weather and temps.

bigal

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Thought it might be interesting if members, wherever they are in the world, could relate the weather conditions in their area.
We can then compare our own circumstances with others and decide if we would rather be elsewhere....are jealous of others conditions, etc........

Anyway, here in Telford, Shropshire, England, there's a couple of inches of snow and the temp is about -5C.

Would particularly like to know what it's like in Portugal now, and before you mention Google don't.:)
 
YUY in Yorkshire

LOT of snow (the white stuff) about, around Wakefield -2 or 3 and no ones cleared the road so every ones sliding around I'm abstaining and staying off the roads, Merry Christmas, Bob
 
We are currently in Cambs, we have missed worst of snow thankfully had a few inches over the weekend, but it is the temps that are causing the headache. We havent been above zero for over a week now, and this morning when I woke it was -10 Brrrrrrr

We started full timing in Dec 2008 and have lived in our van through the last two severe winters quite happily, but this has come much sooner this year, and seems so much colder.
We are managing ok apart from the starting probs the other day (see thread) but are warm and cosy inside. To think last year we were dancing naked in the snow as we got snowed in for over a week. wont be doing that this week or else bits might just drop off ;)
 
Almeria, south-east Spain - 10.45am: 15 Celcius outside the van, in the shade. Blue skies above but some fast moving cloud to the south of us. A bit breezy - good laundry weather! Minimum last night 9 Celcius. Can see a little snow on the tops of the distant mountains.
 
John H said:
Almeria, south-east Spain - 10.45am: 15 Celcius outside the van, in the shade. Blue skies above but some fast moving cloud to the south of us. A bit breezy - good laundry weather! Minimum last night 9 Celcius. Can see a little snow on the tops of the distant mountains.
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Hi John, nice place. We always go there in the summer. We always park up in a proper parking area right on the prom, a few yards from the beach. I forget the name of the area. Enter Almeria through the tunnel, keep to your right and go under the bridge and keep going straight until you hit the parking area just before a large around-a-bout. No problem with the cops. Across the around-a-bout down a side street is a super market for provisions. Where are you parked up? We usually stay a couple of weeks at this spot, Showers & toilets a few yards away. Have a nice time while we freeze to death in Blighty. Merry Christmas to you and your second half.
 
David & Ann said:
Hi John, nice place. We always go there in the summer. We always park up in a proper parking area right on the prom, a few yards from the beach. I forget the name of the area. Enter Almeria through the tunnel, keep to your right and go under the bridge and keep going straight until you hit the parking area just before a large around-a-bout. No problem with the cops. Across the around-a-bout down a side street is a super market for provisions. Where are you parked up? We usually stay a couple of weeks at this spot, Showers & toilets a few yards away. Have a nice time while we freeze to death in Blighty. Merry Christmas to you and your second half.
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Hi

We know the spot you mention - a great place for wilding. Indeed there are many good places in this corner of Spain (have you been to San Jose and Monsul beach?). We are currently in Cabo de Gata (great place to wild, next to the police station! - but be careful you don't get boxed in by the great Saturday market, unless you're not in a hurry to move!). I have to admit that currently we are "cheating" by staying at the campsite (lots of over-wintering Brits and Germans here) which does reasonable deals for long-term stays - but since we don't intend to go back to England until the end of March there will be plenty more opportunities for wilding soon. Have a great Christmas, John
 
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John, I guessed that you were on a site and a site with free or cheap Wi Fi as you are on line quite a bit.:cool:
I have just purchased a Lap top and can I ask what you do for internet access when not on a site:confused:
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No fooling you is there? Yes, we have wi-fi on this site - it works out at £22 per month (not bad considering Spain is more expensive than the UK for internet connection). When we are on the move we use internet cafes or free hotspots (in Galicia, north-west Spain, we found that the local government provided free unlimited wi-fi - now there's a campaign that somebody might to start in the UK!). Back in the UK next spring we will get a dongle because you can apparantly get some good short-term deals for around £15 a month (so far we have resisted the dreaded dongle because you had to sign up for a long-term deal and we don't spend long enough in the UK). By the way, it is now 1pm here in Almeria and the outside temperature is 18 Celcius in the shade - still a bit breezy though.
 
John H said:
Almeria, south-east Spain - 10.45am: 15 Celcius outside the van, in the shade. Blue skies above but some fast moving cloud to the south of us. A bit breezy - good laundry weather! Minimum last night 9 Celcius. Can see a little snow on the tops of the distant mountains.
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Same report from El Portus near Caregena today.

The Med was quite rough yesterday wave breaking into the bay here. Cannot see anything other than the sea from here as we are in a natural bowl inland.
 
weather and temps

Thought i started a thread like this,or the same ?must have been another site ?Anyway ,blue skies,dry windy but 22c....Bulgaria

Please let me know,if i did start a thread somewhere,as i feel i'm cracking up ?
 
John H said:
No fooling you is there? Yes, we have wi-fi on this site - it works out at £22 per month (not bad considering Spain is more expensive than the UK for internet connection). When we are on the move we use internet cafes or free hotspots (in Galicia, north-west Spain, we found that the local government provided free unlimited wi-fi - now there's a campaign that somebody might to start in the UK!). Back in the UK next spring we will get a dongle because you can apparantly get some good short-term deals for around £15 a month (so far we have resisted the dreaded dongle because you had to sign up for a long-term deal and we don't spend long enough in the UK). By the way, it is now 1pm here in Almeria and the outside temperature is 18 Celcius in the shade - still a bit breezy though.
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I have a dongle back in uk, payg through orange, from £10 per month and awesome cconnection, better than my family have at home. It is the way to go ;)
 
John H said:
Hi

We know the spot you mention - a great place for wilding. Indeed there are many good places in this corner of Spain (have you been to San Jose and Monsul beach?). We are currently in Cabo de Gata (great place to wild, next to the police station! - but be careful you don't get boxed in by the great Saturday market, unless you're not in a hurry to move!). I have to admit that currently we are "cheating" by staying at the campsite (lots of over-wintering Brits and Germans here) which does reasonable deals for long-term stays - but since we don't intend to go back to England until the end of March there will be plenty more opportunities for wilding soon. Have a great Christmas, John
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Hi John........Sounds like a good spot. What sort of prices for long-term stays and does the campsite have a website?
 
bigal said:
Hi John........Sounds like a good spot. What sort of prices for long-term stays and does the campsite have a website?
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Camping Cabo de Gata - it has a website and at the current exchange rate it is £270 per month including 6Amphours of electricity (we are using less than 4 at present!).
 
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Wow,You can stay here for £160 per month ! :)

Weather windy but blue/sunny,temp at 20c,a little weird methinks,but UK ,France etc has the snow,back out into the garden now to cut the grass...
 
barnybg said:
Wow,You can stay here for £160 per month ! :)

Weather windy but blue/sunny,temp at 20c,a little weird methinks,but UK ,France etc has the snow,back out into the garden now to cut the grass...
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Ah yes, but very soon you will be getting severe winter weather in Bulgaria. We, on the other hand, will be eating our Christmas dinner on the beach! Happy travels.
 
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Hi

Here in the Peloponnese it is currently (at 9.00 pm) 19 degrees with a balmy southern breeze. Sorry for you guys in the UK.
 
Almeria update: it went down to 3 Celcius last night - we had the heater on for the first time this winter this morning! Back to normal very soon - into the 20s this afternoon.
 
Has been a fine day at El Portus near Categena, southern Spain today. It got down to 3.5c overnight but than dropped after 6am to 2.8c. I has been fine but chilly (cold wind) today 10c at 17:45
We were sunbathing this afternoon, so the temp must have been a bit higher then 12c in the shade but it felt more like 18-20c in the sun. The sea has calmed down today the waves were quite spectacular over the last few days.

Forcast is 14c for tomorrow then temps rising to 19c or 20c for a few days after that with cloud.
 
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Similar here in Almeria - it was 3 Celcius last night again but a high of 22 today - and is forecast to settle down to night time temperatures of around 10 for the coming week. There was, however, a chilly easterly breeze at times - especially as the sun went down. No rain forecast.
 
Chilly again here at El Portus, near Categena. It has been cloudy with sunny periods but cool at 13.9c Overnight it had dropped to 10.5c
 
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