Absolutely humongous rain storm happening here. Found out where the guttering is leaking from.
Make a band bigger. Ben Folds Six
Joe Scaramanga@joescaramanga.co.uk · 5d agoMake a band bigger. The Antarctic Monkeys
Hear a bird chirping in the garden I don’t recognise. Grab phone from indoors to open Merlin app. Silence, except for one distant pigeon.
PSA. Dragons’ Den is back for series 489. It’s just as bad.
Absolutely chucking it down here. Seems weird after so long.
I’ve just applied to be a volunteer to set up the local beer festival on Bank Holiday Saturday. What could possibly go wrong?
Just tried to help an old gentleman get home who’d walked to the local shops but had in his words ‘got lost’ on the way back. Dementia really is a bastard disease.
Hats off to the food bin guys in this heat. The stench of bin juice from rotting food coming off the collection lorry today is just unbelievable.
Just seen advertised on a local FB site. One for @sellingamirror.bsky.social (TBF they are going for free.)
With all the high tech weather watching going on these days, how do you get ‘surprise rain’?
London & Southeast🔅@thesnowdreamer.bsky.social · 2w agoSurprise rain for some. Rain shield remaining largely intact but some rain for north London and to parts of Essex.
Reminds me of that great tweet which went something like “Americans check themselves into rehab for what the average Brit drinks on a two-hour train journey.”
Questionable company name, logo and pavement parking spotted this morning.
One more time for Screwfix. 3 minutes to confirm online order is ready to collect. Love ‘em.
Huge M25 service station near Iver Heath approved despite ‘vital green lung’ warning #Bucks
Huge M25 service station near Iver Heath approved despite ‘vital green lung’ warning
Plans for a huge motorway service area with almost 1,000 car parking spaces near Iver Heath have been approved despite warnings about its impact on…
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Anita Dobson singing 'Anyone Can Fall in Love' WHERE WAS MY FUCKING NATIONAL ALERT FOR THIS??? #TOTP
We have a new entry for checked jackets.
Liz@lizknownasdoris.bsky.social · 3w agoOkay. Who’s in charge of the BBC wardrobe department?
![In the last week of August 1976, during Britain's driest summer in over 200 years, he was made Minister for Drought (but nicknamed 'Minister for Rain'). 4] Howell was charged by the Prime Minister with the task of persuading the nation to use less water, and was even ordered by No.10 to do a rain dance on behalf of the nation. 5) Howell responded by inviting reporters to his home in Moseley in Birmingham, where he revealed he was doing his bit to help water rationing by sharing baths with his wife, Brenda. (5) Days later, heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding, and he became known as "Minister for Floods". /] Then, during the harsh winter of 1978-1979 he was appointed
Minister for Snow.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ntdpfkmw2gejacz3qx5llcdy/bafkreifct4gxl5xk2dtatboazejrtmqecyzsajlx6jwmxsamwyen7ipmja)
Out watering the pots just now and was joined by a passing hummingbird hawk-moth. Best I could do photo-wise.
