...It was raaaiiinnnniinnngg this afternoon as soon as i got in, and ma neighbours garden was flooded, (dnt think mine was ) I was scared though cause ma mum was outside but luckily she came back safe and sound ....and then all of a sudden the clouds cleared up and it was booming with sunshine and all the rain disapeared (but ma neighbours garden was still flooded )

Peace.

We had some antideluvian moonlight for a few seconds.

The saddest thing I saw today was the picture of a young woman weeping outside a flooded building in Barry - they said her business had been flooded and her two cats had drowned...

That's awful

Apparently sandbags have been delivered to the next village from here...

We're not flooded, but houses very nearby are. A tributary of the Thames has overflowed for the first time in living memory, according to older people in the area.

My elderly mum spent half the night stuck in a coach in the M5 floods. She said the traffic and floods in the midlands were horrendous, but that they'd all been very well looked after.

Sunny here at the moment, but more heavy rain forecast by lunchtime.

I saw that on the news .
The rain stopped here mid-afternoon so thankfully the concert still went ahead. It was raining slightly at about 1am today, but it's just overcast now. I hope it doesn't rain too much again

Has rained all morning but fine now - we were able to go and rescue our car albeit with a bit of plodging. Our neighbour in the end cottage of our 4 cottages has a minor flood. The water came through his walls, not in the door - as he is set down a little from the ground and the ground is saturated. He is very cheerful about it though.
Supposed to be sunny tomorrow - but I'll believe it when I see it.

A sunny morning has turned into a rainy afternoon...

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It was sunny all week in Devon, very hot some days!

But, back here, it's all grey and there is a bit of flooding in the rural villages, as we found trying to get home.

I give up. Forget summer this year. It hasn't rained but it's quite cold.
*stops hoping*

Cold and wet!!

An ocean with slits in it

Been watching the floods on the news this morning - really sorry for anyone who's affected by them, it looks truly horrific

Not so bad today

Sunny.



.....WHOAH. That's possible?!

EDIT two mins later : ...thought not. Sun's gone.

It is dry here too between the torrential stormy bits. What is happening with our weather? Is this really a result of us all leaving dirty great carbon footprints everywhere?

It was lovely here earlier (in N. Ireland) but has since dulled down. No rain yet, though. In answer to your question, it is probable that there are just too many of us, breathing out carbon dioxide and having metal objects that breath out c/monoxide. I laugh out loud when I see some families trying to conscience salve by taking a few newpapers by car to the paper recycling facilities. We've been told that to counteract that car journey of -say - several miles there and back, you'd have to have taken a pile of papers several feet high. Don't know if this is right.

PS It's now raining - well it is N. Ireland

LR

Wet is probably a pretty accurate summary of the last few days. We had swans swimming in a field yesterday, though it has started to dry out... Opposite my house theres a field, an canal, a couple more fields and the Cherwell, all got flooded! But a pretty steep hill stopped the water getting to the road, though I hear the Train Station was under several feet.

Oh goodness, where abouts are you Rosemary?

Banbury - I don't think any houses were flooded, but the train station was and I think the swimming pool as well.

Oh yes, I know the train station was as a friend couldn't get a train up here yesterday because of the flooding there.

Alternately sunny/cloudy here.

Salrec has told me of a flooded Thames... and Hammerklavier called me from Hungary yesterday to tell me that it was 42 degrees in Kecskemét yesterday *gulp* AND they're having to work in it. That's 107 degrees in old money!!!!!!!!!!

*faints*

Talk about a weekend for extreme weather...

I have a friend who is on holiday in Italy who says it's 40 degrees!

Indeed. Bizarre weather at the beginning of the F1 race in Germany...

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It's now completely sunny there! (Germany)

Nice and sunny here

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A mixture of sun and cloud..quite warm though

sunny very warm, beautiful day down south

Very hot! When me and Mum got into the car after work the temperature was 27 degrees celcius!

WE HAD A REAL SUMMER DAY TODAY. HOT AND SUNNY.

Beautiful




Hope it stays that way until next week, Petrat. On hols in N. Wales next week

We went to the Mon and Brec canal for a spot of kayaking - sunny spells and cloud - had a great day - lifted the spirits

Oooooo, I'm going on a narrowboat on the Mon and Brec week after next!!!

You'll have a great time Cyrilla. We've had a narrowboat on this canal several times and it is so peaceful and the scenery is breathtaking. When we were kayaking yesterday we were on the canal (or sitting on the side) for a total of six hours and we only saw six narrowboats in that time.
The river near Brecon is spectacular just now with all the extra water - but probably more restrained in a couple of weeks - unless we have more torrential rain - perish the thought!

Yesterday was a very pleasant summer's day (at last...)

Today's started off quite promisingly, too...

quite bright at the moment, but with grey clouds being driven by strong winds - might keep the rain off.

well, it didn't keep the rain off --- it rained all afternoon and into the evening just what you need when you are on holiday

and today's forecast is equally unmentionable..... I shall stop looking until They promise a better forecast

But does it matter if you're staying in all day long anyway?

Good morning MrBouffant, no plans for staying in or going out yet ...

... " turned out nice now !"

Pouring down and dark!!

Awww, thanks, HazelKay! Been a bit nervous about going outside my River Thames comfort zone so it was good to read what you have to say - sounds JUST what the doctor ordered!

It's raining again...

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Wow!

It's trying to be sunny here, but the clouds are rather more in control

It's making no attempt whatsoever to be sunny here!

Raining, raining, raining, thunder and lightening!!!




Electricity only back on - for how long I don't know

Windy, then sunny, then raining
Make up your mind!

The rain is running down our road now and is struggling to drain at the bottom of the hill. The last time this happened was Novemeber '06, and the village was flooded .

It is sunny at the moment but we had a really heavy storm this morning and there are some nasty grey clouds overhead again.