It's grey here too, quite strange for July. They said it will be rainy, grey until August, thanks to La Nina. But Dan, your grey is most certainly greyer than our grey!
I shall look up La Nina, is that the same as El Nino? Either way, someone's getting the UK's sun and I won't rest until the culprit is identified and punished.
D,
Hmmm, it's not Portugal that's getting the UK's share of the sun then. I'll strike you off the list.
Oh what it must be to live in the largest country in the world and be able to canoe up mighty rivers and down swift rapids. Sigh. We don't get much canooing in these parts. Mores the pity.
humm. one of the best kayakers I know is a brit. so there must be rivers there somewhere. He did complain that he used to have to drive for hours to get to a river w/o being sure if there would be water or not. Thought it was better here, where you used to check on the "river line" (a telephone recording). And then drive for hours.
alas, all of your rivers are probably overfull right now. Hope you are well and Manchester is not in jeopardy of flood.
The UK is only 100 miles across at its widest point (in the south midlands) so we have no such great rivers except of course at the moment when the Severn and Thames are overflowing because of the deluge. Interestingly some BBC weather person was saying today that all this rain is caused by some thermal flow in the pacific off the coast of S America. Boo hoo.
Hayden,
Fortunately most of Manchester lies on a gentle west/east gradient and I live approx 3 miles and 300 or 400 feet above the Mersey. Hurrah!
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It's grey here too, quite strange for July. They said it will be rainy, grey until August, thanks to La Nina. But Dan, your grey is most certainly greyer than our grey!
We're having some winter weather around here too. You can't even count on Summer!
G,
I shall look up La Nina, is that the same as El Nino? Either way, someone's getting the UK's sun and I won't rest until the culprit is identified and punished.
D,
Hmmm, it's not Portugal that's getting the UK's share of the sun then. I'll strike you off the list.
A picture of a river without someone in a canoe is a sad thing.
K,
Oh what it must be to live in the largest country in the world and be able to canoe up mighty rivers and down swift rapids. Sigh. We don't get much canooing in these parts. Mores the pity.
La Nina is the flood sister, the opposite of El Nino, the drought.
We have huge, huuuuuuuuuuuuge rivers too Dan, you can't see the other bank. Canoes? You should see the li'l Amerindian children go to school in them.
I said 'sister' because in Spanish, 'la' is feminine, and 'el' in masculine.
humm. one of the best kayakers I know is a brit. so there must be rivers there somewhere. He did complain that he used to have to drive for hours to get to a river w/o being sure if there would be water or not. Thought it was better here, where you used to check on the "river line" (a telephone recording). And then drive for hours.
alas, all of your rivers are probably overfull right now. Hope you are well and Manchester is not in jeopardy of flood.
G,
The UK is only 100 miles across at its widest point (in the south midlands) so we have no such great rivers except of course at the moment when the Severn and Thames are overflowing because of the deluge. Interestingly some BBC weather person was saying today that all this rain is caused by some thermal flow in the pacific off the coast of S America. Boo hoo.
Hayden,
Fortunately most of Manchester lies on a gentle west/east gradient and I live approx 3 miles and 300 or 400 feet above the Mersey. Hurrah!
I'm glad to hear it. Situation sounds dreadful in many areas.
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