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The high is 11 degrees and we are forecast yet more rain.....now there's a surprise. Looks like another year round winter is on the cards, I knew we wouldn't be getting a summer, it's done this the last 2 years, cold wet may = cold wet "summer"

At this rate I would rather be in the Arctic - at least it's warmer and drier!!!
 
I know I went to a show yesterday and it was freezing, my horses are out at night and one is still in a heavy rug, its just so miserable after that long winter we had.
 
It is crap but if it makes you feel better my sister in Virginia (USA) is worried about her veggie patch as they are predicted two nights of frosts - they were in the mid-eighties last Friday.

So not just good ol UK with weather problems.
 
I love Wales and have always said I would never move but I am seriously thinking of retiring to somewhere drier. :( I can cope with the cold it's just the wet that is driving me mad.
 
I'm just about to go and fetch all my lot in to change back into med weight rugs. *sigh*. I think it's all down to the people who have been swearing and shouting at the weather of late. Now, if you had asked nicely................................
 
I appreciate that some parts of the country have had recent significant rain but here in the Midlands the ground is like concrete. It hasn't rained significantly for several weeks & we need it to get the grass growing. We've had a few showers over the last week but not much really.
 
Toby_Zaphod said:
I appreciate that some parts of the country have had recent significant rain but here in the Midlands the ground is like concrete. It hasn't rained significantly for several weeks & we need it to get the grass growing. We've had a few showers over the last week but not much really.
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yes am in shropshire and have little grass, its coming very slowly but your right, the ground is cracking its so dry despite saturdays and yesterdays showers :(
 
Crugeran Celt said:
I love Wales and have always said I would never move but I am seriously thinking of retiring to somewhere drier. :( I can cope with the cold it's just the wet that is driving me mad.
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Snap! When I lived up in South Tyneside, looking back, the winters were obviously much colder and we often used to get gale force winds every so often ;) but it seemed so much drier! In saying that, I suffer from terrible circulation in my hands and feet and I haven't suffered as much with numb fingers and toes since moving the horses down here but the wet does get to you!
 
I was just going to post something similar....

I am still wearing a wooly hat on the yard, the horses are still rugged, and the grass is at least a month behind.

Our long awaited blossom finally came out last week, only to be blown off over the weekend.

Last week they forecasted it was going to wet over the weekend, then warmer and drier at the beginning of this week - so I spent all sat putting down grass seed thinking these conditions would be ideal....

Not impressed!
 
Sleet and snow predicted for here! Went to do horses earlier and it was 3 degrees! Wish the weather would sort itself out, I've had enough!!
 
This year is certainly not being kind, when it was warm a couple of weeks ago it was so dry here (Lincs) that the grass wasn't growing, now we have a bit of rain the temps are cold over night so the soil temp has dropped and the grass still isn't growing !!!

Horses have been racing over to the gate when I go out - like it's October not May !!
 
Toby_Zaphod said:
I appreciate that some parts of the country have had recent significant rain but here in the Midlands the ground is like concrete. It hasn't rained significantly for several weeks & we need it to get the grass growing. We've had a few showers over the last week but not much really.
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its not stopped raining all weekend in manchester! :( take our rain clouds we dont need them! :D
 
Another checking in with displeasure. I have turned mine out on saved paddocks. Can't take the expense anymore. On the bright side with it being cold and rainy the grass isn't as lethal. Enough aready.

Terri
 
Trying to 'grow my own' has become very difficult, so we are doing something about it and moving abroad on Thursday. Our only dependents, the dogs, are coming too!

I will miss the beauty of this country on a nice day, especially at this time of year, shame that happens so rarely. But life is short, and the last twelve months miserable.
 
I was just about to post the same. All the miserable feelings of winter are coming back. The horses were out 24/7 last week for a good few nights and now due to the ground being so wet and the lack of grass they are back in. We have also had to open a large bale of haylage when we were supposed to be swapping to occasional hay when they need it in the field. I'm so fed up, if this carries on I am going to consider selling as we just don't have the facilities to cope with constant wet. The grass is not growing as we had dry with no rain and now too cold to grow. At this rate we need a field of hardcore and a indoor.
 
I am so grateful to the rain we've had this weekend and the stuff that is forecast this week, the ground is solid and the crops are dry, we need a lot of rain.

It was 7degrees last night, and my horses are waterproof.
 
Those of you with no rain can have some of mine. We have a brand new foally and hes only able.to go ouy for an hour or so even with a rug on as its so wet and cold. We even had hail this morning :o
 
-2C right now. We had snow/sleet/hail yesterday.

Half my horses have rugs on again, the olds were not coping with the sudden drop and were shaking weight off. I wore my winter overalls and gloves, and my fire is lit and roaring.

Whether the weather .... and all that.

I'll keep my head down and get on with it, nothing else to be done ;)
 
Well, we do need the rain as the ground is so dry and there's no grass. Could do without the winds though, I am sick of it being so windy all the time - makes it feel so much colder! I am keeping optimistic that we will in fact have a summer as we do seem to have missed this the last couple of years.
 
I think I'm the only one on my yard celebrating the colder/cloudier weather. I'm considering leaving them out, tonight, as the colder stuff means the grass hasn't been as lethal. Oh, the thought of not having a stable to muck out, tomorrow! Dare I dream?!?!?
 
We haven't had that much rain where I am and temperatures are not dropping below about 6 degrees at night, but the wind is making it feel so cold. My grass is only just making an attempt to grow, so the showers that we are having are welcome and my horses went out 24/7 about a month ago and will stay out now. I did relent and put lightweights on them, just so as to be able to ride.
 
Crugeran Celt said:
I love Wales and have always said I would never move but I am seriously thinking of retiring to somewhere drier. :( I can cope with the cold it's just the wet that is driving me mad.
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That is exactly why we left.

I had SAD for 10 months of the year. The greyness and incessant damp got to me in the end, Wales is a bit like Longfellow's Little Girl

"...when she was good, she was very, very good indeed,
when she was bad she was horrid"

I loved Wales, the 9 years I was there was the longest I have ever lived anywhere, could not stand the climate anymore though, so we went.

I now have definite seasons "Nearly Winter, Winter, Still Winter and Road Maintenance" :D Colder but not wetter, here anyway.
 
I said this to a friend a couple of years ago, when we had that ash cloud from those volcanoes.. The ash will stay in the atmosphere for a few years and reflect the suns rays back out to space, causing the earth to cool.
This has happened before (a couple of centuries ago), for a few years after, we had crap summers, but it did get better. Be thankful the eruption wasn't any worse, or else we would never have got out of winter at all this year.
Try and think positive, it could be far worse.
As for the rain, I agree, the grass really needs it right now, without it, our hay yield will be poor, and prices will go souring next winter. Take the good with the bad, and make the most of it when the sun comes out ;)
 
I think it's the constant cold wind that's doing the damage down here in the south as far as grass goes.

We get needed rain, but then it dries so quickly, the grass doesn't get a chance to use it.
The fields go from soaking wet to bone dry on the surface in a matter of days.
Plus the wind is stopping the dew, so that dries out the surface as well.

I notice how often I'm having to top up our pond. The temperature makes no difference, if that wind is blowing, the water goes down really fast.
 
and.....just got an email through from the Met office forecasting heaving rain all day and all night tomorrow along with strong winds :mad:

But there's nothing we can do about it so just have to suck it up :rolleyes:
 
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