The Long Weekend
Saturday in North Yorkshire was forecast sunshine and showers, and that's exactly what we got, but without the sunshine. The morning drizzle gradually built up to steady, although not what you would call heavy, rain by lunchtime which gradually faded away towards evening. It was chilly and rather windy all day too. I had this crazy weird dream that only a week ago it was a balmy 28C, must have had too much Amber nectar on Friday night.
Sunday morning was reasonably pleasant and dry, the wind had dropped and whilst not exactly sweltering it was probably about average for May. The morning be-shorted amble alongside the River Nidd with Nogger's Dog proved to be the best part of the day, with Saturday's sunshine and showers forecast spot on, if only 24 hours too late.
Despite having the usual stack of work lined up I ill-advisedly took a few hours off to watch the England game. What can you say about that display of misplaced enthusiasm? Wingers first off, we just don't do them do we? That's three arses potentially on the plane to South Africa that will be a complete waste of time in Walcott, Lennon and SWP.
Hands up who remembers Franz Carr, little black winger used to play for Forest, could run like brown stuff off a shovel and dribble better than Stephen Hawking sat in front of a roast dinner. Problem was after he'd left the full back for dead he's hoof his cross woefully into the stands and the opposition could all breathe a collective sigh of relief. Spot the similarity?
Lampard and Gerrard clearly don't work together and never will, they are both far too similar a player and can't wait to get forward to attempt a wonder strike from just outside the area. At a couple of stages yesterday I was half expecting them to start tackling each other in their eagerness to impress. And whilst they are both tear-arsing up the pitch looking for glory, there's a massive hole in central midfield just waiting for someone more adept that lowly Japan to exploit.
No wonder Ladbrokes were advertising "get on England for the World Cup at 7/1" during the half-time break.
Paris wheat is down Monday I see, they've had a fair bit of rain over there in the last week or so too I understand. Doubtless London will open lower Tuesday morning too, unless the pound goes for a complete Richard Burton overnight.
Certainly the recent UK rains and cooler temperatures have aided the look of the wheat and barley crops around here, although it's far to early to make any accurate predictions on yields.
It's been dry and sunny so far this Bank Holiday Monday, although again not overly warm. That's all set to change tomorrow with widespread rain across much of the country it seems, with brighter weather moving in behind it from the west.
The outlook then changes to drier and warmer towards the end of the week, according to Countryfile last night. Daytime highs for tomorrow are set to only reach around 12C, but we can expect a pleasant 22-23C Wednesday through into the weekend.
That sounds like decent growing weather at last.
Sunday morning was reasonably pleasant and dry, the wind had dropped and whilst not exactly sweltering it was probably about average for May. The morning be-shorted amble alongside the River Nidd with Nogger's Dog proved to be the best part of the day, with Saturday's sunshine and showers forecast spot on, if only 24 hours too late.
Despite having the usual stack of work lined up I ill-advisedly took a few hours off to watch the England game. What can you say about that display of misplaced enthusiasm? Wingers first off, we just don't do them do we? That's three arses potentially on the plane to South Africa that will be a complete waste of time in Walcott, Lennon and SWP.
Hands up who remembers Franz Carr, little black winger used to play for Forest, could run like brown stuff off a shovel and dribble better than Stephen Hawking sat in front of a roast dinner. Problem was after he'd left the full back for dead he's hoof his cross woefully into the stands and the opposition could all breathe a collective sigh of relief. Spot the similarity?
Lampard and Gerrard clearly don't work together and never will, they are both far too similar a player and can't wait to get forward to attempt a wonder strike from just outside the area. At a couple of stages yesterday I was half expecting them to start tackling each other in their eagerness to impress. And whilst they are both tear-arsing up the pitch looking for glory, there's a massive hole in central midfield just waiting for someone more adept that lowly Japan to exploit.
No wonder Ladbrokes were advertising "get on England for the World Cup at 7/1" during the half-time break.
Paris wheat is down Monday I see, they've had a fair bit of rain over there in the last week or so too I understand. Doubtless London will open lower Tuesday morning too, unless the pound goes for a complete Richard Burton overnight.
Certainly the recent UK rains and cooler temperatures have aided the look of the wheat and barley crops around here, although it's far to early to make any accurate predictions on yields.
It's been dry and sunny so far this Bank Holiday Monday, although again not overly warm. That's all set to change tomorrow with widespread rain across much of the country it seems, with brighter weather moving in behind it from the west.
The outlook then changes to drier and warmer towards the end of the week, according to Countryfile last night. Daytime highs for tomorrow are set to only reach around 12C, but we can expect a pleasant 22-23C Wednesday through into the weekend.
That sounds like decent growing weather at last.