This awful heat

Started by Mups, June 23, 2026, 10:18:53 PM

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klondike

I'm used to it already.

Mups

Quote from: Scrumpy on Yesterday at 10:01:46 AMWe will all become acclimatised.. Then the rain and cold will come along to freeze our  bones..
Yes,  probably.  :smiley:

I was reading yesterday that further up country  (I've forgotten where)  they  built a new 3 million pound reservoir to help -   but its almost empty already!

klondike

£3 million doesn't sound much for a reservoir. Probably one of the directors had a swimming pool installed.

Mups

Quote from: klondike on Yesterday at 02:04:40 PM£3 million doesn't sound much for a reservoir. Probably one of the directors had a swimming pool installed.
Here you are Klondie,  its in Suffolk.
I can't open the article properly because its one of those that want me to pay for the pleasure.



Mega-reservoir runs dry after a year

The Telegraph

3 days ago — Mega-reservoir runs dry after a year. Elveden Estate says it will struggle to support its farmland now that the £3m basin is almost empty.

klondike

That's not a reservoir it's just a puddle in a field. Or was. Now it's just a dip in a field. Proper reservoirs cost in the billions not the millions.

Mups

With all the extra people in the country now,  plus these scorching summers too,   they will very soon be regretting not building more reservoirs before now.

My guess is,  apart from the money they will have to find,  I reckon they will also soon realise that with all this frantic house building they're doing,   they will one day find  yet another housing estate has been stuck  right where they needed to dig.

They can't keep building, and building over all the countryside,   with no extra water supplies.

Scrumpy


Another heatwave here.. lasting through next week..
Don't ask me.. I know nuffink..

Mups

Quote from: Scrumpy on Today at 01:10:11 PMAnother heatwave here.. lasting through next week..
Yes, same here Scrumps.
It's gone on too long now,  hasn't it.


Just bathed my two pooches.  They were not amused, neither of them are speaking to me now.   
Out in the sunshine,  they were completely dry within about 5 mins.
I need to change the blade on my clippers and get started on the next part of the job now. 


muddy

I clipped Mungos rear end yesterday he has so much hair you can't see but he get dreadful matts and doesn't like being groomed on his ' breeches ' so I clip and also cut out the matts

klondike

Quote from: Mups on Today at 01:04:21 PMWith all the extra people in the country now,  plus these scorching summers too,   they will very soon be regretting not building more reservoirs before now.
Of course it's not just more going in it's also more coming out. I suspect that our sewerage systems only get by on a wing and a prayer - there are always water companies getting sued for not handling that properly too.

muddy

#220
My water barrels ran dry today.


Today at 08:30:49 PM
Quote from: klondike on Today at 05:15:05 PMOf course it's not just more going in it's also more coming out. I suspect that our sewerage systems only get by on a wing and a prayer - there are always water companies getting sued for not handling that properly too.
We waste so much water in the loo.

Some hotels in the Middle East try to save water by sticking this little ditty on the bathroom wall .

Preserve water 

If it's yellow 
Let it mellow 
If it's brown 
Flush it down 

😇