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Stanley
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Posted -  17/03/2008  :  14:02
I went up Letcliffe today in the sunshine with the birds singing and only a light breeze from the NW to spoil things so I decided you were right and it's probably about time we started to be optimistic.  However.....  have you seen the forecast for Easter?


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Stanley
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Posted - 18/08/2008 : 15:48
Pete, I have a hygrometer in the front room and it has been on 70% for weeks.  No problems with moul;d but as you say, not a bad plan every now and again to give the house a blast of heat to get the air circulating again.  I think I'll light the fire tonight, more for the ventilation effect than the heat.


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Posted - 18/08/2008 : 20:12
We've been getting readings of 80% in the spare bedroom over the last week or so.  But the Somerset Levels is a damp place, so it's not easy to keep the house dry in this sort of weather. It has warmed up a little today though.  I spent an hour this afternoon sawing up logs and a pallet - good exercise and good insurance against the cold weather. Our garden has a lot of large shrubs and small trees and I try to keep as much of the trimmings as possible for the log burner. As well as native ones like Hawthorn and Elder we have quite a range of exotic shrubs - it has been one of our hobbies. Now we probably have the log pile with the most wood varieties in the UK. I've just sawn up yew, ecallonia, snakebark maple, portugal laurel and sugar maple.


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Stanley
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Posted - 19/08/2008 : 04:41
When we were at the Hey and I had a L Rover and a chain saw I used to tidy up fallen hawthorns for the farmers I knew and that burned well.  I could never understand th phobia about wet logs.  We could burn anything.


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Stanley
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Posted - 19/08/2008 : 07:34
Siling down in Barlick and more to come.  The low is sitting right on top of us.  We shall get NW winds as it rolls away into the North Sea.  Plenty of rain till then.  August is going to be one of the wettest on record......


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Posted - 19/08/2008 : 09:46
There is an outside chance of some decent ish weather the last week in August and the first week in September


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Cathy
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Posted - 19/08/2008 : 10:18
Hang in there Ringo ... there really is blue sky above those clouds and all that rain, we have the same.  Smile 


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belle
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Posted - 19/08/2008 : 10:21
I guess if we get rid of Rain forests the rain just has to go somewhere else!


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moh
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Posted - 19/08/2008 : 11:58
It could go somewhere other than here, to  where they really need rain!


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Stanley
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Posted - 19/08/2008 : 17:33
They say that Friday and Saturday is summer.  Don't miss it......


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Posted - 19/08/2008 : 17:46
Yeah great  just when we are dahn Sath in the land of hot red brick and dusty pavements!

Edited by - belle on 19/08/2008 5:47:29 PM


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Posted - 19/08/2008 : 20:07
Belle, I hope you taking a few things with you that you can use to barter with the locals when you need food and shelter?


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Stanley
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Posted - 20/08/2008 : 06:04
The flags are almost dry in Barlick this morning and it's not raining but nobbut just.  Rain clouds scudding overhead on a brisk breeze that is slightly North of West.  The aftermath of yesterday's LP system.  Glass is rising......


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Posted - 20/08/2008 : 08:51
It was positively SPRING like here. A lovely day. Think I absorbed some Vitamin D even.


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Cathy
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Posted - 20/08/2008 : 10:03
7C tonight, 12C for Thursday with possible hail and showers - hope Marilyn doesn't take it with her into your neck of the woods  Wink.

Edited by - Cathy on 20/08/2008 10:04:44 AM


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Posted - 20/08/2008 : 10:19
Maz, thanks for mentioning vitamin D. There's a lot more medical interest in vitamin D these days, with some researchers claiming that we now get too little because of all the advice to cover up or use sun cream. Also, there is increasing evidence that vitamin D is not only important for bone structure but that reduced levels are associated with increased heart disease and high blood pressure. You can get your vitamin D from sunlight, fish, fish oil and to some extent milk - but we have reduced our exposure to sun (by covering up and using cream, but also by travelling in cars instead of walking and by sitting inside watching TV or writing about vitamin D on internet forums...), and we eat less fish and dairy products.

Advice is now being given to expose your skin to direct sunlight for a short time each day before applying cream or covering up. The time of exposure depends on the type of skin you have and the time of day. But it really needs to be around midday to get much vitamin D. The cancer charities which have told us to avoid sun for so many years now have been reluctant to accept this change of thinking. For those of us in the UK, there has been little need to cover up this year - we just need to get outside as much as possible!

The biggest dose of vitamin D from the diet will come from oily fish like herring, mackerel, kippers, salmon, tuna, sardines, pilchards...plenty of scope there for a good meal!


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