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zesty

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We don’t get rain here…
« on: July 21, 2023, 07:06:53 am »
‘Essex is the driest county in England. Some areas are so dry that they are officially classed as being semi-arid, which is the climate classification given to an area that received less that 50 cm of rain a year.’

Quote from Essex weather.


St Osyth 20 mins away is the driest part of the uk.

I can count on one hand how many days a year it rains all day.

How do you lot in wales or the north west cope with this job?

My dad moved to Herefordshire many years ago, although beautiful, he and his wife could not believe how much and how often it rained.

Some of you are nut jobs being window cleaners in the west 😁

deeege

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Re: We don’t get rain here…
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2023, 07:11:56 am »
‘Essex is the driest county in England. Some areas are so dry that they are officially classed as being semi-arid, which is the climate classification given to an area that received less that 50 cm of rain a year.’

Quote from Essex weather.


St Osyth 20 mins away is the driest part of the uk.

I can count on one hand how many days a year it rains all day.

How do you lot in wales or the north west cope with this job?

My dad moved to Herefordshire many years ago, although beautiful, he and his wife could not believe how much and how often it rained.

Some of you are nut jobs being window cleaners in the west 😁

I live and work in the northwest. I can also count on one hand how often it rains here all day. It just very rarely happens.

I probably lose 2-3 days per year due to the weather and I don’t work in really heavy rain.

"....and it's lend me ten pounds, I'll buy you a drink, and mother wake me early in the morning."

zesty

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Re: We don’t get rain here…
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2023, 07:30:34 am »
Must be ok in Manc land then,

We don’t really get many showers here, all in all it’s mostly just dry day by day. Great for window cleaning.

Shrek

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Re: We don’t get rain here…
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2023, 07:32:41 am »
I live in the north west and it rains a lot! Maybe not all day but i can’t count on one hand how many days it’s rained in the last month

james peters

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Re: We don’t get rain here…
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2023, 07:34:42 am »
yep , south wales here.... lush green grass and mountains....
and lots and lots of rain.
my parents moved here in 1968 from essex, and they couldnt believe it  ::)roll

Shrek

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Re: We don’t get rain here…
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2023, 08:30:52 am »
It’s raining here as we speak ! 🌧️

AuRavelling79

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Re: We don’t get rain here…
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2023, 10:35:03 am »
Bristol here. Not as bad as Wales but I also think that we get rain specially for us funnelling up the Bristol Channel!

The good thing is customers understand that it's gonna rain here and are easily trained in letting me clean between showers and in drizzle.

Never get hosepipe bans here either.
It's a game of three halves!

dazmond

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Re: We don’t get rain here…
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2023, 10:41:52 am »
3 hours working in constant rain this week.thats it apart from the odd 5 min shower too.

All work completed in 4 days mon-thurs.

3 days off now.

Have a good weekend chaps 🙂
price higher/work harder!

Stoots

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Re: We don’t get rain here…
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2023, 02:20:32 pm »
According to google it rains 162 days a year here.

You just have to get wet, i like working in rain id take that over 25 degree heat.....not sure how many customers agree

Jay Le Huray

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Re: We don’t get rain here…
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2023, 04:40:45 pm »
we don't get much rain here in Southampton

Bungle

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Re: We don’t get rain here…
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2023, 05:39:42 pm »
Just checked weather for tomorrow. It's persisting down here all day tomorrow and not a drop in Essex. Ver ver strange weather we get.
We look at them, they look through them.

Slacky

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Re: We don’t get rain here…
« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2023, 09:24:50 pm »
B.C. Canada here.

Not raining either  ;D







zesty

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Re: We don’t get rain here…
« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2023, 07:52:06 am »
Is that the area you’re emigrating to slacky?


Slacky

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Re: We don’t get rain here…
« Reply #13 on: July 22, 2023, 04:40:15 pm »
Yea. That pic is taken off the deck from the house we bought two days ago.

alank

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Re: We don’t get rain here…
« Reply #14 on: July 22, 2023, 06:56:49 pm »
Looks absolutely fantastic  ;D

zesty

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Re: We don’t get rain here…
« Reply #15 on: July 22, 2023, 08:45:50 pm »
Yea. That pic is taken off the deck from the house we bought two days ago.

Looks beautiful

Slacky

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Re: We don’t get rain here…
« Reply #16 on: July 22, 2023, 09:19:35 pm »
Thanks. You’re right, it is.

I’m very lucky! Very very lucky.

simon w

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Re: We don’t get rain here…
« Reply #17 on: July 22, 2023, 10:04:39 pm »
Thanks. You’re right, it is.

I’m very lucky! Very very lucky.

What hobbies will you be taking up in Canada Slacky?

Slacky

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Re: We don’t get rain here…
« Reply #18 on: July 22, 2023, 11:13:08 pm »
Well I’ve always done DIY on places I’ve lived. This new place will need lots of time dedicated to that. Inside and outside. The garden is serviceable but needs lots of love and attention.

I already do as much astrophotography as I can, this new place has a huge sky, we’re pretty high up here so no trees in the way. Less light pollution will also help. An hours drive from here there is almost perfect skies for night time viewing.

Probably take up some water sports, swimming no doubt. Wildlife photography maybe, saw a group of three otters the other nights and there was a fawn and her young one in the front garden last night, so looking forward to that. All the wildlife.

 Deck meditation sounds like something I could start 😀 So far 21:00 at night is the best time of day. I’m going to set up a camera where I take the exact same shot at the same time of day and over the period of a year compile them in to a video, to see the changing weather, seasons and activity.

zesty

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Re: We don’t get rain here…
« Reply #19 on: July 23, 2023, 07:18:31 am »
What are you doing work wise?