Alan de Enfield Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 Recently been basking in high 20's / low 30's temperatures, today the dog is shivering in his bed, covered in his quilt and we have had to fire up the blown-air eberspacher. With 5 minutes the inside temperature has gone up from 14-15c to 20c and is still climbing, thermostat set at 25c Luxury - comfort - warmth. Dog moved himself and reversed up to the hot air vent, but we'll need to turn him over soon. Non-stop rain and high winds, Forecast dry but cool and windy for the next 3 days, then 14 days of rain. Welcome to Summer boating in Wales. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 Should have stayed at home. We have missed the worst of it across here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said: Recently been basking in high 20's / low 30's temperatures, today the dog is shivering in his bed, covered in his quilt and we have had to fire up the blown-air eberspacher. With 5 minutes the inside temperature has gone up from 14-15c to 20c and is still climbing, thermostat set at 25c Luxury - comfort - warmth. Dog moved himself and reversed up to the hot air vent, but we'll need to turn him over soon. Non-stop rain and high winds, Forecast dry but cool and windy for the next 3 days, then 14 days of rain. Welcome to Summer boating in Wales. don't tell everyone how good it is here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily Rose Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) A week or two ago there were people on here (the usual suspects!) moaning about how hot it was! Make the most of it was my view, it doesn't usually last long (the sunny weather that is). Today we've lost a day of cruising due to the shite weather. On Wednesday we moored in Brinklow marina and were fortunate enough to have arrived there before we were hit by thunder, lightning, torrential rain and hail. I had hail stones bouncing off the roof into the mushroom vents before landing on the floor. I never expected to be picking hail stones up from the carpet inside the boat! I'd love to see the hot weather come back but it's not looking very likely. Probably will a day of two after we go home mid-August. Edited July 30, 2021 by Lily Rose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 5 minutes ago, Lily Rose said: I never expected to be picking hail stones up from the carpet inside the boat! I can hazard a guess at what you said to them and I bet it wasn't 'Hail!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proper Charlie Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 I now know that Hatton isn't much fun in torrential rain. The water was overflowing onto the towpath and across some of the gates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 We have swapped our weekend plans for the van from somewhere we would have been parking on grass to somewhere we will be parking on tarmac. Don't fancy sinking it this weekend 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted July 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Naughty Cal said: We have swapped our weekend plans for the van from somewhere we would have been parking on grass to somewhere we will be parking on tarmac. Don't fancy sinking it this weekend 😀 Severe thunderstorm warning for Derbyshire this evening - headng slowly East over North Notts, & Lincolnshire The Met Office is warning people that lightning storms could be seen in parts of Derbyshire and the rest of the East Midlands on Friday, July 30. It comes as Storm Evert batters southern parts of England with high winds and heavy rain. Meteorologists are warning that although winds won't reach such high levels in Derbyshire, the storm is bringing the potential for heavy rain, floods and thunder all the same. As a result the Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning, which comes into effect at 11am and is set to last until 10pm on Friday night. And, at the same time Severn Trent water issue a hose pipe ban : Severn Trent issues hosepipe plea as warm weather leads to water shortage - Derbyshire Live (derbytelegraph.co.uk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 Not going until tomorrow. Sitting this rain out at home on the sofa with a few beers and a film 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idle Days Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 We have been sitting it out on our NB on the South Oxford and watching the weeds grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwatch Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Idle Days said: We have been sitting it out on our NB on the South Oxford and watching the weeds grow. There’s plenty of weeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idle Days Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Nightwatch said: There’s plenty of weeds. Indeed there is, an infinite variety. If one listens carefully one can hear them grow or is that the elephants munching the undergrowth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paringa Posted July 31, 2021 Report Share Posted July 31, 2021 I have prepped my roof for paint and all set for a few days of reasonable painting weather... I can only apologise for the disruption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicknorman Posted July 31, 2021 Report Share Posted July 31, 2021 And with perfect timing, yesterday was the day CRT chose to announce restrictions on the S Oxford due to water shortages! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterboat Posted July 31, 2021 Report Share Posted July 31, 2021 18 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said: Severe thunderstorm warning for Derbyshire this evening - headng slowly East over North Notts, & Lincolnshire The Met Office is warning people that lightning storms could be seen in parts of Derbyshire and the rest of the East Midlands on Friday, July 30. It comes as Storm Evert batters southern parts of England with high winds and heavy rain. Meteorologists are warning that although winds won't reach such high levels in Derbyshire, the storm is bringing the potential for heavy rain, floods and thunder all the same. As a result the Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning, which comes into effect at 11am and is set to last until 10pm on Friday night. And, at the same time Severn Trent water issue a hose pipe ban : Severn Trent issues hosepipe plea as warm weather leads to water shortage - Derbyshire Live (derbytelegraph.co.uk) It flooded Jaynes drive and garden Alan, drive was 6 inches deep and garden over a foot, the newly tarmaced road has lifted as well in places. I was in Rotherham and we had a shower strange weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted July 31, 2021 Report Share Posted July 31, 2021 6 hours ago, peterboat said: It flooded Jaynes drive and garden Alan, drive was 6 inches deep and garden over a foot, the newly tarmaced road has lifted as well in places. I was in Rotherham and we had a shower strange weather The heavy rain was very localised. We had rain in Worksop pretty much all day yesterday but none of it was really heavy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted July 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2021 Persistant precipitation all last night, but today dry so got the boat washed. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday forecast cold (14-15 degrees) but dry so can get the bit of painting finished, Wednesday onwards - 7 days of rain !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted July 31, 2021 Report Share Posted July 31, 2021 Diana has just been shopping 3 miles away and it was peeing down, I stayed at home and nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted July 31, 2021 Report Share Posted July 31, 2021 We have had a warning for thundery showers here in Saxilby today. Not a drop of rain and it has been a beautiful day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzard Posted July 31, 2021 Report Share Posted July 31, 2021 48 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said: Persistant precipitation all last night, but today dry so got the boat washed. Sunday, Monday & Tuesday forecast cold (14-15 degrees) but dry so can get the bit of painting finished, Wednesday onwards - 7 days of rain !! We had ordinary rain here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted July 31, 2021 Report Share Posted July 31, 2021 I'm sitting it out at home waiting to return to the boat Monday or Tuesday. My weather station shows 19mm of rain so far today. At one stage it was climbing as I was watching, I've never seen that before. A plus point is that it's got to have washed some of the dust off the car (never buy a black one 🚗) Just now, Slim said: I'm sitting it out at home waiting to return to the boat Monday or Tuesday. My weather station shows 19mm of rain so far today. At one stage it was climbing as I was watching, I've never seen that before. A plus point is that it's got to have washed some of the dust off the car (never buy a black one 🚗) Watford/ Rickmansworth area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ange Posted July 31, 2021 Report Share Posted July 31, 2021 We had flooding last Sunday in my husband's home village in Kent. Friends of ours ended up with their ground floor totally flooded - they'd only just moved back in after extensive smoke damage caused by a house fire. We're fairly safe where we are in Ashford, but it does worry me when it tips down with rain. You just can't be sure any more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momac Posted July 31, 2021 Report Share Posted July 31, 2021 No rain here today although some dark clouds threatened for a while. Even tired the dog out (daughters dog not ours) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 7 hours ago, MartynG said: No rain here today although some dark clouds threatened for a while. Even tired the dog out (daughters dog not ours) We had a visit from Sydneys brother so he was pretty tired out last night as well. Didn't hear a thing from him all night he just crashed out 🤣🤣🤣 Despite the forecast saying no rain here today it is now raining. Not heavy though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudds Lad Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 Started this morning in full waterproofs getting lashed in the face by rain, finished up in short sleeves coming down the Atherstone locks regretting not having put shorts on before starting ‘em 😆 Happy Yorkshire Day! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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