Val_2 Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 I've just come back from walking the dog and I wore a fleece.Its so overcast and grey and whole of Bretagne is forecast for storms in the next 24hrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 [quote user="sweet 17"]Then, those elderly retired colonel types would tap their "glass" and pronounce gloomily that the pressure is falling![/quote]OI you with the chateau and moat, I happen to tap the barometer and pronounce on the pressure regularly and am not Colonel Blimp, so watch it! [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 [quote user="Cendrillon"]Very hot here in 17, they say it will be 39C here, I think it's reached that already, [:(]windows and shutters firmly closed to keep sun and heat out. [/quote]I am very close to the Charente maritime. Yesterday it was 38 here, and today.. haven't checked yet. Should be about the same I guess...I'm just like Cooperlola, if it lasts only a day or two, it 's OK; but itf it lasts longer, then I get grumpy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Fortunately the hottest it was here today was 28°c but very humid. Then it cooled and we have had a little rain.BBC weather suggested that much of France was going to be 40°c, what can I say, you poor things. I can't do canicules anymore and said before I left France that another one would probably do for me. As it is I'm having enough trouble with the heat here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 34° here today and 30° yesterday... The temp barely dropped during the night.Good thing we're a bit hight up, too (650m / 2000 ft). I hate to think what it must be like in the valley [:'(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 On the news they said that it had been 25° in Montpellier today, and 34.4° in Dunkerque, so no wonder we had our 28° this afternoon, I am so glad that the temperature has dropped and that we have had some rain. Good luck to you all in the midst of this canicule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianagain Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 "34.4° in Dunkerque"We had lunch in Bergues today and can confirm that it was far too hot to stay in the sun. After a couple of weeks of changeable weather in the Moselle Valley (the German/scenic bit), I think I prefer that to what we have at the moment.Brian (again) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 [quote user="woolybanana"][quote user="sweet 17"] Then, those elderly retired colonel types would tap their "glass" and pronounce gloomily that the pressure is falling![/quote]OI you with the chateau and moat, I happen to tap the barometer and pronounce on the pressure regularly and am not Colonel Blimp, so watch it! [:D][/quote]OK, OK, no need to shout! The rest of us do not have your hearing problems, colonel.....[:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 hahahahahahaha, and you live in the Dordogne, in OAP-opia![:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Wooly, on the news tonight they said that in the Vendee they had had to stop the moisson. I cannot remember hearing of that before, have you any idea as to why? I would have thought that they could safely gather in, even in the heat.EDIT, could it have anything to do with the dust? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalpa Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Possibility of fire...http://tinyurl.com/vendee-moisson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Thanks catalpa, that has surprised me, never thought of that. Never associated getting the crops in with fires starting. But, I could see a paysan throwing their clope out of the cabin and starting one though, especially after a dejeuner, bien arrosé quoi.[blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Most of the wheat has been harvested where we live.They are also using those water-pumps that spray jets of water over the fields for the maize. I love watching the jets of water and you can see "rainbows" where the sun shines through them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Big storm late yesterday evening, power off for a few hours, rain and fresh air at last........................... BLISS[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Much cooler today ! ENFIN !!!!!!!!!!!All windows and door and velux open..... [:)]Vive le courant d'air ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 We had thick fog roll in off the sea last evening, looked like smoke coming across the gardens and boy did it turn cold. Grey and overcast again today but lovely and cooler especially to sleep0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 [quote user="Frenchie"]Much cooler today ! [/quote]Here too. Apart from all the stuff in our freezers, since the power was off for 12 hours. Grrr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 I'm so happy the house is air conditioned :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 So am I Richard, but I didn't buy a holiday home in France so that I could lurk indoors. At the moment it's 28C here - quite pleasant.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 [quote user="cooperlola"][quote user="Frenchie"] Much cooler today ! [/quote]Here too. Apart from all the stuff in our freezers, since the power was off for 12 hours. Grrr.[/quote][:-))] ... that's tough........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalpa Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 [quote user="idun"] Thanks catalpa, that has surprised me, never thought of that. Never associated getting the crops in with fires starting. [/quote]It's not just fagends - though I can see that happening - but combine harvesters have a nasty habit of self-combusting. Hot engines, lots of dust, blocked air ducts, and bits of dried straw etc... it only takes a bit of metal over-heating and igniting the dry waste and up it goes. Or on flinty, stony ground, metal hitting rock can strike a spark which lands on tinder dry straw and again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Yes, you are right if it is so dry. I suppose it wouldn't take much to ignite the dry straw. I thought of the dust as I remember when they were harvesting the air was thick and very dusty.Hoddy, during the last big canicule that is exactly what I did for weeks, stayed in doors, in the dark, even the heat of one light could be felt. There was no respite. I never want to have to go through that again and just hope I don't have to. Husband went off to work where the 'clim' was on all the time, he was quite happy when he was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Having agreed to join the last walk of the season with our walking group, but just the 7km one, not the 15km, I wasn't looking forward to it much, having had temperatures of 30+ for a while.But we went anyway, and had a great time, with beautiful sea views and a lovely breeze - something we haven't been getting where we live. We walked from Carry Le Rouet, not so far from Marseille, and ended at La Couronne, after a short train ride. There we had a very good lunch by the beach - much better than I'd anticipated - and very good, smiling service for our group of 40+. Having arrived back home just before 20.00 we found the temperature in the shade was still 31, and not a breeze anywhere! Our son tells me it's around 16 and raining at home in UK, following a couple of very hot days, so I reckon I'll happily put up with another hot night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Idun t was after the last canicule that we decided to have our conditioning in the bedrooms installed. We gulped when we first saw the estimate, but my other half divided it by four ( the number of our kids ) to see how much less they would inherit. Then we thought they would only waste it anyway so went ahead. I've never regretted even though I would much rather spent my time out of doors.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Our son tells me it's around 16 and raining at home in UK, following a couple of very hot days, so I reckon I'll happily put up with another hot night! Thunder storm earlier today...the cooler weather is very welcome after yesterdays heat and humidity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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