" cupra" wrote in message
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Philip Eden wrote:
0850z SSE F4 55km 7Ac080 16.1/09.6
QFE 997.8 steady (haven't got corrections done yet)

09-09 details:
Tx 17.7 Tn 8.6 Tg 5.6 RR Nil

Shotover Hill (46km) clearly visible (although not visible clearly,
if you see what I mean). Main cloud layer barely above the
Sc/Ac boundary. Blue sky still visible close to eastern horizon -
it was sunny till about 0730z

Whipsnade, Beds, alt 214m

How's the Lion looking these days? (my ancestral abode is not far from
you, in Flamstead)
Ah, two villages away ... bit of a frost hollow I think, especially
Trowley Bottom, yes? The lion is picked out in lights at night.
Not sure it's entirely appropriate, but people seem to like it.

Philip