Re: [OBS]Whipsnade,Beds, Wed 28 Jun 06

Philip Eden wrote:
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Philip Eden wrote:
0850z SSE F4 55km 7Ac080 16.1/09.6
QFE 997.8 steady (haven't got corrections done yet)

09-09 details:
Tx 17.7 Tn 8.6 Tg 5.6 RR Nil

Shotover Hill (46km) clearly visible (although not visible clearly,
if you see what I mean). Main cloud layer barely above the
Sc/Ac boundary. Blue sky still visible close to eastern horizon -
it was sunny till about 0730z

Whipsnade, Beds, alt 214m

How's the Lion looking these days? (my ancestral abode is not far
from you, in Flamstead)
Ah, two villages away ... bit of a frost hollow I think, especially
Trowley Bottom, yes?

Yes - Trowley Bottom would be the frost hollow, you can get a flavour of why
here:

http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=sn2jqggyx1s3&style=o&lvl=1&scene=4234598

The lion is picked out in lights at night.
Not sure it's entirely appropriate, but people seem to like it.

I rememer my colleague snowboarding down past the Lion a few years back when
we used to have 'real' snow in Beds (avoiding the Wallabies on the way)

Incidentally, while playing with local.live.com, I zoomed in on the Lion in
all it's glory:

http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=51.848591~-0.554477&style=h&lvl=18&scene=4234598&sp=aN.sn7f8jgynwvk_Whipsnade%252c%2520Bedfordshire%252c%2520England%252c%2520United%2520Kingdom___

http://tinyurl.com/zhsa8


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