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Extent of British flooding?
"Dan Stephenson" wrote in message news:2007080907553216807-stephedanospam@maccom... Hello, I am travelling to Britain in the beginning of September, planning to visit Yorkshire and Cumbria. Has the flooding been a problem there? My own internet research doesn't come up with a map of affected areas. RSVP, Hull was the hardest hit. I was in town the day it happened. All the roads were reopened within three days. None of the major tourist attraction in Yorkshire were affected except small parts of Pickering where a bridge was damaged. By the time you get here it should all be long over and almost forgotten. -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. |
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Extent of British flooding?
mike o'sullivan wrote:
David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote: Martin wrote: On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 14:10:39 +0100, (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: [] That's a good question. On some of our walks recently, it seems the blackberries are a lot less further on than they were in recent years. That's odd we have been eating them already. In the wild? I assumed that's what he was talking about. You can easily get the greenhouse grown ones in the supermarket of course. Yes, I picked a handful (in Surrey) from a bramble over a week ago. Not here for sure. -- (*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website "Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient." Pres. Carter on Ex-Pres. Blair- May, 2007 |
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Extent of British flooding?
"Martin" wrote in message ... On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:20:45 GMT, "William Black" wrote: "Dan Stephenson" wrote in message news:2007080907553216807-stephedanospam@maccom... Hello, I am travelling to Britain in the beginning of September, planning to visit Yorkshire and Cumbria. Has the flooding been a problem there? My own internet research doesn't come up with a map of affected areas. RSVP, Hull was the hardest hit. I was in town the day it happened. All the roads were reopened within three days. None of the major tourist attraction in Yorkshire were affected except small parts of Pickering where a bridge was damaged. I didn't know that. In all the griping I have seen about how yet again Pickering has been ignored/forgoten nobody mentioned a damaged bridge. Pickering centre was seriously wet. Debris washed down stream seems to have smashed into a small bridge on a not very important road and the people who live down the road aren't happy that they've got to walk home instead driving their shopping laden motor cars into their drive for a month or so. -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. |
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Extent of British flooding?
"Martin" wrote in message ... On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:28:53 GMT, "William Black" wrote: Debris washed down stream seems to have smashed into a small bridge on a not very important road and the people who live down the road aren't happy that they've got to walk home instead driving their shopping laden motor cars into their drive for a month or so. and the bridge between the car park and the supermarket? No idea. The only time I go into Pickering is to the incredibly cheap auctions at Bolton and Cooper's auction house there... -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. |
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British blackberries Extent of British flooding?
Dan Stephenson wrote:
On 2007-08-09 08:30:06 -0500, (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) said: That's a good question. On some of our walks recently, it seems the blackberries are a lot less further on than they were in recent years. That's odd we have been eating them already. In the wild? I assumed that's what he was talking about. You can easily get the greenhouse grown ones in the supermarket of course. Well when I visited south England last year in the last two weeks of September, the crop was somewhat over-ripe. So I planned for the first two weeks of September, this year. That will probably be fine for the north of England. It's just later than it has been in recent years (by now they'd be quite ripe), but those were warmer than usual summers... -- (*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website "Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient." Pres. Carter on Ex-Pres. Blair- May, 2007 |
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British blackberries Extent of British flooding?
"Dan Stephenson" wrote in message news:2007081212002016807-stephedanospam@maccom... Do other countries in Europe have this wild blackberry hedge phenomenon like Britain does? Loads of them here in Brittany. They are way behind this year though. We would normally expect to start picking about now and they are still little hard green lumps. T. |
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British blackberries Extent of British flooding?
On 2007-08-13 00:33:45 -0500, "Terry Richards"
said: "Dan Stephenson" wrote in message news:2007081212002016807-stephedanospam@maccom... Do other countries in Europe have this wild blackberry hedge phenomenon like Britain does? Loads of them here in Brittany. They are way behind this year though. We would normally expect to start picking about now and they are still little hard green lumps. Way cool, Brittany is on The List. Does Brittany have the idyllic countryside of Britain? Also, given its heritage does it have things like stone circles and barrows and such? T. -- Dan Stephenson Photos, movies, panos from the Europe, USA, plus N.Z.: http://homepage.mac.com/stepheda (remove nospam from email address to reply via email) |
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British blackberries Extent of British flooding?
"Dan Stephenson" wrote in message news:2007081521114275249-stephedanospam@maccom... Way cool, Brittany is on The List. Does Brittany have the idyllic countryside of Britain? No, it's much nicer. And there's a lot more of it. Also, given its heritage does it have things like stone circles and barrows and such? You can barely spit without hitting one. Google Carnac for one example. And here are many more less famous examples. T. |
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