Articles by Mickey fez

An hour after I posted my last blog things changed dramatically on the weather front. Gale force winds sprang up lasting until after midnight with winds peaking at 70mph. with lots more rain. The people in the met office must have been looking through the wrong window again. This storm was forecast to miss us by miles. Today all is calm again p.s. the rain is back

THe mild wet weather has left and we are in a very cold airstream. The temps this morning 3c but with the wind chill factor feeling like -4c BRRRR On my shopping trip to town I noticed the stores are all playing Christmas music and the shelves are full of Christmas greeting cards. I noticed none of the music played had and mention of the nativity in fact no Carols at all and none of the cards I saw mentioned the nativity either Have we finally reached a Christ free Christmas? looks that way t…

We are into December with no sign of frost either here on on the fells.instead we have a rainy season and there is a lot of it. It has been pretty non stop since Saturday. I hadn't talked to anybody bar Jenny on Skype since the Saturday shopping trip and I have been developing a case of cabin fever. This morning I decided to take a trip to the local shop whatever the weather and luckily the rain eased long enough for me to stay mostly dry The streets were deserted as was the shop pretty much…

After a day and a half of torrential rain and winds peaking at 70mph at last things have quietened down We have flooding which is normal but I haven't heard of any wind damage, I am safe from flooding being on top of a hill They were not so lucky north of the county with fallen trees and flooded railway tracks causing travel problems. Roll on Frosty days with no wind or rain

For the last week or so I have been trying to capture two visitors to the badger cam site but they always remained in the shadows, until last night that is and I managed to snap both of them. They are not perfect but good enough for now I will keep trying.

A couple, of snippets On Wednesday I had visit from my daughtr Ellen and a pleasant two hours was spent catching up.I did mention in passing that neither my grandsn or son in law had painted some upstairs windowa as promised. I though no more about it but a couple of hours after she left I received a call from her pal Colin who said he would come and do it(a shopfitter,he had time between jobs to fit it in) Sure enough he was there on Thursday morning and all done and dusted in a couple of h…

THe rain finallly cleard and a little patchy sunshine fr a while before everything turned grey. The seals don't mind they are resting on the pebble bank,still only two pups to date

Heavy rain today stopped my trip so see my mother,in fact it stopped everything and I hav e spent the day cabined up. Here is a screen shot of the wild badger camera. Only one fellow then but usually I see 5 or 6 and a cat strolls in now and then

I have a little good news on a damp cold day. The bridge giving us our only connection to the mainland is fully open again for the first time since June,no more restrictions to traffic or pedestrians. Godd news even if it comes a full month later than planned,nothing new there then. The latest survey showed 24,000 trips per day on the bridge so any delays causes mayhem. The other good news is the appearance of the first grey seal pup of the season down the southern part of the island. I caught…

After a mild spell Sunday marked a change with a big temp,drop, The heating is now on winter settings. Today promised a sunny start for my trip the see my old Mam but as I waited for the bus the clouds rolled in so I travelled all the way by bus.As it turned out the rain skirted round us. After returning home and having some lunch I had a vicit from Ellen and we spent a couple of pleasant hours catching up It' 6:30 now and already the heating has clicked on,a cool night ahead I fancy

Callum is finally leaving and heading east after two days of high winds an torrential rain, The south west where Jenny lives took a battering as did Frans old stomping ground Wales. Yesterday we had a lot of rain here buy the wind only gusted to 53mph at it's height. Today we have had no wind at all but torrential rain since the early hours causing flooding in parts of the island, today is my big shopping day and I looked out at the scene and thought to myself"Only a fool would go out in thi…

The weather is going to be wet but this morning (Saturday) the sun was trying and the morning turned out fine. With that in mind I decided to take a nice quiet morning on my shopping trip. I arrived in town and headed for the market. First stop the butchers and my meat shopping and it being still early a chat with the butcher.Leaving there I went to the fruiterers and there I met an old school friend Pat. We were at school together and run into each other now and again. We decided to go to th…

As the autumn leaves start falling and with two storms already behind us life slows down here,no more to do in the garden but leave it to nature fr the nextfew months,walks are getting shorter and the days get colder and meals start to be more suitable for the comng season. My mornings and evenings have changed, I used t sort the cats out then sit with a coffee and catch the latest news on the tv. Now the news is full of politics, Not only here but also the panto that is the US political scene…

Today Storm Ali arrived on my doorstep with severe winds causing damage and power cuts county wide' The wind started picking up at 6am and reached it's zenith between 12 and 2:00 with gusts of 70 mph.It was 7pm before things calmed down. We are not out of the woods yet, tomorrow we have more strong winds and torrential rain dropping up to 4" on the fells Roll on summer

I managed a dry walk to mother's before the promised deluge. I spotted the resident family of Cormorants fishing in the reservoir. they are stood a little man made pile of rocks. Mother was in good fettkle and we spent a greacouple of hours before I headed home for a nice lunch

Today after a lot of wet days I managed to get yet another start on the grass. I mowed and strimmed the front this morning before n early lunch and an attack 0on the back.Srimming all the way here,the mower wouldn't touch it. I only got lust over half of the top section done and the larger part when I neede a break so I came in for a coffee. That was thwe the last bit od work in the garden apart from cleaning the strimmer. Gemma and Mia appeared,clling in on the way home after Mia's first…

We are into day 3 of a wet spell,raining at some part of the day. On Monday I went to visit my old Mam and do a couple of jobs for her,We ended up laughing like drains as always bedore I beat a hasty retreat as the rain clouds closed in. Yesterday we had patchy rain in the morning which cleared up by lunch time.In the afternoon I had a visit from my Granddaughter Gemma,her fellla Arron and baby Mia Mia gave me hugs and kisses as uusl and told me a few tall tales. Arron and me went out the ba…

Service from the weather Gods that it. After a nice spell of long sunny days the last couple of weeks or so it has been back to grey skies and rain No more late lunches with a cold one in the garden with the temps around 30c My tan is fading as fast as the blooms in the garden,The Petunia is fading fastest of all with the Bubbleia blooms turning golden brown, The Begonias are still going strong for now anyway. Every few days the weather gurus promise the hot weather is coming back but with t…