A great video, Squiggle and a happy St Patrick's Day

Good morning and happy st Patrick’s day! I hope you’re all warm and dry. I’ve woken up to a bit of snow here, but arrived before it started late last night Bramble is already obsessed with my friends cat but it’s good to be here  

have a lovely day everyone I’m glad you’ll be watching the Durrells too  

Summer, I'm glad you arrived before it snowed

I hope Bramble gets on with your friends cat and vice versa

A rather unusual place in Cheltenham is up for sale - a lake with an island:
https://move.uk.net/listings/s...all-swindon-village/

Beautiful:

~Sweet Pancakes~ posted:

Good morning and happy st Patrick’s day! I hope you’re all warm and dry. I’ve woken up to a bit of snow here, but arrived before it started late last night Bramble is already obsessed with my friends cat but it’s good to be here  

 

have a lovely day everyone I’m glad you’ll be watching the Durrells too  

I’m glad you arrived before the snow, Summer

Hope Bramble doesn’t get too close to the cat

El Loro posted:

Beautiful:

That’s a lot of blossom!

It’s very pretty but I wouldn’t like to be a hay fever sufferer over there

Goodnight and sweet dreams, everyone.

Night owl hugs for Ros and Summer 

Yogi19 posted:

Goodnight and sweet dreams, everyone.

Night owl hugs for Ros and Summer 

night yogi and summer

Good morning everyone

Snowed here overnight and light snow still falling. My local news website says it's worse then expected. It's not as cold as the previous Beast was. Local police say if you have to travel, do so with caution.

Yogi, yes, hay sufferers would have to avoid places like that

I hope everyone has a good day, stays warm and be careful if you need to go anywhere

Good morning everyone

We’ve had a little more polystyrene snow overnight but, not enough to cause problems....yet.

I hope you all stay warm and cosy.

Have a good day, all

Good morning everyone, lots of snow overnight, more than last time I think.  Interestingly though no ice on the pond and it was more or less iced up completely last time.  Stay warm and drink hot chocolate!

Enjoy your day everyone 

Back from church. I trudged there and back as walking was clearly going to be as quick as getting the car in a condition to drive. There's a bit of thawing now as it's just above freezing.

My estimate of the amount of snow is 7 cm, so about 2¾ inches. It's wet snow rather than the dry snow we got with the previous Beast. Squiggle, that's probanly why it appears to me more as wet snow takes up more room than powdery dry snow.

The 10.40 am train from Gloucester to Cheltenham was cancelled because of the snow though the 11.42 am train was shown as still on. Just to give you an idea as to the fact that this Beast has caused serioius disruption, worse than expected.

Squiggle and El, I hope your snow disappears quickly

Someone in the local area found this on her patio.

So that's what the Beast of the East looks like.

Yogi19 posted:

Squiggle and El, I hope your snow disappears quickly

Thanks Yogi

There's already been a noticeable thaw since I posted an hour ago as much of the snow on the pavement and road has gone. The snow on cars and gardens is still there but will have gone by this time tomorrow when it's forecast to get to 5 C. Being wet snow means that it won't stay as long as the main Beast.

I see that the English cricket season has started today. There's a 3 match series between the North and the South teams selected. The match started this afternoon at The Kensington Oval ground.

Before anyone goes I'd better mention that this is not the Kennington Oval ground in London, it's the Kensington Oval ground in Bridgetown, Barbados

What is effectively a stethoscope is being developed for hearing what the inside of a knee sounds like. It's being done as an alternative to X-rays for diagnosing arthritis for instance,
2 minutes clip on this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-43414625

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros

Night owl hug for Summer 

Yogi19 posted:

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros

Night owl hug for Summer 

night yogi -was performing tonight  which is why I was late with my second choir -Faure's requiem+ Bach's Matthews passion  -gorgeous  +others -was lovely

night summer if you pop in while visiting

Good morning everyone

Bright here and cold. Unlikely to get any more snow. Although local roads and pavements are reasonably clear now, there's still snow elsewhere, there may be some thawing today but tomorrow being warmer will get rid of what is left of the snow.

Ros, Faure's Requiem and Bach's St Mattehw Passion - as you say, gorgeous

I hope everyone has a good day and hope that the snow hasn't caused problems for anyone

Rocking Ros posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros

Night owl hug for Summer 

night yogi -was performing tonight  which is why I was late with my second choir -Faure's requiem+ Bach's Matthews passion  -gorgeous  +others -was lovely

night summer if you pop in while visiting

Beautiful piece, Ros. I’m sure it sounds wonderful.

Good morning everyone 

A bright and chilly day.

I hope the snow doesn’t cause problems for anyone. Stay warm and cosy.

Have a good day, all

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

TO

YOGI

I hope you have a lovely day

Good morning everyone, it's a nice sunny morning but the snow in my garden is going to take some time to melt, it's 6 inches deep on the decking.

Enjoy your day everyone, and wishing a special day to our birthday girl 

Squiggle, that's more than double the amount of snow I got. I think most of the snow here will have gone by the time it gets dark here as it's forecast to get to 4 C for much of the afternoon. There is a weather warning for ice tonight though.

My brother is intending to go to Manchester today as he's due to go on holiday for a week tomorrow with a friend who lives there.

It's not a good time of year to be going where they are going but his friend always arranges their holidays to avoid any significant sporting events. So at this time of year for football, the latest FA Cup matches and Champions League matches were over by yesterday and the next ones are just after Easter Sunday.

Why isn't it a good time of year - they are going to Krakow. At least the day time temperatures will be recovering over the next few days (the night times will be in the minuses throughout) - it had been extremely cold there.

Wishing you the happiest of birthdays Yogi  

Lovely to see you Moonie

Although the government is due to undertake a review of FM and DAB radio, the BBC has said that it wants to keep FM for the foreseeable future rather than switch over entirely to digital and would review things in a few years time.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43458695

My local BBC radio station uses DAB to transmit Cheltenham football matches on a Saturday and Gloucester rugby matches on FM if they are playing then otherwise they transmit Forest Green matches on FM. That's showing there's a need for both DAB and FM besides those people who don't have DAB radios.

Thank you El, Squiggle and Moonie for your birthday wishes. I have been thoroughly spoilt.

El, I hope your brother enjoys his time in Krakow.

Moonie, good to see you in here 

Yogi, i'm glad you are having a nice day

Thanks re my brother He would have preferred a warmer time of year to be going to Krakow. They've been there before.

El Loro posted:

Lovely to see you Moonie

Thanks El 

Just really popped in to wish Yogi a Happy Birthday 

Yogi19 posted:

Thank you El, Squiggle and Moonie for your birthday wishes. I have been thoroughly spoilt.

El, I hope your brother enjoys his time in Krakow.

Moonie, good to see you in here 

 

Fankoo Yogi 

Goodnight and sweet dreams, everyone.

Night owl hug for Ros and Summer 

El Loro posted:

Good morning everyone

 

Bright here and cold. Unlikely to get any more snow. Although local roads and pavements are reasonably clear now, there's still snow elsewhere, there may be some thawing today but tomorrow being warmer will get rid of what is left of the snow.

 

Ros, Faure's Requiem and Bach's St Mattehw Passion - as you say, gorgeous

 

I hope everyone has a good day and hope that the snow hasn't caused problems for anyone

yes fantastic EL love them with my other choir doing Rossini'sPetite messe Solonelle -lovely but challenging in parts

Yogi19 posted:

Goodnight and sweet dreams, everyone.

Night owl hug for Ros and Summer 

night birthday girl yogi hope you had  a lovely day hug for summer if you pop in

*returns night owl hugs* thanks ladies  

i cant go to bed without popping in here to say happy birthday to yogi I hope you’ve been treated like a Queen today 👸🏻 🎂🥂🎉💝💐

Good morning everyone

Quite sunny here and the snow has just about gone here though still visible on the local hills. Forecast to get a bit less cold today.

I hope eevryone has a good day

Good morning 👋 overcast but pleasant enough here today. My family & friends tour is going well, it’s lovely to spend time with everyone 😊 

I hope you’re all having a lovely start to the week