Post 17/2024 Carbis Bay Cornwall UK. By definition geology is one of the Earth sciences that looks "at how the earth is formed, its structure and composition, and the types of processes acting on it." Geology can also be applied to any planet or extraterrestrial body. Take your pick of various Earth sciences: historical geology, …
Author: John Bender
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A more kindly week
Post 16/2024 Carbis Bay Cornwall UK. Our home from home stay in the most south westerly corner of England in County Cornwall nears its end, with a bit more than two weeks to go. The week past has been, (take your pick, they all apply), glorious, brilliant, thought-provoking, satisfying, restorative, like Cornish springs of memory. …
Eclipsed by sun
Post 15/2024 Cornwall UK. The week's sea of cloud and showers was eclipsed by a whole day of blue sky and sunshine on Friday. Even the day after, with clouds and sun, there's a low chance of rain. Can this be a turning point? Sun cream eclipsing umbrellas? No need to take a rain check …
What, awash in weather again?
Post 14/2024 Cornwall UK. BBC Breakfast weather presenter on Friday noted "There's a storm coming." Kathleen, the 11th named storm of the year. Friday: Flashes of rain, some sunshine and showers, cloudy, windy. Saturday: strengthening winds 60-70 MPH, same for gusts on Sunday. The good news: temperatures of 17-19 Celsius, 62-66 Fahrenheit. Unsettled, spells it …
Journeys to Easter
Post 13/2024 Cornwall UK. Christian churches this week observed Holy Week and on Sunday celebrate Jesus' resurrection. On Maundy Thursday we attended an ecumenical worship service at Fore Street Methodist Church in St Ives, the service presented by students and staff from Cliff College in Derbyshire. The students that day had just completed a 48-mile …
Mystery behind The Green Door
Post 12/2024 Carbis Bay St Ives Cornwall England. With wet, windy weather walloping wellbeing, wistful wayfarers warily wait warmth-waxing wattage waylaying witless waning wintry woes with welcoming whoopee. And in the bargain learning more about The Green Door in St Ives. Wistful. Wary. Whoopee. Expectantly we anticipate brighter days; yet challenges remain, such as two …
Awash in Spring
Post 11/2024/Cornwall/UK. Meteorological spring began 1 March in the UK, ending 31 May. Astronomical spring starts 20 March and ends 20 June. The first simply means splitting the seasons into four periods made up of three months each, making it easier for meteorological observing and forecasting to compare seasonal and monthly statistics. Tide's in in …
Boots on, spells of sun
Post 10/2024/Cornwall UK. We had a sunny, light breeze Tuesday when using sunscreen would have been wise. I was too late wise, though really okay with the consequences. Lovely day for an extended time out-of-doors. We hung laundry on the line, walked to Birdies Bistro (I had Bubble & Squeak with smoked salmon; Marty had …
Rain reigns, right now
Post 9/2024/Cornwall, England. If I didn't know that rain is water falling in drops from the clouds then I could be susceptible to a conspiracy theory that the recent ever-present clouds with peeks of sun are the result of somebody throwing a wet blanket over normal goings on. Ha. I'm not aware of any such …
A week on: sunny spells, showers, flowers
Post 8/2024/Cornwall/UK. Showers, heavy rain, spots of sun, brief hail, and brisk winds kept us homebound on Thursday. One good result of all the rain is that Cornwall's reservoirs are at full or near full capacity. That's dramatically different from last year's hosepipe ban (February 2023 driest in 20 some years; 2024 so far wettest …
It's About Now 