Whats the weather like near you?

[Botty Cough]

11 minutes ago, Big J said:

 

That's honestly how I felt after the winter 19/20. Trying to run harvesting sites through constant rain on Devon red clay and Somerset green clay was almost impossible. It started raining on (if memory serves) the 7th or 8th of September and didn't stop until the third week of March 2020. Longest dry period in that time was 3 days and my fairly crude measurements at the house indicated an average of nearly 200mm a month. We had to shut our site down for three weeks in February due to waves of liquid mud sloshing around the site. 

 

People complain about the rain here sometimes, but they've got no idea! 😄

 

All I can suggest is either find another line of work where the weather doesn't play such a large part or emigrate to somewhere with a better climate. 

 

No doubt it'll just stop raining at some point in March and by the end of May the farmers will be crying out for rain.

 

Interestingly, a great many fields here are irrigated as a matter of course. There is just the assumption that there will be the need for watering, and infrastructure is in place in the fields to provide it. I don't recall it being commonplace in the UK

We irrigate here where I live and pipes are permanent.

Underground systems from the supply lake cover a huger area on the farm.

We get long periods of no rain so yes it is common place.

[Botty Cough]

38 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

This was a surprise when I got to work this morning.

Wales is Sh1t

[Big J]

10 minutes ago, Botty Cough said:

We irrigate here where I live and pipes are permanent.

Underground systems from the supply lake cover a huger area on the farm.

We get long periods of no rain so yes it is common place.

 

Where abouts are you? As an adult, I've lived in Scotland and Devon, so not the driest places!

[Botty Cough]

5 minutes ago, Big J said:

 

Where abouts are you? As an adult, I've lived in Scotland and Devon, so not the driest places!

In the UK.

It's not the driest as you say however long periods without rain make it difficult to grow the crops we do so irrigation is key.

[Big J]

Lovely weather here at the moment. Every night a few degrees below freezing (no frost though as too dry) and every day sunny and 4-8c. A little greyer, windier and colder at the weekend, but back to more of the same next week. 

 

Feels like spring is coming.

[Welshfred]

First series of dry days in months. Finally the standing water on slopes is drying up.

[Big J]

Winter is still trying to cling on. Cold for the last couple of days, a decent easterly and a dusting of snow this morning and yesterday morning. 

 

To be up to 11c by next weekend though. Spring will be welcome when it takes hold

[topchippyles]

12 minutes ago, Big J said:

Winter is still trying to cling on. Cold for the last couple of days, a decent easterly and a dusting of snow this morning and yesterday morning. 

 

To be up to 11c by next weekend though. Spring will be welcome when it takes hold

Scotland - Devon and now sweden still not happy. That Girl of yours must be exhausted under this daily pressure jonathan 😁

[Whoppa Choppa]

On 07/03/2024 at 08:41, Welshfred said:

First series of dry days in months. Finally the standing water on slopes is drying up.

 

Only to be ruined by yesterday and all last night. 💩ing it down.

[Botty Cough]

3 minutes ago, Whoppa Choppa said:

 

Only to be ruined by yesterday and all last night. 💩ing it down.

Gosh ... Pooing down must be brutal 🤢