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Re: The Weather Thread.

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2024 8:54 am
by Ascender
That's an amazing picture @mik.

We have family up here and my wife qualified as a nurse during covid after losing a friend, but moving back also means she's around for them as they are getting older. There's also a small croft that nobody else in her family would be interested in taking over, so there's been a few reasons for making the move, but also there's less people and we both love the outdoors. Luckily I can work from anywhere.

It's only been about 6 weeks, but it really is a totally different pace of life entirely. And everyone in the village (apart from one grumpy woman in a Dacia) are so friendly. And obviously there's far fewer people than down in Edinburgh which is a definite bonus and I think perhaps an age thing.

Re: The Weather Thread.

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2024 10:01 am
by Mito Man
London up to 10 years ago was the best city for me. I would happily have lived there all my life. New York felt equal but I never stayed there more than 10 days so can’t be accurate but it had a similar vibe.
But London grew up and moved on and I stayed as the old fashioned dinosaur, so much so I really don’t care about it much now.

Re: The Weather Thread.

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2024 10:04 am
by mik
As this thread has wandered off topic a bit, it's ripe for inputs from @mr_jon following his relocation to Islay :geek: . He does pop in occasionally......

Re: The Weather Thread.

Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2024 2:36 am
by nuttinnew
Thunder! Lightning! Might go for a drive...

Re: The Weather Thread.

Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2024 10:56 am
by Gavster
Mito Man wrote: Thu Sep 19, 2024 10:01 am London up to 10 years ago was the best city for me. I would happily have lived there all my life. New York felt equal but I never stayed there more than 10 days so can’t be accurate but it had a similar vibe.
Agree about the NYC comparison, it's like London on steroids, which is quite cool, it's got real big city energy.. The longest I spent in NYC in one go is about 7 weeks and would have been happy to stay longer too, although living in Manhattan (Chelsea) was quite expensive. It's like London in that respect, the more central you are, the more enjoyable the city becomes.

Re: The Weather Thread.

Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2024 11:53 am
by Jobbo
mik wrote: Thu Sep 19, 2024 10:04 am As this thread has wandered off topic a bit, it's ripe for inputs from @mr_jon following his relocation to Islay :geek: . He does pop in occasionally......
I hadn’t realised he’d moved to Islam. That’s a bit of a big life decision, though I remember him posting before he’d planned exactly where to go.

Re: The Weather Thread.

Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2024 12:13 pm
by nuttinnew
Jobbo wrote: Sun Sep 22, 2024 11:53 am I hadn’t realised he’d moved to Islam. That’s a bit of a big life decision, though I remember him posting before he’d planned exactly where to go.
I don't know how he squares that with this https://www.google.com/maps/@55.7656583 ... FQAw%3D%3D

Re: The Weather Thread.

Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2024 12:24 pm
by Mito Man
That’s not kosher is it.

Re: The Weather Thread.

Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2024 12:56 pm
by Rich B
it’s pretty extreme.

Re: The Weather Thread.

Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2024 3:59 pm
by John
We've been to Donington today to watch a bit of racing and the weather was dire. Lots of mx5s racing and with no roof it can't have been a very nice place to be. By 11.30 the complete day of racing was cancelled without a race being run, numerous red flags in practice and qualifying probably didn't help.

Re: The Weather Thread.

Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 2:02 am
by nuttinnew
Twelve hours into autumn and the rain's come down hard enough to wake me up and notice I'd left a window open - good fortune, the wind is blowing that way and sogginess would undoubtedly have ensued.

Re: The Weather Thread.

Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2024 8:15 pm
by nuttinnew

Re: The Weather Thread.

Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2024 9:36 pm
by Beany
Eeep.

Re: The Weather Thread.

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2024 7:20 am
by mik
Not expected to hit land (Florida) until Wednesday, and it’s “likely” to calm a little by then, but Milton is looking like quite a storm.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crl8e084r9yo.amp

(Twitter link, so immediate discussion around cloud seeding, chemtrails etc etc).


Re: The Weather Thread.

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:34 am
by John
My wife has had family friends visiting from Florida, they fly home today :o

Re: The Weather Thread.

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:59 am
by V8Granite
Like like Musk will be busy then !

Dave!

Re: The Weather Thread.

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2024 10:29 pm
by integrale_evo
Northern lights are pretty visible again tonight if anyone can be bothered to go outside and take some photos

Re: The Weather Thread.

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2024 11:09 pm
by tim
Image

Was pretty amazing

Re: The Weather Thread.

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2024 8:28 pm
by nuttinnew
8-)

Re: The Weather Thread.

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 1:04 am
by nuttinnew
Well, rather a change from last night :roll: :(

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