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15 Jul 07 - 03:39 AM (#2103040) Subject: BS: Happy St Swithin's Day From: Sooz It is chucking it down here in Lincolnshire so I suppose that's it for the rest of the "summer". |
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15 Jul 07 - 03:43 AM (#2103043) Subject: RE: BS: Happy St Swithin's Day From: Liz the Squeak Grey but bright here. There was a red sky over north west London last night, so maybe it'll brighten up later. Of course, it could just have been a barbeque that got out of hand.... LTS |
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15 Jul 07 - 04:22 AM (#2103056) Subject: RE: BS: Happy St Swithin's Day From: Georgiansilver The sun will be shining soon....the hot Summer promised must be coming or did they get it all wrong.......again......... |
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15 Jul 07 - 07:59 AM (#2103164) Subject: RE: BS: Happy St Swithin's Day From: The Walrus I don't understand it - It's not rained here for 48 hours and Sutton East Surrey Water still haven't declared a hosepipe ban. Walrus. |
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15 Jul 07 - 08:52 AM (#2103190) Subject: RE: BS: Happy St Swithin's Day From: Mrs.Duck Chucking it down here too. |
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15 Jul 07 - 10:59 AM (#2103253) Subject: RE: BS: Happy St Swithin's Day From: Liz the Squeak It was lovely and bright until about 2.45pm when it turned dark and muggy - walking across the car park at Tescos was weird - one side of it was hot like an oven and the other was decidedly cooler... by the time we got through Woolworths it was just starting to hurl down. That was at 3.00. It's now 4.00pm and the skies are blue and bright again! Is this the pattern for the next 40 days?! LTS |
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15 Jul 07 - 12:37 PM (#2103357) Subject: RE: BS: Happy St Swithin's Day From: BusyBee Paul It's also my Dad's 90th birthday today so we're blaming him for the weather too. I can confirm though that copious quantities of wine and cake do have the effect of making you forget all about the rain! Now, where did I put those 90 candles???? |
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15 Jul 07 - 12:51 PM (#2103372) Subject: RE: BS: Happy St Swithin's Day From: Georgiansilver This thread was just next to the "How heavy are farts thread...I just wondered...with it being St Swithins day...If I fart today......???? |
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15 Jul 07 - 12:53 PM (#2103376) Subject: RE: BS: Happy St Swithin's Day From: Severn Today, may we all find "Happyness Swithin"! |
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15 Jul 07 - 03:25 PM (#2103520) Subject: RE: BS: Happy St Swithin's Day From: Geoff the Duck Lifted from elsewhere... There is a weather-rhyme is well known throughout the British Isles since Elizabethan times. 'St Swithin's Day, if it does rain Full forty days, it will remain St Swithin's Day, if it be fair For forty days, t'will rain no more.' St. Swithin (or more properly, Swithun) was a Saxon Bishop of Winchester and legend says that as he lay on his deathbed, he asked to be buried out of doors, where he would be trodden on and rained on. For nine years, his wishes were followed, but then, the monks of Winchester attempted to remove his remains to a splendid shrine inside the cathedral on 15 July 971. According to legend there was a heavy rain storm either during the ceremony or on its anniversary. It's still bouncing. Quack! GtD. |
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15 Jul 07 - 03:49 PM (#2103535) Subject: RE: BS: Happy St Swithin's Day From: GUEST,Drip dry What a lovely warm sunny day in Ireland, the first for about a month. |
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15 Jul 07 - 05:00 PM (#2103577) Subject: RE: BS: Happy St Swithin's Day From: BusyBee Paul GS - I hope you were not referring to my father's habit of farting long and loud. I can assure you, they really would blow the clouds away! |
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15 Jul 07 - 06:18 PM (#2103649) Subject: RE: BS: Happy St Swithin's Day From: Georgiansilver A sigh is an expression, That comes from the heart. But if it's expressed downwards, erm........................anyone add a lst line please? |
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15 Jul 07 - 10:58 PM (#2103829) Subject: RE: BS: Happy St Swithin's Day From: katlaughing If ever I am in England on this day, I would hope to be at Winchester Cathedral for the Thanksgiving. |
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16 Jul 07 - 08:01 AM (#2104088) Subject: RE: BS: Happy St Swithin's Day From: BusyBee Paul Hi Kat, Winchester is another lovely cathedral to sing in - I used to live about 15 miles from Winchester and sang with choral societies there too!. Deirdre |
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16 Jul 07 - 07:28 PM (#2104654) Subject: RE: BS: Happy St Swithin's Day From: katlaughing LOL...maybe I should ask which one you haven't sung in, Deirdre!**bg** |
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17 Jul 07 - 06:54 AM (#2104974) Subject: RE: BS: Happy St Swithin's Day From: BusyBee Paul There are still loads Kat! I have sung in Romsey Cathedral which is near Winchester. I think that's all. |
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17 Jul 07 - 08:11 AM (#2105031) Subject: RE: BS: Happy St Swithin's Day From: Geoff the Duck Rain is bouncing again. Thunder rolling around the hills. Thanks very Much, Swithun! Quack! GtD. |
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17 Jul 07 - 06:14 PM (#2105403) Subject: RE: BS: Happy St Swithin's Day From: BusyBee Paul This evening I've purchased a diving mask and snorkel...... They will come in very handy here in the flat wetlands of Lincolnshire. |
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18 Jul 07 - 04:25 PM (#2106184) Subject: RE: BS: Happy St Swithin's Day From: fumblefingers It was hot and dusty on the 15th, as I expect it to be here in Texas until mid-October. |
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18 Jul 07 - 04:46 PM (#2106196) Subject: RE: BS: Happy St Swithin's Day From: ard mhacha St Swithins day was dry and sunny, and there has been continuous rain and thunderstorms from Monday,this summer is beating all records for rain and cold. |