The last few days have been lovely and sunny but a bit on the chilly side. Night time temperatures have dipped low enough for a touch of frost.
 |
| Temperature & Rainfall Records 27-29 September 2018 |
At the allotment our last three rows of potatoes were dug up and once again they were on the disappointing side following a similar pattern to the rest of our crop this year which has suffered from a lack of rain. If I hadn't grown potatoes before I might think that they weren't worth the effort. I'll be trying the same varieties again next year.
We had a couple of days visiting the North Yorkshire Moors Railway's annual steam gala. On our journey we spotted another form of older transport as some hot air balloons appeared in the sky around York.
There are a bit difficult to spot in the photo but there are three little black dots in the sky which were hot air balloons. The other old form of transportation, steam locomotives were much easier to spot.
The photo shows an old restored southern region locomotive 926 Repton with a demonstration freight train between Pickering and Goathland. It was far more difficult to get the photo we wanted at the stations as it was a case of jostling with the crowds.
The scene at Goathland station as a Pickering bound train arrives and crowds line the footbridge and platforms to get a photo.
Posts
Glad you are keeping faith with the spuds. There does seem to be a lot more damage to our maincrop Rooster this year and the average size is down a bit too. I am musing that the pests had to turn to the tubors for moisture after prolonged drying out. Something like a quarter of the crop was tunnelled. Can't complain though, given the exceptionally dry summer.
ReplyDeleteI've just put our poor potato crop down to the glorious summer weather. I doubt we'll get two glorious summers in a row. I still think the last time we had a summer like this one was 1976. So that's 2060 for the next one then!
Delete