This Dreadful Weather
Carol Kirkwood’s forecasts are still as good as ever. But why has the weather got so bad since BBC Breakfast moved to the Capital of Rain, Manchester?
Is it the Devil getting his own back? As he wants to see what’s going on in the capital of this country, not some second-rate city in the North.
I’m Now Air-Conditioned
For a few days now my living room has been air-conditioned.
My Air-Conditioner
It’s certainly made me feel a lot better and hopefully, it will get rid of a lot of the bad health I have been suffering from.
As an example., now over the last few days, my left arm has been a lot better and I can type with two hands if I need to!
Rain, Rain Go Away
There was a children’s poem, that my sister and I used to recite on days like this.
I’ve found some lyrics.
Rain, rain go away
Come again some other day
We want to go outside and play
Come again some other day
I think, we used to substitute something like “Come again on washing day” for the last line.
It still doesn’t get round the problem of today’s bad weather. Especially, as it’s promised to get worse this afternoon and appears it’s going to be like this for a few days yet.
London in the Rain
I took these pictures over the last couple of days in the rain.
I suspect this rain is due to the large number of Irish-built buses that have arrived in the last week or so. The Northern Irish may be exporting buses, like the 38 in the picture, but do we have to have the rain as well?
Wot No Fountains!
It is always reckoned that if you want it to rain on your event, you ask the Queen, as she is renowned for bringing the rain.
But the current drought has even stopped the fountains in Trafalgar Square, as this article in the Telegraph outlines. Here’s two pictures I took today.
The visitors don’t seem too bothered. The Queen’s bad luck doesn’t seem to be having any effect. It will of course bucket down at the Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics
The Things People Say
The BBC weather girl; Carol Kirkwood, was comparing this Easter weather with last.
She said that last year it was so hot, she only wore a T-shirt in her garden.
Really!
Where Is Denis Howell When You Need Him?
Sadly Denis Howell, who was appointed Minister for Drought in 1976 during one of the last major droughts in the UK has died. Immediately, after his appointment, it rained with a biblical force.
Who shluld the government appoint?
The Bluebells Are Out in Kew
The BBC has just said that the bluebells are out in Kew. This is the earliest they have appeared since records began. No wonder I’ve had such a terrible time being boiled alive in this house, with all the sun we’ve had so far this year.
Is This Optimism?
I took this picture on a very cold day outside Carluccio’s in Islington.
Outside Tables in the Cold
Is it the height of optimism to expect people to sit outside?
I’ve Got a Different Set of Problems
Eighteen months ago, I moved into a house with a very high solar gain. In some ways it’s a bit like living in the Palm House at Kew. Yesterday there was enough sun in Hackney to heat the house up to nearly 30 degrees with the heating off and the windows open.
It is so dry, that I need to have a humidifier going full blast to get the atmosphere bearable. At some times, all I want to do is go back to bed and go to sleep.
I would go out, but the weather is so awful.
James Miller
The Anonymous Widower 