@slimfern posted:

Thanks El

I'd like to watch the adaptation of 'Rebecca', but will have to record

Thanks Slim

@slimfern posted:

Began raining here last night....was still raining when I woke this morning, and according to the Met, we are about to get thunderstorms.

I hope those thunderstorms don't cause problems for you, Slim

@El Loro posted:

I hope those thunderstorms don't cause problems for you, Slim

Thanks El....as you know though, I do love a good thunderstorm

@slimfern posted:

Thanks El....as you know though, I do love a good thunderstorm

Yesterday I mentioned that BBC Two were showing "The Long Hot Summer" (1958) today.
I see that they are showing "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958) next Saturday morning,
The two films are of a similar nature, were released within a few months of each other and both starred Paul Newman. They were the first two films of his which brought him stardom.
Can't say that either film had any appeal for me

@El Loro posted:

Yesterday I mentioned that BBC Two were showing "The Long Hot Summer" (1958) today.
I see that they are showing "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958) next Saturday morning,
The two films are of a similar nature, were released within a few months of each other and both starred Paul Newman. They were the first two films of his which brought him stardom.
Can't say that either film had any appeal for me

Possibly cos you wear your trousers the right way around El

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

night  EL slim moonsieee

Good morning everyone

Raining here and forecast to continue most of the day. Weather maps suggest that the heaviest downpours will be elsewhere.

I hope you have a good day

The Met Office has changed the area covered by the amber warning so places like Birmingham are no longer in it.
The top of the area is marked by Bristol, Gloucester and Northampton at the top and Bath, Basingstoke and St Albans at the bottom.

Not surprisingly, my local weather recording station shows that the 100 mm level of rain this month has been reached.

Rain is expected to continue until late evening here,  Looking at the Met Office rain maps I think the worst hit areas will have been elsewhere in the amber warning zone  - Aylebury for instance.

@El Loro posted:

Not surprisingly, my local weather recording station shows that the 100 mm level of rain this month has been reached.

Rain is expected to continue until late evening here,  Looking at the Met Office rain maps I think the worst hit areas will have been elsewhere in the amber warning zone  - Aylebury for instance.

Some of Devon has been hit with flooding, but here where Dad is hasn't been too bad...
I don't need to worry about where my house is as we are near the top of a steep hill

Good afternoon Buddies

Cold, wet and breezy here

Have a nice day everyone

@slimfern posted:

Some of Devon has been hit with flooding, but here where Dad is hasn't been too bad...
I don't need to worry about where my house is as we are near the top of a steep hill

So your own moat

@El Loro posted:

So your own moat

Yeah kind of

From the time the thunderstorms arrived here on Friday afternoon, the total amount of rain which has fallen here in the 96 hours since (so 4 days) is 82mm. Average total for September for here is about 60mm = 2mm per day so the equivalent of 41 days of rain in the last 4 days.

Trivial bit of information - the Met Office regard any day as very wet if there's been 10mm or more of rain.

night EL slim moonsiee

Good morning everyone

Cloudy day here, no rain forecast other than might be a bit of drizzle at times. No weather warnings for today,
There's a band of rain tomorrow evening. The Met Office might issue a warning for that as although much less rain than Friday or yesterday would be falling on saturated ground.

I hope everyone has a good day

There's bits of blue sky here now

@El Loro posted:

There's bits of blue sky here now

Same here El and the sun is out

That was short lived

@Moonie posted:

That was short lived

Still some blue sky here, Moonie, but not that much

@El Loro posted:

Still some blue sky here, Moonie, but not that much

Send some up here El

er@Moonie posted:

Send some up here El

Here's a bit for you, Moonie

night EL slim moonsieee

Good morning everyone

Some sunshine here at present, more rain forecast for later.

I hope everyone has a good day

A link to a BBC page on winning photos in the Bird Photographer of the Year awards. Be aware that this is not lots of pretty photos and that the first photo is exceptionally disturbing and sad
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4d92n5p4do

@El Loro posted:

A link to a BBC page on winning photos in the Bird Photographer of the Year awards. Be aware that this is not lots of pretty photos and that the first photo is exceptionally disturbing and sad
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4d92n5p4do

Beautiful bar the first one El

@Moonie posted:

Beautiful bar the first one El

Hence my warning, Moonie

There's to be a 5th series of Shakespeare & Hathaway with the same core cast. It will premiere on the Alibi channel next year and later on the BBC. The 4th series was shown in early 2022 so quite a gap between series.

@El Loro posted:

A link to a BBC page on winning photos in the Bird Photographer of the Year awards. Be aware that this is not lots of pretty photos and that the first photo is exceptionally disturbing and sad
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4d92n5p4do

Love that the Goosander is being helped to cross the road with her babies by volunteer traffic controllers

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

Good morning everyone

Heavy rain here overnight, heavy showers forecast until early evening, then rain expected throughout the evening and early morning which is why there's a yellow warning.
The local weather recording station shows that more than double the average rainfall has already fallen this month.

I hope everyone has a good day

Yellow warnings here too El, for today and tomorrow

@Moonie posted:

Yellow warnings here too El, for today and tomorrow

Met Office has changed that to amber for my area and possibly yours, Moonie
The amount of rain which has fallen from last Friday afternoon to this time tomorrow is likely to be the equivalent of 2 months of rain in 1 week.

@El Loro posted:

Met Office has changed that to amber for my area and possibly yours, Moonie
The amount of rain which has fallen from last Friday afternoon to this time tomorrow is likely to be the equivalent of 2 months of rain in 1 week.

Yes, it’s been changed to amber El

Good afternoon Buddies

We are actually getting some sunshine before the yellow warning was changed to an amber one for rain

I was a cold start to the morning. Not much warmer now either

Enjoy your day everyone

A charming performance of part of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" with Rolando Villazon as Papageno.
Must have been unforgettable for the children there:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaldPP44oas

@El Loro posted:

A charming performance of part of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" with Rolando Villazon as Papageno.
Must have been unforgettable for the children there:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaldPP44oas

What a great performance for the children, apart from the suicidal inference.
They all seemed very engaged, even the very young ones

@slimfern posted:

What a great performance for the children, apart from the suicidal inference.
They all seemed very engaged, even the very young ones

The children do seem very engaged with the performance