Winter in Riyadh

[riyadhcrew]

Good Morning All,

 

It appears that winter is finally upon us here in Riyadh. We had plenty of rain over the last week (lots of flooding due to the lack of storm drainage) and last night, I had to change my house a/c from cooling to heating. The temperature outside this morning is a cool 9degC, but it will still get up to around 20-23degC at lunch time. I know it doesn't sound cold to you guys, but it's a big change out here. January sees the coldest temps, which will be around 5degC lower than now, but come March, it all starts to go up again rather quickly.

 

Where is my wooly hat.   

[Gracie]

Chin up Eric, it will soon be summer, where hopefully we can all be afloat on the Broads and you certainly won't have to pay 20 quid for a pint Lol (I am not going to let you forget that am I  )

 

Grace

[Hockham Admiral]

Morning, Eric.

 

It's a bright sunny morning onboard here in Brundall, temp 8degC and wind a gentle NNE/10kts! 

 

P.S. We had our second pub Christmas Dinner last night... Monday night at The Ferry House, last night at the Strunpshaw Shoulder of Mutton, with Alan & Tan, and tonight will be the third at The Yare here in Brundall! Life's pretty good!  

[BroadScot]

Guid mornin Eric,

 

Touch of frost last night here but milder this morning 4c at present and very cloudy. Oh to hop on a plane frae Prestwick and out to Tenerife for winter. sadly flight too long now for me. £20 a pint...nah A bottle of Cardhu and change back, here.

 

Iain.

[Gracie]

It's grey, damp and dismal in East Sussex at the moment and bloomin cold, it's all right for some having three Christmas dinners and being afloat. Two of the nicest peeps around are John and Alan but you can so go off people at times Lol Bah Humbug and all that  Seriously have a lovely time you guys and keep warm

 

Grace

[ranworthbreeze]

Hi John & Mary-Jane

 

Thank you for your company last night it was a pleasant evening, I hope you enjoy your Christmas Fare tonight in the Yare.

We are going to head towards Beccles.

 

I hope you enjoy your holiday.

 

Regards

Alan & Tan

[RayandCarole]

Its 28 here in St Maarten with occaisional heavy rain showers, pleasant afternoon on Maho beach yesterday watching the planes land.

Onwards to Curacao this afternoon.

[Hockham Admiral]

Hi John & Mary-Jane

 

Thank you for your company last night it was a pleasant evening, I hope you enjoy your Christmas Fare tonight in the Yare.

We are going to head towards Beccles.

 

I hope you enjoy your holiday.

 

Regards

Alan & Tan

And you two too, Alan and Tan!     

[Hockham Admiral]

Its 28 here in St Maarten with occaisional heavy rain showers, pleasant afternoon on Maho beach yesterday watching the planes land.

Onwards to Curacao this afternoon.

They do come in a bit low, don't they Ray?

[RayandCarole]

Certainly do John managed to catch the KLM 747-400 landing from spot right approach centreline very impressive, one to tick off on the bucket list

Ray

[riyadhcrew]

Hi Grace,

 

I'm lucky in that I don't have to wait until next summer. March 20th and I'll be at Rocho's for Carousel. I'll still have 20 quid in my pocket, but this time I want to see how many beers I can get for that. Roll on.   

[MauriceMynah]

I feel really sorry for you. Nothing worse than sand in the Christmas Pud!

[riyadhcrew]

Not allowed christmas pud, christmas trees, christmas cards, etc.............. At least not legally.

[MauriceMynah]

Plum pudding? (I nearly typed that as "Plumb"!)

Pot plant that happens to be a Norwegian spruce?...

Christmas cards are a waste of money anyway, so no great loss there, and perhaps a large jar of humbugs for any guests that happen to drop in.