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walpurgis
01-02-2023, 08:13
A chilly feeling 4C with sunshine and hazy clouds.

struth
01-02-2023, 08:38
A chilly feeling 4C with sunshine and hazy clouds.

about same here currently. has been wet again overnight

rmcin626
01-02-2023, 09:23
7c and dry so far after a very wet night

dave2010
01-02-2023, 11:05
Last night was wild - wet and windy, but things have settled down now - fairly quiet,, no rain, bit cold probably 5-6 deg C, and maybe more rain to come.

The hills have regained some white snow cover.

hifi_dave
01-02-2023, 16:54
Gloomy with a very cold wind.

Macca
01-02-2023, 18:19
sunny off and on with a very cold wind.

Pigmy Pony
01-02-2023, 22:58
At least we're into the last of the really crap months. I hope.

rmcin626
02-02-2023, 07:21
9c and very wet this morning

struth
02-02-2023, 07:55
9c and very wet this morning

similar here..

walpurgis
02-02-2023, 09:25
6C and bright.

dave2010
02-02-2023, 14:00
So far not too bad, though feels colder than the 10 deg C which it's supposed to be. We are also "promised" heavy rain starting almost immediately.
Up to now that hasn't materialised and it's bearable outside - though things can change fast. From the news from the west coast this seems likely to deteriorate quite soon. Currently it's fairly dry.

walpurgis
03-02-2023, 09:07
7C and brightish.

rmcin626
03-02-2023, 09:28
10c and dry so far today

struth
03-02-2023, 09:30
not as warm here.. 6c so far and overcast.

struth
04-02-2023, 08:30
8c today so far... overcast

walpurgis
04-02-2023, 08:43
8C and some hazy cloud about.

struth
05-02-2023, 07:57
cold night and about 0c here; frosty cars at this time.. not quite fully light yet

Macca
05-02-2023, 08:43
starting another cold spell here but warms up again later in the week. No sign of any snow in the forecast.

walpurgis
05-02-2023, 08:58
3C and bright. Cool week forecast.

Pigmy Pony
05-02-2023, 09:51
Blue skies and frosty here. I've been going out with my woolly hat this last couple of weeks, more to hide my embarrassing 'hairy doughnut' hairstyle than anything else, but now Mrs. P has just done my hair (a zero with the clippers), and I can feel the chill. No, really I can. So I'll be sticking with the woolly hat.

walpurgis
05-02-2023, 10:07
Blue skies and frosty here. I've been going out with my woolly hat this last couple of weeks, more to hide my embarrassing 'hairy doughnut' hairstyle than anything else, but now Mrs. P has just done my hair (a zero with the clippers), and I can feel the chill. No, really I can. So I'll be sticking with the woolly hat.

Same here. I grow my hair remnants to a max of 4mm before shaving it all off. Woolly hat or baseball cap mandatory!

I wear the cap all year round outside, having suffered terrible sunburn in the past (Easter at Santa Pod dragstrip twice with no hat :rolleyes:).

struth
05-02-2023, 10:13
still got mine, although its very slightly thinner on top than it once was.. but badly grey in places... i keep it pretty short so its not so noticable.

rmcin626
05-02-2023, 11:25
8c and dry but cloudy

struth
05-02-2023, 11:54
up to about 5c now with some sun

Macca
05-02-2023, 12:23
just been round to the supermarket and there's a nip in the air that wasn't there yesterday. But I suppose it is only early Feb so can't hope for too much.

As long as the ice and snow stay away it's all good. Long range forecast suggests that it will.

Looking forward to it still being daylight when I come out of work, only a couple of weeks away now.

struth
05-02-2023, 13:04
just been round to the supermarket and there's a nip in the air that wasn't there yesterday. But I suppose it is only early Feb so can't hope for too much.

As long as the ice and snow stay away it's all good. Long range forecast suggests that it will.

Looking forward to it still being daylight when I come out of work, only a couple of weeks away now.

its about 5pm for sunset already so yes it wont be long. it will soon be 3 mins change a day... quite bright here but cold

Macca
05-02-2023, 13:17
its about 5pm for sunset already so yes it wont be long. it will soon be 3 mins change a day... quite bright here but cold

yep, here the sunset is at 1700 exactly today and 1702 tomorrow. 1712 by next Saturday.

Pigmy Pony
05-02-2023, 23:05
yep, here the sunset is at 1700 exactly today and 1702 tomorrow. 1712 by next Saturday.

Then six weeks after that the clocks go forward. That's something to look forward to.

Pigmy Pony
05-02-2023, 23:11
Same here. I grow my hair remnants to a max of 4mm before shaving it all off. Woolly hat or baseball cap mandatory!

I wear the cap all year round outside, having suffered terrible sunburn in the past (Easter at Santa Pod dragstrip twice with no hat :rolleyes:).

Only went to drag racing once (at Long Marston)... went for the bikes, but it was the guest appearance of a couple of cars that really did it - the spectacle, the noise, the smell, just epic! Almost every year I tell myself I'll get to one, and every autumn I realise I've forgotten again :doh: Maybe this year...

walpurgis
06-02-2023, 07:47
Only went to drag racing once (at Long Marston).

Been there too a couple of times. Saw a Swedish bloke with turbo/nitro Honda CBX 1000 drag bike, blow the engine into a thousand pieces by overrevving.

walpurgis
06-02-2023, 07:49
1C, cold bright and hazy.

struth
06-02-2023, 09:24
fairly clear and a bit of sun at moment.. 4c

rmcin626
06-02-2023, 09:42
7c and dry this morning

Macca
06-02-2023, 17:59
Sunny all day, bloody cold first thing this morning though with frost on the roofs and the cars.

Pigmy Pony
06-02-2023, 18:01
Been there too a couple of times. Saw a Swedish bloke with turbo/nitro Honda CBX 1000 drag bike, blow the engine into a thousand pieces by overrevving.

Tragic! The CBX 1000 with its 2 foot wide motor was something else, bound to become a classic. I did get to ride my mates in the early 80s, loved it. Candy apple red. I'd have one in a shot, but have you seen what they go for these days?

The later pro-link ones just weren't the same.

Oh yes, the weather - frosty start, but turned out nice in the sun. Starting to feel some heat coming off it.

Pigmy Pony
06-02-2023, 18:07
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/0XYAAOSwDSRjvsXb/s-l1600.jpg
Now that's a bike.

Barry
06-02-2023, 18:55
Been a perfect day, weather-wise. Cold, but with a clear blue cloudless sky and bright sunshine. Made everything look lovely. :)

struth
06-02-2023, 19:11
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/0XYAAOSwDSRjvsXb/s-l1600.jpg
Now that's a bike.

big twin front discs on that. loads of power etc. was a guy i knew had one. he used to have a yam 1100..

walpurgis
06-02-2023, 19:28
Tragic! The CBX 1000 with its 2 foot wide motor was something else, bound to become a classic.

At the time it was a statement product. Nice enough, but I'd sooner have an SV-1000 myself. Less complex, faster and better handling for much less outlay. Great sound too, I love 90 degree V twins.

Pigmy Pony
06-02-2023, 23:38
Yep, SV1000s are decent bikes, pretty torquey and make a great sound with the right pipes. One of my riding buddies had one, probably still does, haven't seen him for a few years.

But they do have issues...

Suzuki thought they were onto a sure-fire winner with it, after the huge success of the SV650, but they were wrong. Didn't appeal to SV650 owners, who found the idea of TL1000S "widow maker" follow-on a bit intimidating. And existing TL owners weren't interested in moving to a lower powered "TL", with its budget frame and conventional forks. A good motor, but built on a budget. Finish was not great, and they got ropey looking quite quickly. Pampered examples might be ok, and can be had pretty cheap.

Anita's bike is built around the 650cc 90 degree v-twin SV, and it goes like the clappers. Plenty fast enough for her. It's in a Hyosung Aquila, which is a cruiser bike, perfect for short-arses like her.

walpurgis
07-02-2023, 08:13
Just above 0C and foggy. Feels bitter, as freezing fog always does.

struth
07-02-2023, 08:21
overcast and 7c

Pigmy Pony
07-02-2023, 08:26
Around zero here, but unlike yesterday no sunshine. So not likely to get much warmer. A good day to stop in, which is what I'm doing.

Barry
07-02-2023, 08:32
Heavy frost overnight. Now it is cold and foggy. :( I have a dental appointment later this morning; but I will use public transport.

walpurgis
07-02-2023, 09:25
Suzuki thought they were onto a sure-fire winner with it, after the huge success of the SV650, but they were wrong. Didn't appeal to SV650 owners, who found the idea of TL1000S "widow maker" follow-on a bit intimidating.

My mate had the TL-1000R. It was quite brisk! :eek:

At the time I was zipping around on a rather strange Yam SZR-660 (TZR-250 with XTZ-660 engine squeezed in). Nothing below 4000rpm and nothing above 7000rpm, punchy enough 'in the zone' though and handled really well. Pretty rare bike.

Pigmy Pony
07-02-2023, 09:45
My mate had the TL-1000R. It was quite brisk! :eek:

At the time I was zipping around on a rather strange Yam SZR-660 (TZR-250 with XTZ-660 engine squeezed in). Nothing below 4000rpm and nothing above 7000rpm, punchy enough 'in the zone' though and handled really well. Pretty rare bike.

Had to look that one up. Built in Italy by their Yamaha importer Belgarda, and they only produced 2000. So yeah, won't be many about. Decent performance without costing an arm and a leg by the looks of it.

rmcin626
07-02-2023, 09:46
7c and damp so far this morning

struth
08-02-2023, 08:26
7c and overcast again...

Pigmy Pony
08-02-2023, 08:48
Just above freezing, but the sun's out and plenty of blue sky. Just as well, as I'll be putting my woodwork hat on today. Three of our new doors are dragging quite badly on the newly fitted carpet, and the joiner has let us down twice. So sod him, I'll do it meself.

walpurgis
08-02-2023, 09:23
Minus 2C and everything is white with frost.

rmcin626
08-02-2023, 11:51
7c and very windy this morning

struth
08-02-2023, 19:14
strong westerly and very wet... nasty...

Pigmy Pony
09-02-2023, 07:29
Bit of rain last night, and temps were supposed to drop to about 4C. This morning everything's frozen solid. More crap BBC forecasting.

walpurgis
09-02-2023, 08:04
A cold and murky 2C.

rmcin626
09-02-2023, 10:10
7c and showers this morning

Barry
09-02-2023, 10:15
A bit dull today, but not quite so cold.

struth
09-02-2023, 10:49
Out in car. It says 7c but feels closer to freezing. Must be the wind.

stuartm1962
09-02-2023, 10:54
It's still good for February, Spring is on it's way :)

struth
09-02-2023, 18:54
the next week looks to be similar temps to today up here. maybe not such a cold wind so often tho. takes me up to near my birthday so fairly pleased no more nasties currently in the wind for a while.
car all charged up too:D

walpurgis
10-02-2023, 07:53
0C and frost on the cars.

struth
10-02-2023, 08:56
6c, heavily overcast and damp

rmcin626
10-02-2023, 09:27
9c and very wet

Macca
10-02-2023, 18:10
not been too bad here last few days, been a chill in the air all week but it's quite mild this evening.

Only another couple of weeks and we're out of the woods for any seriously bad weather.

kirstysdad
10-02-2023, 18:20
not been too bad here last few days, been a chill in the air all week but it's quite mild this evening.

Only another couple of weeks and we're out of the woods for any seriously bad weather.

Same here, 10C, bit damp later on. Like my first wife...

walpurgis
11-02-2023, 08:37
7C and murky. At least it's not frosty.

Macca
11-02-2023, 09:14
mild here this morning noticed it as soon as I woke up.

struth
11-02-2023, 09:31
says 8c here but feels colder.. may be the damp

rmcin626
11-02-2023, 09:43
Much the same as yesterday 9c and damp

walpurgis
12-02-2023, 08:34
8C and gloomy, feels less cold than lately. Set to get milder this week so may get outside to do a bit. I need the exercise!

dave2010
12-02-2023, 08:45
Not too bad so far. Not much sun, but not dark either. Little wind, and dry. Temperature rising to around 10C later on.

struth
12-02-2023, 09:24
8c again here and overcast again. dry tho

Macca
12-02-2023, 09:29
8C cloudy, dry not much wind.

Went down the shop last night and everywhere was eerily quiet. I am guessing because on Thursday there was a murder in the next street over from me, so the cops have closed off the main road through the neighbourhood and all the traffic is diverting somewhere else.

rmcin626
12-02-2023, 10:03
Much the same here , 8c and dry

Pigmy Pony
12-02-2023, 10:43
8C cloudy, dry not much wind.

Went down the shop last night and everywhere was eerily quiet. I am guessing because on Thursday there was a murder in the next street over from me, so the cops have closed off the main road through the neighbourhood and all the traffic is diverting somewhere else.

Romanians. They're a rum bunch. Just read the BBC news report, it says the police thanked people living near the cordon for their patience. So who called at your house to thank you? Was it the SIO or just a hobby bobby? Or did they just shout a "Cheers mate" as you walked back home with your beer and crisps?

Macca
12-02-2023, 11:33
Romanians. They're a rum bunch. Just read the BBC news report, it says the police thanked people living near the cordon for their patience. So who called at your house to thank you? Was it the SIO or just a hobby bobby? Or did they just shout a "Cheers mate" as you walked back home with your beer and crisps?

Nobody called but did get leaflet through the door appealing for witnesses or CCTV footage.

Not that I was inconvenienced and I was at work at the time anyway and don't have CCTV so I suppose nothing to thank me for.

Usually its the Albanians whacking each other out, the Poles and Romanians are pretty quiet.

Pigmy Pony
12-02-2023, 11:54
yeah I think you're right, though the Romanians do tend to get implicated in cable and scrap metal thefts quite a lot, and also doctoring cash machines. Maybe I just watch too many of those Channel 5 "Coppers vs Scrotes" TV shows. Ime Polish are almost always really hard workers. Come across them quite a lot.

As for Albanians, well... I once fitted a door and some windows for some Albanians, four or five adult blokes and one woman. I commented that he'd picked the most expensive Rock Door you can get, and he replied "I want something the police can't break down". "No, I'm joking", he added, but I'm not so sure. And the cars parked outside were worth more than their house.

Macca
12-02-2023, 13:42
yeah I think you're right, though the Romanians do tend to get implicated in cable and scrap metal thefts quite a lot, and also doctoring cash machines. Maybe I just watch too many of those Channel 5 "Coppers vs Scrotes" TV shows. Ime Polish are almost always really hard workers. Come across them quite a lot.

As for Albanians, well... I once fitted a door and some windows for some Albanians, four or five adult blokes and one woman. I commented that he'd picked the most expensive Rock Door you can get, and he replied "I want something the police can't break down". "No, I'm joking", he added, but I'm not so sure. And the cars parked outside were worth more than their house.

There used to be a 'Coppers vs Scrotes' series that was filmed in Stoke but it was all just coppers wrestling people with mental health issues to the ground or trying to calm down drunken, hysterical women late at night. There was never any real crime on it.

Barry
12-02-2023, 14:52
9C Overcast and dull!

walpurgis
13-02-2023, 08:10
5C and wall to wall blue sky.

Pigmy Pony
13-02-2023, 08:52
6C and cloudy. Again.

rmcin626
13-02-2023, 09:08
5c and cloudy

struth
13-02-2023, 09:33
5c and cloudy

about same here..

Barry
13-02-2023, 20:19
Today has been pretty mild for the time of year (9C), with a clear blue cloudless sky.

walpurgis
13-02-2023, 20:29
Today has been pretty mild for the time of year (9C), with a clear blue cloudless sky.

Yes, it was milder. My first day this year outside doing a bit.

walpurgis
14-02-2023, 08:40
1.5C and foggy.

Pigmy Pony
14-02-2023, 08:53
No cloud, no wind, could be a nice day. We might do some gardening this afternoon, though I don't expect my contribution to last long as I'll be doing it all wrong ;)

rmcin626
14-02-2023, 09:00
7c and dry so far this morning

struth
14-02-2023, 09:17
colder this morning..4c and light cloud

Pigmy Pony
14-02-2023, 09:44
Sunshine's gone. Chilly and cloudy. Might get me out of the gardening thing.

Barry
14-02-2023, 13:30
12C, a lovely bright sunny day. :)

walpurgis
15-02-2023, 08:09
Just nudging 2C and frost on cars, feels very cold. So much for getting milder.

rmcin626
15-02-2023, 08:30
8c and chucking it down at the moment

struth
15-02-2023, 08:54
dry but dirty skies. 7c and some rain likely soon

Pigmy Pony
15-02-2023, 14:49
Perfect today for working outside. Apart from the rain. Not cold though.

Macca
15-02-2023, 18:44
we get rain tomorrow, a lot of it but has been over two weeks without any which is incredible for round here.

Double figure temps forecast but believe that when it happens.

struth
15-02-2023, 19:03
Similar here tomorrow as today then building to a wet and pretty windy friday

Pigmy Pony
15-02-2023, 20:02
Crocuses have joined the party in our garden. It'll be the daffs next. Spring is on the way :)

walpurgis
16-02-2023, 07:59
9C and surprisingly mild, damp outside.

Weirdly, when I looked out at 10pm last night there was fine snow falling. A brief passing weather fluke I think.

rmcin626
16-02-2023, 08:34
Very dull 8c

struth
16-02-2023, 09:12
6c and overcast

Barry
16-02-2023, 15:22
12C, overcast. Feels like rain in the air.

struth
17-02-2023, 09:02
still fairly breezy after the storm last night... 7c and sunny currently

walpurgis
17-02-2023, 09:04
11C, windy and now murky. Was getting brighter earlier.

rmcin626
17-02-2023, 09:30
10c this morning and dry after a very windy night

struth
17-02-2023, 09:50
10c this morning and dry after a very windy night

yes was very blowy last night. empty buckets being blown about all night...:doh:

Barry
17-02-2023, 11:31
13C and overcast.

walpurgis
18-02-2023, 08:01
A gloomy 11C.

Macca
18-02-2023, 08:08
I can live with the gloom if it's 11C

rmcin626
18-02-2023, 08:15
8c and dry so far this morning

struth
18-02-2023, 08:41
4c and gloom.. was very wet overnight and still raining

Jimbo
18-02-2023, 08:54
4c and gloom.. was very wet overnight and still raining

I see on this mornings news it was a tad breezy up there last night/yesterday Grant? Lots of folk had electricity cut off or was that farther north?

struth
18-02-2023, 09:00
I see on this mornings news it was a tad breezy up there last night/yesterday Grant? Lots of folk had electricity cut off or was that farther north?

whole country got hit but it was worst further north..

walpurgis
19-02-2023, 08:55
8C and nothing much else going on.

rmcin626
19-02-2023, 11:17
9c and damp this morning

Macca
19-02-2023, 11:49
mild here, 11C and a bit of watery sunshine.

struth
19-02-2023, 11:57
Wettish and 7c. Full too

Barry
19-02-2023, 14:50
A lovely day today: 13C with bright sunshine.

struth
19-02-2023, 15:20
got to about 10c here... still damp tho

Pigmy Pony
19-02-2023, 15:48
Says it's 11C here, but wind is making it feel chilly. Went for a drive to a ramblers' cafe a few miles away, called appropriately The Ramblers Cafe. Had a spot of lunch there. Lots of cagoules and woolly hats with bobbles on top. They all looked ready for some serious rambling, but I found the walk from the car park to be enough for me.

Macca
19-02-2023, 16:27
suggest to them that they install a drive-thru window.

Pigmy Pony
19-02-2023, 16:57
suggest to them that they install a drive-thru window.

:lol:

I suppose rambling is a healthy enough activity, but most of them resembled forgotten Peperamis that had been through the wash. I can understand the appeal of fell walking to a degree, or a walk that has a pub at the end of it, but trudging across fields and along dirt tracks just because they're there, no thanks.

I may revisit the idea in ten years if there's nothing on the telly.

struth
19-02-2023, 17:01
regularly get the walking club as i call it going by my window.. a load of older 'bossy type' women mostly with their snow poles and back packs heading up the bicycle path :doh: the few men have to follow at a discrete distance... all very sad.

hifi_dave
19-02-2023, 18:05
Wall to wall sunshine again. Long may it last.

walpurgis
20-02-2023, 07:53
8C. That's about it really!

rmcin626
20-02-2023, 10:27
10c and wet this morning

struth
20-02-2023, 10:35
10c and wet this morning

same here... nasty night last night with more heavy winds..

rmcin626
20-02-2023, 13:27
same here... nasty night last night with more heavy winds..

Still quite fresh this morning when we were out

Pigmy Pony
20-02-2023, 18:02
Not a bad day today. A bit grey but no drizzle as was forecast. Hoping the dry day we have forecast for tomorrow happens, so we can get a roof on and be under cover by Wednesday when the rain is set to arrive.

Barry
20-02-2023, 18:47
Noticeably cooler today. 12C and cloudy.

struth
20-02-2023, 19:23
forecast for tomorrow is much same as today really. windy and heavily overcast but most of rain will occur during night. got to take 'the boy' to dentist tomorrow pm....it'll get me out, as ive not been out for a long time

walpurgis
21-02-2023, 08:01
7C, but feels colder, that could just be me though as I actually have a cold :rolleyes:. Very overcast at the moment.

rmcin626
21-02-2023, 08:32
9c and dull this morning

Pigmy Pony
21-02-2023, 18:05
7C, but feels colder, that could just be me though as I actually have a cold :rolleyes:. Very overcast at the moment.

Strange really, temperatures this winter haven't been that low, but somehow it's felt cold. Just grey miserable non-weather with a chill wind and little sun. Every year I hate winter more and more.

struth
21-02-2023, 18:26
was about 8c here and still breezy. not as cold as of late, but to be a little colder tomorrow

walpurgis
22-02-2023, 08:17
7C, gloomy and raining.

struth
22-02-2023, 08:19
4c and dampish. fairly dark cloud

rmcin626
22-02-2023, 10:03
7c and much brighter this morning

Barry
22-02-2023, 10:13
It's been raining here. The rain is easing off now, and not too cold: 10C.

walpurgis
23-02-2023, 08:18
7C and gloomy. Feels cold.

rmcin626
23-02-2023, 08:47
A bit of a change this morning 2c , frosty and clear.

struth
23-02-2023, 09:05
frosty here but 2 and sunny

dave2010
23-02-2023, 13:20
Boring and dull so far today. Around 8 degees C and rain forecast for later. Hardly any wind.

Could be worse, though it's not great.

struth
23-02-2023, 14:01
a fair bit duller now and up to 7c...dry tho

Barry
23-02-2023, 17:11
Overcast and threatening, but with the occasional outburst of sunshine. Cold though.

Macca
23-02-2023, 18:06
nippy here, only 4C

next week set to be cold too.

struth
23-02-2023, 18:37
saturday here to be below in morning and not get above 4c.. not a lot better for rest of week, at maybe 6c

dave2010
24-02-2023, 08:00
So far seems similar to yesterday, though the night might have been colder. Seems likely that there'll bs frost at nights over the next couple of days.
Quiet and dull so far, with just a hint of drizzle.

walpurgis
24-02-2023, 08:17
2C and murky again, feels nippy.

rmcin626
24-02-2023, 11:02
9c dry and clear this morning

struth
24-02-2023, 11:25
up to 8c now and quite bright currenty, although it probably wont last

walpurgis
25-02-2023, 08:12
A chilly 4C and a but of blue sky about.

struth
25-02-2023, 08:17
a chillier 1c here lol

rmcin626
25-02-2023, 09:04
Much the same as yesterday 5c sunny and frosty

Macca
25-02-2023, 09:12
4C now, will get a bit warmer but not much.

forecast for the week is pretty dismal, dull and cold. At least it isn't still pitch dark when I get up for work now, and it's still light (well almost) when I get home.

struth
25-02-2023, 11:55
up to 5c now... overcast but fairly bright. coldish wind

struth
26-02-2023, 07:36
2c and cloudy..

Macca
26-02-2023, 08:22
sunny but cold.

walpurgis
26-02-2023, 08:28
0C and patchy cloud. Frost on cars and feels decidedly nippy.

rmcin626
26-02-2023, 09:15
2c frosty and clear this morning

Barry
26-02-2023, 16:10
Sunny, but cold especially when the wind picked up.

Went out today and wore two scarves, gloves and a woolly hat (it's very rare for me to wear any kind of hat)

Pigmy Pony
26-02-2023, 17:35
I don't know what it is with me these days, but I've really been feeling the cold this winter, even though the temperatures haven't been unusually low. I cut short my first car boot of the year this morning because I couldn't be doing with the chill breeze.

struth
26-02-2023, 17:39
I don't know what it is with me these days, but I've really been feeling the cold this winter, even though the temperatures haven't been unusually low. I cut short my first car boot of the year this morning because I couldn't be doing with the chill breeze.

old age i guess... it starts getting to your bones and especially joints/sore bits. plus youve probably not had house as hot as usual so have not built up your feel good inner heat(as i call it)

Pigmy Pony
26-02-2023, 17:47
old age i guess... it starts getting to your bones and especially joints/sore bits. plus youve probably not had house as hot as usual so have not built up your feel good inner heat(as i call it)

Yes I think it's all of those things... though the aches this week may have come from shifting a couple of tons of roof tiles from a truck at front of house to scaffold round the back then up onto the roof. Young man's game I reckon.

Also I've developed a bit of a retirement mindset - doing less jobs, and the jobs I do feel more like work. So I probably feel the cold more than when I moved round more. Oh well, you don't get owt for nowt.

struth
26-02-2023, 18:02
Yes I think it's all of those things... though the aches this week may have come from shifting a couple of tons of roof tiles from a truck at front of house to scaffold round the back then up onto the roof. Young man's game I reckon.

Also I've developed a bit of a retirement mindset - doing less jobs, and the jobs I do feel more like work. So I probably feel the cold more than when I moved round more. Oh well, you don't get owt for nowt.

yes to both.. retirement thoughts do kick in and scunner in bad weather. and yup, roofing is a young man's job. my son in law was a roofer but even he started feeling it so he is now a lecturer and head of dept at college on roofing. better money too lol

Macca
26-02-2023, 22:01
Yes I think it's all of those things... though the aches this week may have come from shifting a couple of tons of roof tiles from a truck at front of house to scaffold round the back then up onto the roof. Young man's game I reckon.

Also I've developed a bit of a retirement mindset - doing less jobs, and the jobs I do feel more like work. So I probably feel the cold more than when I moved round more. Oh well, you don't get owt for nowt.

Get a young lad on the firm, he does the work while you supervise from inside your Canada Goose with a flask of hot tea. And possibly a cigar.

walpurgis
27-02-2023, 07:37
0C and patchy cloud. Frost on cars and feels decidedly nippy.

Same again.

struth
27-02-2023, 07:51
Same again.

same here maybe darker cloud tho

rmcin626
27-02-2023, 09:03
2c and frosty

Pigmy Pony
27-02-2023, 18:03
Get a young lad on the firm, he does the work while you supervise from inside your Canada Goose with a flask of hot tea. And possibly a cigar.

I do have a lad, I'm giving him the up-ladders work and outdoor stuff, while I do the indoors work. Last week was a one-off, where he couldn't be in two places at once, the lazy sod.

Seemed a bit warmer today (8C), but that might have been the woolly hat.

struth
27-02-2023, 18:08
I do have a lad, I'm giving him the up-ladders work and outdoor stuff, while I do the indoors work. Last week was a one-off, where he couldn't be in two places at once, the lazy sod.

Seemed a bit warmer today (8C), but that might have been the woolly hat.

pathetic excuse that Steve. :doh: when i was a lad i was everywhere, all the time 25 hrs a day:wheniwasaboy:

walpurgis
28-02-2023, 08:18
1C and mainly blue sky. Spring can't be far off.

struth
28-02-2023, 08:35
3c and cloud, but a brightish start

rmcin626
28-02-2023, 09:04
3c and clear this morning

Pigmy Pony
28-02-2023, 17:03
pathetic excuse that Steve. :doh: when i was a lad i was everywhere, all the time 25 hrs a day:wheniwasaboy:

I still have splinters in my arse, where the sweeping brush used to fit.

walpurgis
28-03-2023, 07:26
A drizzly and gloomy 6C.

Barry
28-03-2023, 07:29
Same here. :doh:

struth
28-03-2023, 07:55
you 2 have gone back to feb??:D