Three weeks and one day....

[kirkster501]

...since I last had my scope out.

I am not one for complaining but for goodness sake will it stop raining and clear up !!!

Rant over !!!

[Davey-T]

Don't you know theres a drought ?

Davey-T

[sologuitarist61]

Hose pipe ban in the South East

[Orange Haze]

Remember that mini heat wave we had in March with a week of unbroken sunshine (aka: our summer). Well my new scope arrived the day after it ended. I feel your pain!!

[sologuitarist61]

Sorry and the South West and the East Anglia and ........

[chownsie]

I think I prefered the drought eh....? More rain in last 4 days than in last 4 months put together! 1.02" here today! Garden a swamp and worse to come tommorrow. Oh well, garden and golf course lovin it!

[Dunkster]

And what's the odds they'll say the rain fell so quickly it overloaded the water table and it's no use?!? Or something

[Stephen]

From what I understand of it, the problem is the ground is too dried out to absorb the water when it falls (which would replenish the water table and in turn the reservoirs.)

It just runs straight off and ends up nowhere useable!

They estimate about 2 months worth of rain is needed to finally work it's way through the build up

[Dunkster]

And here we are, surrounded by water

[Quatermass]

My chickens are turning into ducks it so wet

[pajr777]

Wrong type of rain?

[faulksy]

Wrong type of rain?

[earth titan]

Not to rub it in, but I'm sat in an office in Beirut with clear skies and 24 c outside. Sat in a bar last night (no scope with me) and watched a beautiful crescent moon in proximity to Venus with Orion's belt clearly defined for me. Loads of light pollution but beggars can't be choosers.

Back home tomorrow, so I'm guessing clouds and rain then huh?

[JamesM]

I am saying my middle name is Noah, but I am just checking my scopes to see which ones float best for me to help me paddle away from those pesky clouds!:)

Hold in there tight.....now has everyone got a life jacket?

James

P.S Of course for snorkels and life rafts there will be an extra charge.

[Zaphod360]

Well my CPC1100 finally arrived last week and still haven't been able to use it!!!! I check outside every evening, the mrs says "still cloudy?" I grunt "yeh!" the moap around for the rest of the evening.

[jgs001]

My scopes have not seen the light dark of night since January... and whilst I've seen the near dark of night, it's generally been orange coloured...

[wella]

i think we need to get are priorites right!

Dont let them confuse you and say we are running out of water, i dont believe them. There is shelf loads of water in bottles down my local coop.

So lets clearup these skys and get the scopes out.

Paul

[estwing]

if they didn't take it out the ground and bottle it there would be enough..what about the builders out there, try earning money in this rain!!!

[chownsie]

Some apalling weather on route for us here on the southcoast, they reckon 2" rain later tonight into tomoz. However there's a crackin gap in the cloud right now and it should stay clear well after dark, YAYYYYYYYYYY! Scope cooling

[Beulah]

I predict that we will get a splendid June, just when the nights are the shortest...

At least we may have a chance of seeing Noctilucent clouds...

[kirkster501]

I managed to mow my lawns for the first time in weeks. Can you believe it, its been dry for an whole eight hours in Nottingham !!!

I want to get my goddamn scope and stuff out. I spent three grand on it all and clouds, clouds, blasted clouds !!!

[scandal]

there's been one or two lovely clear mornings

[Celestdon]

got my cpc out cooling in sunny Donny

[chownsie]

Well not too bad, early and 'dusky' views of Venus and the moon nice, turned to Saturn and got some reasonable views, drifiting a bit but hey, its saturn! Was about to swing to Mars and in rolls the mist....leading edge of the incoming woeful weather!

30 mins decent viewing, I'll take that considering last 10 days!

[Dunkster]

Nice clear patch out there at the moment but sat24 is showing a big mule's behind of a cloud formation almost upon us. If not for early starts, I'd risk it