Some of you may remember that we were planning a tour from Norfolk to Northumberland, which was due to be this week. After the weather we've had these last few days, and seeing the pics put up by El Toro, I reckon we have been very fortunate. Ok, the reason we haven't been able to arrange this trip was due to hospital appointments for both of us, which should mean 2013 will at least be a better year. I await your piss taking etc!
I'm hoping 2013 is better and less hospital time Anyway this is duck weather you would have been qwackers riding this weather ;-D
I'm feeling lucky too..... I've got a ferry ticket to France for tomorrow, but can't go..... and it turns out the ferry isn't sailing due to industrial action, so I can have my money back
Exactly, our misfortune in missing our tour, has a bright side in avoiding that horrible weather that the poor folk up north are getting. Those of you who are living in the north have my sympathy for the miserable weather you have, and look like you have more on the way!
Top tip: use the miserable weather as an excuse for pre-hibernation squirrel-like activities. Stay under the duvet and only get up to make huge quantities of soup for the freezer.
I am a diver Glid but the water is all brown and shitty. Visibility nil. Must be all that rain draining down from oop North. It is actually persisting down outside here on the South coast. Regards Steve
Taken from the Northern Echo website. It was a big day for this part of the world yesterday. People who live here will remember it for many years to come - the day of the deluge. Millions of people were affected: stuck in villages turned into islands; evacuated from their devastated homes; going nowhere on roads turned into waterways. The A1 in North Yorkshire was a river and remains closed for a 40-mile stretch. So what did the national papers make of it all? THE SUN Not a mention on Page 1. Page 15 lead. Verdict : Damp squib THE GUARDIAN Nothing on Page 1. Page 4 lead. Verdict : Wishy-washy. DAILY STAR Nothing on Page 1 - leads instead on Simon Cowell calling in a faith healer to free him of evil female spirits. The north's floods make a lead on Page 4. Verdict : Limp as a wet lettuce DAILY EXPRESS A floods blurb on Page 1 - hurrah! And a spread on Page 5. Mind you, the Express leads on weather stories nearly every day - even when there isn't a real story, so why not this time? Verdict : Not gushing with praise but a bit better than the others DAILY MIRROR Nothing on Page 1. Page 15 lead. Verdict : H2Oh dear DAILY MAIL Nothing on Page 1. Page 11 lead. Verdict : What a shower THE TIMES A paragraph on Page 1. Page 11 lead. Verdict : Water disappointment DAILY TELEGRAPH Nothing on Page 1. Page 4 picture story - not even the lead. Verdict : Wet, wet, wet THE INDEPENDENT Page 1 picture!!! Full Page 4 spread. Verdict : Floody hell - some news sense at last! Imagine the national coverage if Kent or Surrey had been under water. Think it might have been the splash?
