On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 11:48:38 +0200, "Wijke" wrote:


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I know how fickle memories of past summers can be and I make no apologies
if I
my memory seems to be selective, but I cannot recall having to continue
mowing
the lawn every week, I usually expect to see brown/yellow verges as I
drive
along the country lanes, and I hear farmers saying they cannot
harvest.....

Are you describing a common Dutch summer, Martin??:-)
However this August's brought also far more rain than usual for the
Netherlands!

I know, I was in Amsterdam on Sunday 15th - I was actually a masochist and drove
there from Calais, stopped off in Brugge on the way home. Sunday was OK until
about 1600, just as we were leaving the Rijksmuseum and walking to the Leidse
Plein for dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe it started to rain heavily.

The rain continued overnight in Amsterdam 15th-16th but had a fairly dry journey
home, despite the heavy rain on that day in Cornwall.

Holland and Belgium seemed to be covered in maize crops - didn't see much
harvesting!.

Martin




Link to a map of the Netherlands; giving the rainfall in Agust thusfar
http://www.knmi.nl/voorl/kd/produkt/...#kaartneerslag

To compare the long-term average for the Bilt (centre of the country) 58 mm.

Most fields totally flooded, appear like an Olympic swimming-pool

Wijke
SE Flevopolder
Centre of the Netherlands
121, 2 mm thusfar