You might be able to make out a pub just across the river, the excellent Coldham Hall. Unfortunately, living in the watery maze of rivers and lakes that is the Norfolk Broads, served with few roads and fewer bridges, it takes me almost forty minutes to drive there. Cadging a lift on a boat is all very well early in the evening but at closing time in pitch darkness it's either a swim and a squelchy trudge up the hill to my house (no thank you) or a very long walk home, which is why I only visit the place once in a blue moon.
Fortunately the beer is just as good this side of the river.
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I'm envying your summer Dive. We're into the last month of winter and its raining, raining, raining.
I'm just back from a walk to the farm shop and need a shower and a change of clothes. Hot humidity sucks huge hairy ass. Summer in England can be a miserable thing.
Take heart, Kate; you have Spring to look forward to.
That shot could have been taken here in New England. Beautiful. We are also in the "Hot humidity,hairy ass" weather at the moment. Tomorrow is supposed to be close to 100 and humid. ICK!
I guess that's why they called it New England, Prudence. I know the Maine coast is a clone of my own stretch of coast, right down to the lighthouses and lobsters. What a pity you have to suffer the same sucky summers as us.
Mind you, up in New Hampshire you get stuck with Scotland's winters instead of England's. I'll never forget those snow photos you posted. Yikes!
Roll on Autumn and air that you can actually breathe.
Beautiful shot!
Heavy humidity does suck. I grew up in the Midwest, where they are currently having a heat wave. Idaho has low humidity, but we have dry heat, like an oven. Over the weekend we hit 100 degrees F. Dry lighting ignited 4 range fires, most of which are under control now.
Yikes, Ms.M. The fires you guys get (and the Aussies, too) are truly scary. I'm fortunate to live in a place that's too soggy to burn.
Nice shot, but a long trip to wet your whistle. Good to have a pub so close,so you don't need to swim.
Heat and humidity here s/b over 100 degrees tmrw. I plan on staying in most of the day, taking an early walk to avoid the worst. We do have a lot of clouds which help to relieve the sun's glare a bit.
Yikes, Speedway. That heatwave sure sucks. Stay cool!
We are nearing 100 and high humidity in the mid-Atlantic. I am just hoping for a stinkbug free fall. Last fall we had to keep all the windows and doors closed in an effort to minimize the invasion. I could not paint outside because the buggers swarmed me.
I bought traps. I'm getting special spray. I have my vacuum cleaner ready.
Thinking about it makes that pub look good!
I wondered if those stink bugs had any natural predators that you could use against them, Neetzy, but looking them up it seems their only predators are Mexican, Vietnamese and Laotian chefs, who treasure their … er … strong aroma as a delicacy. Perhaps this fall you can set up mobile Mexican, Vietnamese and Laotian restaurants around your place to deter the little buggers.
Haha! I heard Thai chefs as well. Supposedly skunks eat them. I don't think, however that I want to fill the yard with skunks!
Eww! The remedy would be worse than the problem!
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