Well how are yu all a’gettin on t’gether?
I know I”m allus a’goin on about it. thas the weather I am a’talkin about, when yu allus wark outside thas suffin you ha’a think about all the time but this here weather we are a’havin now, well thas suffin different.
I know I arnt a’goin t’please sum on ya but I recon this here climate change they keep on about is really happening. Them rare hot days we head tuther week are suffin you might git once in a lifetime ,my old weather station got up to 39c, but we hev had hot summers afore, the only difference is that they keep happening more often. Them terrible fires we hed a burnin folks homes down, you hev gotta feel sorry for them all, thas the sort o’thing yu see on the news a’happening abroad, now thas a’happening only two or villages villages away away from us. I am sure sum on yu know sum folk who live in Ashill. I were a talkin tuther day to a Mawther who liv there und she recon that she ha’a evacuate har house. She went und spent the night a har daughters a few mile away und when she cum back next mornin she were so worried about what she would find that har daughter cum with’har. Luckily har house were still standin.
This here drought is havin an affect on the farmers crops und sum on um hev lost crops in the fires. I see that them farmers who hev irrigation systems could be told t’stop usin it cos there aint enough water t’go round. That probably start shortages o’sum vegetables und that’ll put the prices up. Thas the same in the garden, I hant cut my lawn for weeks & a lot of the Missus shrubs are looking very sorry for them selves, I say t’the Missus thas no good we can’t water everything, we hev cut several of the shrubs that are a wilting right back , they could cum back if und when we git sum rain, thas the same with the lawn, that’ll cum back. The old tomatoes in the greenhouse are a doin alright although thas been a job t’keep the heat down in there.
Several farmers hev nearly finished their corn harvest cos the drought und hot weather meant that the crops ripened early und some of the crops are only yielding 50% o’what they normally do.
I see the young master up at the Hall hev had a change o’combine this year, he normally hev a green und white one (Claas) now I see he hev changed to a yellow und black one (New Holland) they all du the same job und cost a lot o’money t’buy.
Since I last hed a wud along with yu the Missus und I hev bin up t’London. We went on a coach t’hev a look at them wild flowers they hev sown in the moat round the Tower of London. We went afore that really hot week . They recon they hev sown sum twenty million seeds. I din’t try und count them but that were worth the visit, They hed made a path through them with places where you could draw into und stop. That took us an hour t’walk right round the moat, arter that we went inta the Tower uf London und hed a walk round with a group that hev one o’them Beefeaters as a guide. The one we hed liked a good laugh with you, mind you he new his stuff und put it over in a humorous way, The coach we went on hed two mawthers in charge , one on um did the driving und the other one kept cummin round t’see if you would like a hot or cold drink. We stopped on the way down there und agin on the way back at that there service place near Stanstead airport. My hart there were a rare crowd o’folk there all a’buyin food und drink. There were a couple a sittin near us on the coach und all they did all the way there und back was eat und when we stopped they were buyin food t’eat afore they got back on the coach. I say t’the Missus if they don’t stop eating like that they’ll be lucky if they see three score years und ten afore they die.
Well them England girls a’playin football are doin well, less hope they can beat the German team in the final. The Canaries start their league games soon, they hev got a long trip to Cardiff t’start orf with, We’ll ha’a see if Mr Smith can git them playin better than last year. They could du well t’lean a lesson or two from the young Lionesses, they don’t keep diving about as if they hev bin fouled und they don’t argue with the Ref und they play some good football.
I’ll tell yu suffin I hev noticed in the last day or two while I hev bin crowding my old bike along, Sum of them big trees are a’startin to drop their leaves!!! Thas a sign that they are a’havin a job t’git enough water t’stay green. I can’t start thinkin about clearing up leaves in the garden yet, I hant emptied me compost bins.
Fare ye well t’gether und du yu keep a troshin