Spring 2026 - General Discussion

been really nice last few days, don’t know how I’ll adjust to wet and cold again..

Back from warm abroad last night. This doesn't seem terrible at all compared to how I left the place. Gloves and hat not needed on bike at lunch time. Is the cold rainy misery to return soon?

Horrible wet, windy weather continuing today in Arklow. Here's hoping the good forecast for tomorrow is accurate.

Think it's €1,600 now for 1,000 litres I've never seen it so high unless it was that price when fuel prices where over 2 euro a litre, edit look at this that's just crazy who'd pay near 2k for 1,000 litres if I could I'd be going up north

Hopefully that high pressure from the Azores settles in and gives us a decent stretch of calmer weather. After the past few months, even a fairly mild and dry March would feel like a big win.

On ME forecast tonight he said the Azores high was moving away allowing a strong North Westerly to bring cold and wintery showers .

Fresh sunny morning. Was a nice run at 7am.

Holding on to the blue skies this morning.

Breezy 9° Meath

Cloudy. 8C. Passing showers. Wind was cool. Tried to make the best of it outside. Spent the day making new compost bins. What use to take 3 hours now takes 6. Haha. Back in from that cold wind. Cup of tea and probably a doze.

Bright day here in north Longford. A few passing light showers up until about 3pm. Then it got cloudy and the wind would go through you, some showers still. Spent the day getting ready for slurry spreading which is supposed to happen on Friday. I was famished cold until I came in. Fire on in stove now and settling back to watch the champions league.

Most infuriating thing is nothing will happen and it’ll continue to happen again in the future.

That dry southerly gale is comparatively warm, should I be looking for saharan sand falling?

What people would that be?

Very windy morning out. Equally intermittent rain being driven by the wind and the spray off a lorry I got stuck behind, made the journey to town difficult enough this morning. A day for keeping indoors if you can in Longford I'd say.

A constant and saturated growl of wind over a dark Lough Ree. Eerie.

There was a good layer of sand deposited on the roof and rear of my car last night as I was changing out wiper blades. I wasn't expecting it at all.