "biggest fire in living memory" Biggest fire since ‘The Crazy World of Arthur Brown’. Incredible weather we are having down here - just too bad that work coincides with it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdavenport Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, BillF said: This morning's Stagecoach driver was suitably shorted, so perhaps the battle has been fought and won. A victory for common sense! We've been allowed to wear shorts at work this week too, first time in my 31 years of work. Still boiling in Manchester btw Edited June 28, 2018 by rdavenport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 Now Winter Hill's burning as well, so we're ringed by fire! Now playing: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 2 hours ago, sidewinder said: Biggest fire since ‘The Crazy World of Arthur Brown’. Apropos of nothing in particular: Arthur Brown went to the same school as me, as did The Magnificent Goldberg. I knew Arthur Brown at school, but didn't know Goldberg. Just thought you'd like to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) Arthur Brown and Ed Dipple..(but not MG) Pretty amazing ! incidentally - that AB ‘Fire’ performance when broadcast on Top Of The Pops (1967/68?) scared the beejeesus out of me, back in the day Edited June 28, 2018 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 9 hours ago, sidewinder said: Arthur Brown and Ed Dipple..(but not MG) Pretty amazing ! incidentally - that AB ‘Fire’ performance when broadcast on Top Of The Pops (1967/68?) scared the beejeesus out of me, back in the day Ed Dipple was a few years later - university, not school (along with Brian Priestley). Now playing: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdavenport Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 Still shmokin' hot here in Manchester. Still allowed to wear shorts at work, England still in the World Cup. We have entered a parallel universe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwbol Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 8 minutes ago, rdavenport said: Still shmokin' hot here in Manchester. Still allowed to wear shorts at work, England still in the World Cup. We have entered a parallel universe One where the Belgians become world champions before the Dutch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted July 8, 2018 Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 Even the usually cooling sea breeze here is hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted July 8, 2018 Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 3 hours ago, JohnS said: Even the usually cooling sea breeze here is hot. Almost unbearable here ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwbol Posted July 8, 2018 Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 No rain here for ages and none on the horizon. In the forest some tree's leaves are turning yellow and falling to the ground. Not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted July 8, 2018 Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, erwbol said: No rain here for ages and none on the horizon. In the forest some tree's leaves are turning yellow and falling to the ground. Not good. Same situation all over Vienna since last week .... looks more like late September ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdavenport Posted July 8, 2018 Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 (edited) My red Acer palmatum has been dropping odd leaves for a couple of weeks now, which has never happened before. Fortunately, a fairly mature specimen, so I think he'll make it. Edited July 8, 2018 by rdavenport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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