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24degC outside and 24degC inside.
All windows and doors open.
Cloudless skies, and have been all day as per the last couple of days, and forecast like this for the rest of the week.
Mick F. Cornwall
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Where are they getting the moisture from, clever things?! Most of the brambles up here have gone to seed, although strawberries did exceptionally well.
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I had not known the Kielder London pipline was being thought about. Big engineering project but doable as gravity fed (which is a must considering the weight of water)Jdsk wrote: ↑5 Aug 2022, 8:24amMore transfer of water from existing sources within England and Wales could have a big effect.
https://www.internetgeography.net/topic ... in-the-uk/
Jonathan
Scottish engerneers managed a near perfect uniform drop 10" per mile between Loch Katherine and Glasgow 150 years ago. Kielder to London works out at about 25" per mile.
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Drake's Leat.
Constant gradient for miles. Built in the late 15thC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake%27s_Leat
Constant gradient for miles. Built in the late 15thC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake%27s_Leat
Mick F. Cornwall
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Fifteenth or sixteenth?Mick F wrote: ↑8 Aug 2022, 10:03am Drake's Leat.
Constant gradient for miles. Built in the late 15thC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake%27s_Leat
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What did the Romans do for us?
Well, for themselves actually.
They built some superb aqueduct runs over very great distances achieving uniform drop across very challenging terrain. A well-known one in the U.K. is at Dolaucothi gold mine, but they created much longer ones elsewhere. I’m not sure they were the first though, I suspect that there were much earlier ones.
Weather in middle England? Spanish, and farmers are harvesting very early with the ears on the crops much smaller than usual. The price of flour is about to go up, I reckon!
Well, for themselves actually.
They built some superb aqueduct runs over very great distances achieving uniform drop across very challenging terrain. A well-known one in the U.K. is at Dolaucothi gold mine, but they created much longer ones elsewhere. I’m not sure they were the first though, I suspect that there were much earlier ones.
Weather in middle England? Spanish, and farmers are harvesting very early with the ears on the crops much smaller than usual. The price of flour is about to go up, I reckon!
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If you read Richard Harris's novel Pompeii, an aquaduct features large in the hero's escape. A gripping read!
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Qanats, underground aquaducts, are interesting.
First milenium BCE.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qanat
First milenium BCE.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qanat
A qanat or kariz or foggaras is a system for transporting water from an aquifer or water well to the surface, through an underground aqueduct. Constructed in Iran, Iraq and numerous other societies, this is an ancient system of water supply which allows water to be transported over long distances in hot dry climates without loss of much of the water to evaporation.
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
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A foggara system is central to the plot of of one of the Modesty Blaise thrillers.Mike Sales wrote: ↑8 Aug 2022, 11:03am Qanats, underground aquaducts, are interesting.
First milenium BCE.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qanat
A qanat or kariz or foggaras is a system for transporting water from an aquifer or water well to the surface, through an underground aqueduct. Constructed in Iran, Iraq and numerous other societies, this is an ancient system of water supply which allows water to be transported over long distances in hot dry climates without loss of much of the water to evaporation.
Jonathan
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30miles today, down the lanes to the coast and along to Torpoint to join the ferry over to Plymouth, then a couple of beers and the train back to Gunnislake.
20odd degC for much of the ride, peaking at 29degC. Stopped in the shade many times, especially on the hills.
The train ride was the worst!
34degC in there, and even with all the windows open, it was like a greenhouse. No draught, no cooling airs, just stifling and boiling.
Horrible in the extreme.
20odd degC for much of the ride, peaking at 29degC. Stopped in the shade many times, especially on the hills.
The train ride was the worst!
34degC in there, and even with all the windows open, it was like a greenhouse. No draught, no cooling airs, just stifling and boiling.
Horrible in the extreme.
Mick F. Cornwall
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Too hot.
I hate it.
Dog hates it.
Early and late walks but it's still warm for him.
I hate it.
Dog hates it.
Early and late walks but it's still warm for him.
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Hot.
I was cycling this morning and early afternoon and I’d swear there was no shade anywhere.
I was cycling this morning and early afternoon and I’d swear there was no shade anywhere.
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vest has come off this afternoon -
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Lovely. 25 or 26C in the middle of the day. Cloudless skies. Still lovely and warm walking the dogs 10 minutes ago. Perfect weather.