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Tuesday 17 July 2012

Tuesday 17 July

Quite a nice day, with some spells of sunshine, which served to lift the mercury to all of 17C / 63F. Compared to the stifling heatwave in the USA, this is of course nothing. What does remain a prominent feature of our weather is the lack of rain. Nothing today. The weatherman are suggesting that the jetstream may shift north, propelling rainbearing weathersystems our way. Well, seeing is believing. I'm not expecting anything major until the weekend. However, it is nice not having your flowers, shrubs and trees blown to bits by a gale, and it's even nicer not to have many midges. Those pests have been kept down by the lack of moisture, which has served to dry out the island's bogs.

I was horrified to hear of the find of a car under a landslip, which occurred 10 days ago in Dorset, SW England. The vehicle had been flattened by the landslip, which left it encased under many feet of mud and rubble at the entrance to a tunnel near Beaminster. Nobody had known that the car was under there, until its occupants began to be reported missing.

This evening, I had the pleasure of meeting one of my internet contacts in the flesh, after my help was enlisted by one of his friends who had a spot of bother making mobile phone contact. I had been in touch through the local blogs for several years.

2 comments:

  1. How nice that you could help him out and got to meet a blogger friend!

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  2. Lots of plants and things ruined here Guido,with all the rain and winds we have encounted.My Cherry trees are bare,No leaves, No cherries,plenty on th eground though and it's only July,more like the autumn look.Yes it was very sad about the burried car,my heart went out to the family.What terrible news to recieve.How wonderful to meet an online Friend,great you could help out.Have a great Wednesday Guido,Take Care God Bless Kath xx

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