Worse snap of weather

[kiplet]

This has got to be the worse snap of weather I've experienced here in Cyprus ?? Miserable grey sky never watched so many dvds lol
Thank goodness for undercover shopping malls lol

What do you all do with your time in this rare dull stormy weather ?

[WotNoDeeds]

Yes pretty dismal but believe me it can get and I've seen a lot worse than this in Cyprus over the years.



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[Marisa]

Be happy you are not in Russia)))))- it was -62 yesterday in the north, abnormal!

[suecheshireuk]

And I recorded on my calendar in January this year we had a real feel of minus 15 ! I guess we just forget past weather unless it's written down somewhere.

[karmels]

This was December 1998 taken in Ozankoy from our balcony.
the Photo link did not work, mybe Kieth will tell me how to post a picture from Picasa 3.

[Sewage]

Worst I've ever known for this time of the year

[kiplet]

Not the coldest I remember but defiantly we are having more drab cloudy dismal days Not nice.
On the road to Girne town, major road water flooding

[Ragged Robin]

This has got to be the worse snap of weather I've experienced here in Cyprus ?? Miserable grey sky never watched so many dvds lol
Thank goodness for undercover shopping malls lol

What do you all do with your time in this rare dull stormy weather ?

Light an open fire if you have one, for the look and comfort as welll as heat.

Do all the housework and paperwork that gets neglected when the garden or pool calls in better weather. Polish mirror, picture glass and any silverware or brass and copper. Surprising how much brighter it makes the house seem.

Clean and tidy cupboards and drawers and put anything not used or worn for a year in a bag for Charity. Boring but it will give you a lovely glow of satisfaction and make life easier in future

Do some sewing and mending

Read a book or do a crossword, Tidy up bookshelves and either re read or put aside for Charity anything you for got you had!

Listen to the radio

Plan planting for the garden in Spring and look up ideas in books or on the internet.

Send emails to friends neglected and tidy up and file in and sent boxes

Tidy up and file photographs

Visit or at least phone or text someone you know who is on their own and lonely or not well. Remember what HM said about small acts of kindness

Offer your assistance to a Charity.

Try a new recipe

Learn a language (Turkish?) or revise and practice one you already know.

Buy an umbrella and wellies.

I can understand penury, loneliness, misery, depression and acute anxiety.. Boredom ,except posssibly in the seriously ill or disabled, or just stupid, is not necessary

[kiplet]

Yep ! Managed to do most of those things thanks, also decorating.
Feeling much better now weather is not so gloomy.

[sophie]

No matter how hard I tried it was a bit difficult to occupy my brain when I knew that water was running down the inside walls of my bedroom. Had a bloke on the roof this morning and would you believe it, the answer was simple, nothing major at all, just blocked down pipes. Because we live on an unmade up road, we had so much dust in the summer and the down pipes were blocked solid for about a foot down from the top. A quick poke and out rushed a couple of gallons of gunge on to the bottom terrace. We have a super bloke from Guzelyet to do our work. I asked what it had been like there and he said that G had received 50cm of water in 24hours whereas Alsancak to Girne had received 125cm in same period. Bit of difference there then!!

[jofra]

.....that G had received 50cm of water in 24hours whereas Alsancak to Girne had received 125cm in same period. Bit of difference there then!!

I do hope he meant mm - in Pounds, shillings and pence ( ), 50cm and 125cm are respectively about 20 inches and 50 inches of rain..... (Send for Noah!!)

[Marc111]

Coming out for new year on 29th... has the weather improved now? Alsancak area. .. update from someone there would be nice. Thanks in advance

[Panchocat]

Apparently we are due another big storm on Saturday of a similar magnitude to last week's.

[WotNoDeeds]

Better brace ourselves then !

[Marc111]

Oh great......cheers and happy new year!!!

[Ragged Robin]

My experience is that usually this sort of weather starts on 1st January - it was just a couple of weeks early this year - and continues until March or April, though perhaps not often quite so violent and with sunny breaks.. And every year there is flooding , particularly in Lefkosa - let us hope that since it started late it will stop earlier!

We do also occasionally get snow - though usually it stays in the mountain tops, there is an iconic photo of snow covering the chairs of the Kybele at Bellapaise and I woke up one morning in the 90s to snow on the orange trees outside my window.

btw it hailed in Ozankoy yesterday

[thickey]

Hope its better at the end of march when we come out .It was going to be christmas but could not find any cheap flights.The Last week in March prices not bad 170 pounds return for two .

[Keithcaley]

Wow! - You've done well to find that, I must say!

£85 per person return? - that's fantastic!

Would you mind saying how or where you found it? - I mean, was it through a travel agent, or an online facility? - and which one?

What was the luggage allowance ?

This could be really helpful information for other forum users...

[Marc111]

Easy jet from Gatwick to Larnaca 27 th march to 6 April coming up at £62. Return hand baggage inc. via Skyscanner.com

[Hammerhead]

My daughter came from Stansted to larnaca for Xmas with cobalt airways for 65gbp return

[jofra]

Flight distance London to Larnaca approx 2040 miles, Manchester/Liverpool to Larnaca approx 2160 miles - roughly 6% more....
Cheapest prices I can find for similar dates? Anything from 120% more and heading upwards......

[kiplet]

Marc111
You will need to bring suitable shoes and clothes for rainy cold weather.
Quite unusual I know however be prepared. We have had another horrendous stormy windy wet night.

[Marc111]

Thanks Kiplet, doesn't sound great!
BBC weather shoes it not being that bad, always good to hear from someone who's actually there.
We shall be there later today all being well. Hope the Weather improves a bit.

[RAZR63]

At -7.2C (19F) Topcliffe in North Yorkshire saw the lowest temperatures in Winter in England and Wales!

[Ragged Robin]

marc111

April is an uncertain month , weather wise, just as it is in England but hopefully with a little bit more sun! But as Kiplet says you need to be prepared for rain.

The good news is that in April the Island will be green and yellow after the rains, and many of the beautiful Spring flowers will still be out .

The sun has just come out here (noon local time) but the sky is still cloudy

PS To some extent it does depend on where you are. Quite often for instance it can be raining in Girne (Kyrenia) and brilliant sunshine in the nearby villages or vice versa and it also depends on which side of the mountains.