Webbed feet ..............

[Ann]

Will it EVER stop raining? Just got back from town, jeans soaked, almost could empty water out of shoes - puddles were so big on the pavements! Can't remember a Summer as bad as this, can you?

[Ann]

Hmmm - entry in Ann's diary
1 June "awoke to heavy rain"
3 June wet day again, garden a soggy mess" then nice rest of month.
July - 6th "day of heavy showers with thunder in afternoon"
9 July very heavy showrs
11th - day of rain and heavy showrs,
12 July "First time ever the air show at RAF fairford cancelled due to water logged site and (in my own words) "this Summer is AWFUL as bad if nor worse than last year!"
20 July "very cold day with NW wind, so fed up we have booked a holiday to Greece in Sept"
31 July " very heavy showers bad thunderstorm 11am.
1 August "tried to get some gardening done inbetween the showers - grr!
2 Aug Very heavy downpour ruining my flowers in hanging baskets
5 Aug warm but showery
9 Aug " day of showers"
10 aug "evening showers"
12 Aug "torrential rain, lasted all morning
20 Aug - went on hol in caravan, rained as we packed up
21 Aug Day of heavy showers, flash floods in caravan park (East Coast)
22 Aug Heavy showers all afternoon
24 Aug rain all night, caravan park getting muddy
26 Aug "what a dreadful Summer we've had!"

There you are : genuine entries from my diary! 2008 not good where we live!

[chi-chi66]

well I'm off to mrs_o talk on 'Advanced Seaweed Identification' tonight, she
should have some good specimens, maybe give us a clue about the weather!!

[Hopkirk]

If I remember correctly, the effects were far worse. Do you remember contaminated water supplies, and large areas having water tankers going in?

[Kiki-frog]

Yes, we had them (I think they were called bowsers or something like that) after the water supply was contaminated at Tewkesbury. God, I hope it doesn't come to that again!

[masma]

Sorry but we've had a glorious day here in Gloucester, it was almost too hot sat in the garden having a cold beer ;-) Hope I'm not tempting fate.

[Ann]

Good grief masma - how lucky are you, it hasn't stopped to rain here in Leicestershire today, torrential at times. The sun has now come out and its a different world, pity its so late in the day!

[abstibus]

Ann- days like today here in July are about as scarce as hens' teeth. It rained almost every day in June and until Thursday here.
Usually at this time we are bundled up in woollies and raincoats.

[237SJ]

I think we have had it as far as any decent weather is concerned for this summer. August is traditionally a wet month anyway. I don`t mind bad weather in winter as it is to be expected but it is very disappointing when it rains all summer. I really don`t think summer is going to happen at all. I`ve resigned myself to that. My thoughts are turning towards autumn already and I am planning a holiday in September. If we don`t see some sun it is going to be an awfully long winter.

[Georgiesmum]

Its been another beautiful day here again today (south east)