I agree. I may try Public Enemies on BBC1 which starts tonight - it's over 3 nights and stars Anna Friel and Daniel Mays, and was written by Tony Marchant and seems promising. I may record Eternal Life (ITV) on Thursday but that seems very very odd and will be very difficult to pull off. Two angel barristers sent to Earth to help humans - the Radio Times doesn't speak well of it.

Morning everyone x

Very , very windy here , at one point around 6am i thought my windows were going to blow in
Stay safe x
Hi Joyron, glad all is well with you and yours x

Never been to Snowdon, Summer, good luck with your planning x 

have a good day all x 

Good morning everyone its really windy wet and wild out there, glad I don't have to go out.  On Radio 2 yesterday Richard Madeley was talking about Endeavour and said there would probably be a series as the feature-length programme had been very well received.  I hope there is for all of you fans (Morse was not something I ever watched).

 

Hope the footy match goes well EL

 

Joyron lovely to catch up on all your news, I am glad the move went well, it sounds like a lot of hard work but worth it, make sure you take time to put your feet up once you are home safely, those winds today are very bad.  The tooth is not causing any pain and I have an appointment on Thursday (when the forecast is a bit better I hope, I wouldn't fancy driving in this).

 

We had a lovely holiday to Snowdonia Summer many years ago and we did go up Snowdon but I am afraid we cheated and went up in the railway.  Its a beautiful area and we thoroughly enjoyed our holiday although it rained every day we were there, we saw the salmon swimming upriver to spawn at Betwys y Coed jumping up the waterfall, I'm afraid I can't be much help with accommodation or climbing routes but I can tell you its a memorable place to stay.  I bought a map of the places you could see from the summit of Snowdon but when we got up there it was so foggy you had trouble seeing further than about 30 feet

Skylark and Yogi, I hope you are OK in this storm . I see the Met Office has a red warning in form for the wind in your area until noon with gusts up to 85-95 mph.

 

Here it's been very windy and wet but I think the worst is over now and I can see broken cloud with a small patch of blue in the far west coming this way.

 

Squiggle, I'm glad your tooth has held out. I've never been to Snowdon myself.

 

Joyron, well done on sorting out the move.

El, I haven't gone out yet to see if we have lost any slates from the roof, but I could hear them lifting in the wind. My greenhouse has lost another panel but it didn't break, so my son will be able to put it back in for me.

I hope your slates are intact, but I should wait for the wind to die down before checking - we don't want a slate falling down on you

 

Here, it's now a mix of sunshine and very blustery showers - the last one was a mix of rain and hail.

You may have heard on the news that Ronald Searle died a few days ago. Of course he will be remembered for the St Trinians cartoons, but he would rather be remembered for his other work. I have found this 13 minute animation on Youtube which was done for Esso back in 1957 which is gently amusing.

Good evening everyone.    Sorry I've not been back sooner but power went out for a while (tree down on the cable)!!  Supply back now.  Apparently they have re-routed our supply as they have so many jobs to put right.

 

Will catch up with you all again tomorrow. 

Hi x

Wind has died down here , a lot of damage tho
Thats not so good Joyron , but you are up and running now  
Hope you havent too much damage Yogi
El, i will watch clip later, when i am settled x 

 

Evening everyone.

The worst of the gales appears to be over, but it's still blustery and pouring with rain. In my area there are lots of slates have fallen off roofs (or rooves) and quite a few fallen trees, too.

Joyron, glad you've got your power back on.

Summer, I've never been to Snowdon. You'll have to tell us all about it when you go.

 

Not too much damage over here, hope you're okay, too.

Hi Yogi, yes its been a bit wild, my plants on the balcony taken a battering but we are ok.Hope your roof is ok 

It was too dark by the time hubby got home, so the roof will get checked tomorrow. I don't think there is any major damage though, maybe a cracked slate or two.

I hope your plants are okay.

Think the plants are done for Yogi, but a pot with daffodil bulbs are sprouting already and survived, they are hardy arent they , the old daffies !

Yes, the daffodils and the tulips seem to survive, no matter how bad the weather gets.

I planted some snowdrops and bluebells but I'm not sure if they'll make it.

Off for a bath, so signing out.

Leaving hugs for everyone.

Having a bother getting the wee one to sleep, she isnt having any of it !
Goodnight Yogi  

I'm glad the wind has died down now and hasn't caused a massive amount of damage, yogi I hope your tiles are alright Sweet dreams Joyron I hope you're settling in to your new home nicely I went walking again today, we chose a woodland walk as its more sheltered and I was actually pleased to get rained on because it christened my new waterproof coat Squiggle, it's nice to hear that you had a lovely time in snowdonia, thank you

Goodnight all , going to take the tree down and the decs.Maybe the little one will settle knowing Santa isnt coming back anytime soon !
Normality hopefully tomorrow ! xx

night everybody

back at work

summer been to snowden loads of times but in the car - but have seen where they park to walk  - gorgeous place

Good morning everyone

 

At present, the weather is a lot better than this time yesterday though the wind is expected to get a bit stronger though not like yesterday. I hope that for everyone here affected by yesterday's storm that the damage is minor

 

Because of the BBC changing its schedule yersterday evening Public Enemies will noe start tonight and continue until Friday. That means that the first episode of the final series of Hustle won't get shown on Friday - I'm guessing that the BBC will show it on the following Friday.

 

Joyron, I hope your son is settling down well in his new flat.

Good morning everyone, its so nice to have it less windy, I am even thinking of venturing out to clear the leaves that have blown in the pond - nature is very tidy and all the leaves that were left behind when I cleared up the leaves in the autumn have now tidied themselves away in the pond   And no sign of frogs yet, we are normally heaving with them by now, very strange.

 

I wonder why the BBC has changed its schedule?

Good morning everyone.

I managed to get a look at the roof this morning (from the road) and there are a couple of slates which have shifted and need putting back into place. It will have to wait until the wind dies down properly as Mr Yogi and sons won't attempt to fix them while it's still so blustery.

Big hug for Ros, who is back at work today. I hope you get a chance to settle in gently.

Summer, are you back at work, too? If you are, I hope your colleague pulls her weight.

Skylark, perhaps your granddaughter will be easier to get off to sleep at nights now that your decs are down and she realises that Christmas is over. Fingers crossed for you.

My decorations are coming down tonight, too. The only thing is the room always looks so bare for a day or two afterwards.

I'll try to catch Public Enemies tonight but I've set the V+ to record, just to make sure I don't miss it, El.

 

Squiggle, the BBC put on a Panorama special following the guitly verdict in the Stephen Lawrence murder case.

 

Maybe the frogs are still on their Christmas holidays

Good morning Squiggle.

Glad the weather is better for you, it really has been a very windy winter this year.

Will it soon be time for the frogs to get amorous noisy again?

 

I think the BBC schedule was altered to include a programme about the Lawrence family, following the guilty verdict at the trial.

Morning I haven't ventured up yet but it sounds very still outside Skylark I hope the little one settled and slept well eventually for you Squiggle do you have a net for scooping out leaves? I think I would enjoy that task perhaps the unseasonable weather has affected the frog's breeding pattern. Yesterday I saw several trees with spring buds on them El, I actually took the trouble to log a complaint with the BBC last night, regarding their scheduling of Pan Am. I was mad that they only showed 8 out of 22 episodes and then took it off the air with no explanation or info about a resume date. Their website simply says "more episodes coming soon, keep checking back for more info" I think it's poor scheduling, and it's obviously not the only show they've been doing it to

Are you still on your hols, Summer?

Ah, I can understand the panorama programme, that wouldn't upset me Yogi I'm back at work tomorrow, we may get a post back to school small rush but I would fully expect things to quieter down now, it usually does. My next very busy time should be half term I hope the wind calms down real soon for you

Mr summer is off til Monday, I don't want to take the tree down now because it'll spoil his time off

Of course, you'll have the last minute back-to-school haircuts tomorrow. Good luck with that and don't stand for any nonsense - from the kids or your colleague.

Lol thank you yogi I am quite firm with the kiddies, but I do praise them when they're good. As for my colleague, I think she's simply a different breed of people than us, I hope my boss gives her a warning soon

So do I, Summer. I don't think it's fair that you have to do more than your share because she doesn't pull her weight. She deserves a warning.

Thank you yogi, I think she likes her drink too much, and with 3 children under 5, I can't approve of her being still too drunk in the morning to come to work. I often dislike having to actually get up but I like going to work, it's satisfying What are your plans today? I've no doubt we'll be out walking some more

Yes its time for the frogs to get noisy again they do seem to enjoy themselves though, they must be exhausted afterwards.  I scoop all the leaves out with a net and empty my rainwater box into the pond. 

 

Now I understand about the TV scheduling, quite right too, there are more to be brought to justice though and credit where credit is due to the Daily Mail, they accused all 5 of the killing on the front page 15 years ago and dared them to sue, they never did. 

 

Good luck to those returning to work today or tomorrow, hope you get a chance to ease back into it.

Summer, I've just looked on IMDB about Pan Am. As the programme comes from the States, it is quite common for there to be gaps in the showing of episodes there.

Episodes 1 to 8 were shown weekly with 8 being shown on 13 November. Episode 9 wasn't shown until 4 December. Episode 10 isn't being shown until 8 January, 11 on 15 January and 12 on 22 January. I think the gaps are due to Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks. So although the BBC could have explained this, they probably aren't at fault.

 

The same happens with The Mentalist on Channel 5. There were similar breaks in the scheduling in the States and this accounts for the present gap in showing here.

It hasn't stopped raining all day, so my plan is to stay indoors. Even the dogs don't want to go out.

 

^^^^^^ That did make me laugh, Squiggle.

Thanks for the pan am info el, that is really helpful, for some reason I thought that the whole series had already been screened in America. This would definitely help explain the reason for its hiatus, and gives me hope that it'll be back soon

Well I'm heading off to read soon, still very windy out there   It shows how much rain we have had in the last few weeks though because about 2 months ago the reservoir levels were about 40% less than last year and now they have caught up.  Sleep tight, speak to you tomorrow.

Sweet dreams squiggle, it too is very windy here! Goodnight to everyone else, I hope you Scottish folk have power tonight

night squiggle

 

hi yogi and summer