16-07-2021, 11:38 PM
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Re: A northern summer
Originally Posted by Minx
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But doesn’t it rain cats and dogs up there? Everything looks so green
Once we hit a month or so of no rain then we often get a hosepipe ban since we're not really geared up to store huge amounts of water in giant reservoirs, and nor do we even contemplate a desalination plant.
17-07-2021, 07:16 AM
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Re: A northern summer
Originally Posted by Dextrous63
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We do have the occasional few days of dryness, sometimes stretching to a week or two.Once we hit a month or so of no rain then we often get a hosepipe ban since we're not really geared up to store huge amounts of water in giant reservoirs, and nor do we even contemplate a desalination plant.
17-07-2021, 04:30 PM
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Re: A northern summer
Originally Posted by paula
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well for me it's just mowing the lawn and watering the plants...and then sitting out in the sun for an hour or two...
Usually our summers last for 5 or 6 days and then it absolutely lashes down and turns cold again.
17-07-2021, 04:33 PM
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Re: A northern summer
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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I wear as few clothes as is decently possible, and run, walk, and cycle the long hot summer days away, and then write about them on here....
It used to be lazing around a swimming pool in Guernsey, Spain or Greece, but covid has put paid to that.....
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