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On Monday, April 10, 2017 at 9:24:46 PM UTC+1, Mike Causer wrote:
On Sun, 9 Apr 2017 18:05:32 +0100 George Booth wrote: Oh dear, I can remember that event. Geology field trip to Forest of Dean and the Malverns. Heavy wet snow above about 300'-400' gave a covering of several inches. All rather miserable, damp and cold. I was in north Wales, school CCF trip camping above the Barmouth estuary. In tents which were rubbish. Haven't used a CCF tent since, I'm happy to say. Have been colder though, offshore yacht racing as casual crew on the North Sea in March. Mike Amazing coincidence. I was in the Malverns on a school geography field trip. WE were in a godforsaken Youth Hostel called 'Wilderhope Manor' The loos were outside. I had a **** out the window. There were a few inches of snow. To be honest, the coldest I can remember feeling on a field trip was on a Geology field trip to Sheringham in early June. I don't think I can remember the sea feeling so cold here in January. Graham Penzance |
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On 10/04/2017 21:43, Graham Easterling wrote:
On Monday, April 10, 2017 at 9:24:46 PM UTC+1, Mike Causer wrote: On Sun, 9 Apr 2017 18:05:32 +0100 George Booth wrote: Oh dear, I can remember that event. Geology field trip to Forest of Dean and the Malverns. Heavy wet snow above about 300'-400' gave a covering of several inches. All rather miserable, damp and cold. I was in north Wales, school CCF trip camping above the Barmouth estuary. In tents which were rubbish. Haven't used a CCF tent since, I'm happy to say. Have been colder though, offshore yacht racing as casual crew on the North Sea in March. Mike Amazing coincidence. I was in the Malverns on a school geography field trip. WE were in a godforsaken Youth Hostel called 'Wilderhope Manor' The loos were outside. I had a **** out the window. There were a few inches of snow. To be honest, the coldest I can remember feeling on a field trip was on a Geology field trip to Sheringham in early June. I don't think I can remember the sea feeling so cold here in January. Graham Penzance I later took Geology students to Wilderhope Manor. Although run by YHA I belienve it was the property of The National Trust having been gifted by the Cadbury (chocolates) family. Even then it had been restored in the 16th century manner, not very practical for sixth-formers. Looks posh now after major upgrade which includes a room every student group must have-the honeymoon suite. Returning to weather. Dorset in mid October was always warm and sunny, Dawlish in Spring(!) invariably changeable. Skye was great and Kinlochewe soaking wet. North Wales was always a challenge. -- George in Swanston, Edinburgh, 580'asl www.swanstonweather.co.uk |
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On 10/04/2017 21:43, Graham Easterling wrote:
Amazing coincidence. I was in the Malverns on a school geography field trip. WE were in a godforsaken Youth Hostel called 'Wilderhope Manor' The loos were outside. I had a **** out the window. There were a few inches of snow. Yellow snow, presumably. ![]() -- Paul Hyett, Cheltenham |
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On Sunday, 9 April 2017 11:11:14 UTC+1, P.Chortik wrote:
What a contrast to the conditions currently over most of the U.K. According to my weather diary for Merstham,Sy.started as a schoolboy and continuing for several years beyond ; At 7.30 a.m. Thursday awoke to moderate snow,temp 2c and falling.Snow lying--milk float unable to make it today. In The D.Telegraph the following day I believe the weather section had Cardiff registering a temperature of -1c at lunchtime with snow falling and IIRC the temps in the South of England struggled to rise much above freezing anywhere that day. Rainfall equivalent on that date to 6 p.m.BST,and all from snow ; 0.60". 14 april 1966 snow all day and temps near freezing what is the betting that there was a suitable volcanic euption to go with that? And some remarkable solar activity I don't doubt unless it was just another Amtomic weapon test in the atmosphere. A deadly tornado family affected the I-4 corridor in Central Florida from the Tampa Bay area to Brevard County. Eleven people were killed across the state in what remains one of only two F4 tornadoes ever to strike that U.S. state.[21] "Florida Twisters Kill 9", Chicago Tribune, April 5, 1966,,, Always a good sign. There would have been a couple of incendiaries behind that in the Kamchatka/Aleutian ranges. The Kelud volcano in Indonesia, in East Java, erupted, sending lava and hot ash over into the surrounding area. According to the Indonesian news agency Antara, the village of Bambunan was destroyed [136] along with much of another nearby hamlet, Margomuijo.[137] The final death toll for three days of eruptions, including a larger blast on April 27, was 175 people, with another 60 missing.[138] The final toll, after the cessation of the eruption on May 7, would be 215. |
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On Tuesday, 11 April 2017 09:57:55 UTC+1, Weatherlawyer wrote:
On Sunday, 9 April 2017 11:11:14 UTC+1, P.Chortik wrote: What a contrast to the conditions currently over most of the U.K. According to my weather diary for Merstham,Sy.started as a schoolboy and continuing for several years beyond ; At 7.30 a.m. Thursday awoke to moderate snow,temp 2c and falling.Snow lying--milk float unable to make it today. In The D.Telegraph the following day I believe the weather section had Cardiff registering a temperature of -1c at lunchtime with snow falling and IIRC the temps in the South of England struggled to rise much above freezing anywhere that day. Rainfall equivalent on that date to 6 p.m.BST,and all from snow ; 0.60".. 14 april 1966 snow all day and temps near freezing what is the betting that there was a suitable volcanic euption to go with that? And some remarkable solar activity I don't doubt unless it was just another Amtomic weapon test in the atmosphere. A deadly tornado family affected the I-4 corridor in Central Florida from the Tampa Bay area to Brevard County. Eleven people were killed across the state in what remains one of only two F4 tornadoes ever to strike that U.S.. state.[21] "Florida Twisters Kill 9", Chicago Tribune, April 5, 1966,,, Always a good sign. There would have been a couple of incendiaries behind that in the Kamchatka/Aleutian ranges. April 25, 1966 The Kelud volcano in Indonesia, in East Java, erupted, sending lava and hot ash over into the surrounding area. According to the Indonesian news agency Antara, the village of Bambunan was destroyed [136] along with much of another nearby hamlet, Margomuijo.[137] The final death toll for three days of eruptions, including a larger blast on April 27, was 175 people, with another 60 missing.[138] The final toll, after the cessation of the eruption on May 7, would be 215. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1966 |
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On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 13:43:28 -0700 (PDT)
Graham Easterling wrote: I was in the Malverns on a school geography field trip. WE were in a godforsaken Youth Hostel called 'Wilderhope Manor' "Wilderhope" rang a bell -- I think I stayed there with the Scouts once. But even more looking on the map I remembered every village, ridge and valley. I still have boxes of maps of the Welsh Marches carefully marked up with which tracks were rough but passable, the driest side of all the fords, which junctions were "not as map" from my years navigating on car rallies. To be honest, the coldest I can remember feeling on a field trip was on a Geology field trip to Sheringham in early June. I don't think I can remember the sea feeling so cold here in January. It's the air temperature that gets you. That and having a minute of furious activity to work up a sweat then having to sit still with legs over the side for the next 20 minutes while the sweat cools inside and the sea-water soaks the outside. On my own part-owned boat I did the fore-deck sail changing but at least I didn't have to sit still after -- no, I had to go below and bag up whatever sail we no longer were using. Used to take quite a while for the spinnakers. Good job the rallying had given me a cast-iron stomach. Mike |
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