On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 09:28:52 -0000, " Jill."
wrote:

I am just going to hold him to

""Just looking ahead a bit and quite honestly I cannot see much chance of
substantial rainfall this Spring. """

Well, the ground here is still extremely wet with water still
trickling across the A814 in many places between us and Arrochar. The
flow from the land drain inserted to solve our cellar problem has now
ceased but a dry month here would be a Very Good Thing.

--
Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Loch Goil and Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland.
Web cam:- http://www.windycroft.gt-britain.co....her/kabcam.htm
Web site:- http://www.alan.lesley.ukgateway.net

Alan White wrote:
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 09:28:52 -0000, " Jill."
wrote:

I am just going to hold him to

""Just looking ahead a bit and quite honestly I cannot see much
chance of substantial rainfall this Spring. """

Well, the ground here is still extremely wet with water still
trickling across the A814 in many places between us and Arrochar.

Its been wonderful to have no precipitation for the last couple of days and
have hard ground to work on. But that does not help to reduce the water
table as you say. The ground is very greasy where it is not frozen.

The
flow from the land drain inserted to solve our cellar problem has now
ceased but a dry month here would be a Very Good Thing.

Miraculous comes to mind
and as a plaque in our kitchen says
" we don't believe in Miracles here ------- we rely on them!"

:~)

--

regards
Jill Bowis [Oban]

Pure bred utility chickens and ducks
Housing; Equipment, Books, Videos, Gifts
Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine nursery
Working Holidays in Scotland
http://www.kintaline.co.uk

Alan White wrote:
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 09:28:52 -0000, " Jill."
wrote:

I am just going to hold him to

""Just looking ahead a bit and quite honestly I cannot see much
chance of substantial rainfall this Spring. """

Well, the ground here is still extremely wet with water still
trickling across the A814 in many places between us and Arrochar.

Its been wonderful to have no precipitation for the last couple of days and
have hard ground to work on. But that does not help to reduce the water
table as you say. The ground is very greasy where it is not frozen.

The
flow from the land drain inserted to solve our cellar problem has now
ceased but a dry month here would be a Very Good Thing.

Miraculous comes to mind
and as a plaque in our kitchen says
" we don't believe in Miracles here ------- we rely on them!"

:~)

--

regards
Jill Bowis [Oban]

Pure bred utility chickens and ducks
Housing; Equipment, Books, Videos, Gifts
Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine nursery
Working Holidays in Scotland
http://www.kintaline.co.uk

Alan White wrote:
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 09:28:52 -0000, " Jill."
wrote:

I am just going to hold him to

""Just looking ahead a bit and quite honestly I cannot see much
chance of substantial rainfall this Spring. """

Well, the ground here is still extremely wet with water still
trickling across the A814 in many places between us and Arrochar.

Its been wonderful to have no precipitation for the last couple of days and
have hard ground to work on. But that does not help to reduce the water
table as you say. The ground is very greasy where it is not frozen.

The
flow from the land drain inserted to solve our cellar problem has now
ceased but a dry month here would be a Very Good Thing.

Miraculous comes to mind
and as a plaque in our kitchen says
" we don't believe in Miracles here ------- we rely on them!"

:~)

--

regards
Jill Bowis [Oban]

Pure bred utility chickens and ducks
Housing; Equipment, Books, Videos, Gifts
Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine nursery
Working Holidays in Scotland
http://www.kintaline.co.uk

Alan White wrote:
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 09:28:52 -0000, " Jill."
wrote:

I am just going to hold him to

""Just looking ahead a bit and quite honestly I cannot see much
chance of substantial rainfall this Spring. """

Well, the ground here is still extremely wet with water still
trickling across the A814 in many places between us and Arrochar.

Its been wonderful to have no precipitation for the last couple of days and
have hard ground to work on. But that does not help to reduce the water
table as you say. The ground is very greasy where it is not frozen.

The
flow from the land drain inserted to solve our cellar problem has now
ceased but a dry month here would be a Very Good Thing.

Miraculous comes to mind
and as a plaque in our kitchen says
" we don't believe in Miracles here ------- we rely on them!"

:~)

--

regards
Jill Bowis [Oban]

Pure bred utility chickens and ducks
Housing; Equipment, Books, Videos, Gifts
Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine nursery
Working Holidays in Scotland
http://www.kintaline.co.uk

Will Hand wrote:
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This posting expresses the personal view and opinions of the author.
Something which everyone on this planet should be able to do.
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Just looking ahead a bit and quite honestly I cannot see much chance
of
substantial rainfall this Spring. The pattern is still essentially
blocked with high pressure predicted to remain close to UK for next
couple of weeks (after a
brief spell of rain/sleet/snow early this week) and at this time of
year zonal
flows are not exactly normal anyway. I fear that parts of England,
particularly
the SE, are going to have serious problems with water this year.

I was just about to say that we seem to have had four consecutive dry
months in the south, something which hasn't happened in quite a while I
think. Looking back over the past 15 years or so, we seem to have got
alternating "dry" and "wet" episodes, with a persistently dry spell
Autumn 1988-Spring 1992, a wet spell Summer 1992-Winter 1995, another
dry spell Spring 1995-Autumn 1997 and a further, and long, wet spell
throughout the five years 1998-2002. Since 2003 the weather has been
noticeably drier.

Also walking in the countryside this winter, particularly since
Christmas, has been significantly less prone to "muck and mire" than
the last few years....

Nick

Will Hand wrote:
================================================== ==================
This posting expresses the personal view and opinions of the author.
Something which everyone on this planet should be able to do.
================================================== ==================

Just looking ahead a bit and quite honestly I cannot see much chance
of
substantial rainfall this Spring. The pattern is still essentially
blocked with high pressure predicted to remain close to UK for next
couple of weeks (after a
brief spell of rain/sleet/snow early this week) and at this time of
year zonal
flows are not exactly normal anyway. I fear that parts of England,
particularly
the SE, are going to have serious problems with water this year.

I was just about to say that we seem to have had four consecutive dry
months in the south, something which hasn't happened in quite a while I
think. Looking back over the past 15 years or so, we seem to have got
alternating "dry" and "wet" episodes, with a persistently dry spell
Autumn 1988-Spring 1992, a wet spell Summer 1992-Winter 1995, another
dry spell Spring 1995-Autumn 1997 and a further, and long, wet spell
throughout the five years 1998-2002. Since 2003 the weather has been
noticeably drier.

Also walking in the countryside this winter, particularly since
Christmas, has been significantly less prone to "muck and mire" than
the last few years....

Nick

Will Hand wrote:
================================================== ==================
This posting expresses the personal view and opinions of the author.
Something which everyone on this planet should be able to do.
================================================== ==================

Just looking ahead a bit and quite honestly I cannot see much chance
of
substantial rainfall this Spring. The pattern is still essentially
blocked with high pressure predicted to remain close to UK for next
couple of weeks (after a
brief spell of rain/sleet/snow early this week) and at this time of
year zonal
flows are not exactly normal anyway. I fear that parts of England,
particularly
the SE, are going to have serious problems with water this year.

I was just about to say that we seem to have had four consecutive dry
months in the south, something which hasn't happened in quite a while I
think. Looking back over the past 15 years or so, we seem to have got
alternating "dry" and "wet" episodes, with a persistently dry spell
Autumn 1988-Spring 1992, a wet spell Summer 1992-Winter 1995, another
dry spell Spring 1995-Autumn 1997 and a further, and long, wet spell
throughout the five years 1998-2002. Since 2003 the weather has been
noticeably drier.

Also walking in the countryside this winter, particularly since
Christmas, has been significantly less prone to "muck and mire" than
the last few years....

Nick

Will Hand wrote:
================================================== ==================
This posting expresses the personal view and opinions of the author.
Something which everyone on this planet should be able to do.
================================================== ==================

Just looking ahead a bit and quite honestly I cannot see much chance
of
substantial rainfall this Spring. The pattern is still essentially
blocked with high pressure predicted to remain close to UK for next
couple of weeks (after a
brief spell of rain/sleet/snow early this week) and at this time of
year zonal
flows are not exactly normal anyway. I fear that parts of England,
particularly
the SE, are going to have serious problems with water this year.

I was just about to say that we seem to have had four consecutive dry
months in the south, something which hasn't happened in quite a while I
think. Looking back over the past 15 years or so, we seem to have got
alternating "dry" and "wet" episodes, with a persistently dry spell
Autumn 1988-Spring 1992, a wet spell Summer 1992-Winter 1995, another
dry spell Spring 1995-Autumn 1997 and a further, and long, wet spell
throughout the five years 1998-2002. Since 2003 the weather has been
noticeably drier.

Also walking in the countryside this winter, particularly since
Christmas, has been significantly less prone to "muck and mire" than
the last few years....

Nick

I fear that parts of England, particularly
the SE, are going to have serious problems with water this year.

You can have some of ours, please!

And some of ours.

We haven't been able to fly at all this month because either it was coming
down on top of us, or it was coming up at us from waterlogged ground. We did
fly today, but had great fun dodging the young lochs which have appeared all
over the airstrip. We have a good deal of digging and drain repairs to do,
so here's hoping it stays dryish.

Anne