No complaints about the weather here: Cold and windy so the perfect days for paining a couple of ceilings and walls.

Btw: Our good friend Philip Gray did participate in a couple of day raids in his Lancaster, close to the end of the war.

Gentlemen,

Won't you accept my invitation to an Easter Weekend here in the Peak District?

This morning at 8AM. Two more pics on Community Hall.

JRT,

Tell C51 not to mention the war.

Got your email but couldn't open it. It's a Tiscali thing and has happened several times before. Can you please re-send?

Time to start shovelling...

Folks,

Brrrrr. To be honest I kinda envy you the snow Dux. After the 2010 winter that included a white Christmas; we missed winter almost completely in 2011 and so far this year. Spring has sprung here for sure. We're having cool nights but the days are well above the seasonal average and have been so since late Feb. Today we will enjoy temps up around 83 F. / 28.3 C.

Rain is in the forecast however this photo shows what I have to deal with this morning.



I'm guessing C51 will be heading into cold weather landing in Frankfurt jet lagged and unprepared for the cold. I am continually amazed at how similar is the weather pattern between here in the south and Toronto which is north of us and roughly 1000 miles away. Quite often the weather Toronto is having seems to filter down to us withing a few days. I have Pearson airport on my desktop weather app and often the temperature, dew point and barometric pressure are similar to ours. More often than not what varies most seems to be the dew point or humidity level.

C51 is more an aficionado of FSX than BoB these days. I forgive him this fault of character since he forgives so many more in me. He seems quite adept in modding that sim especially control panels. His main interest seems to be bush planes and heavies. I understand that he flew the entire route he will actually be taking today and landed safely in Frankfurt. I can certainly understand a Canadians interest in bush planes though it might seem even more appropriate for PV1 than C51 considering where they live.

I have an interest in bush planes as well due to C51's many favorable comments plus books I've read in the past. I have also enjoyed TV programs such as "Fly Wild Alaska" and "Ice Pilots". The latter being presently shown on Monday nights here on the Weather Channel. Seeing those old DC3s and DC6s plus many other types being flown in such difficult conditions is fascinating.

Dux:

Perhaps it is little consolation however it will be far easier to hide your Easter eggs this year. Hmmmm. As long as they aren't colored and remain white that is. Conversely if you decorate them they will be far easier to find.

I will try to re-send the most recent e-mail that included a photo of the grand kids climbing a tree taken yesterday in the park near us.

Folks,

Dux:

Communication resent twice. Once without photos and the same under a slightly different subject line but with the photo. Is there anything on my end that I can do to make my e-mails with attachments go through the Tascalli filters?

JRT,

Got them - thanks - but can't open anything just yet. Gmail address should be OK though. I've just about had it with Tiscali/TalkTalk email service.

That garden scene looks grand!

Brrrrr. That looks so like yuletide's come around again OldDux, so what're you getting for April's Chrismas?

8 degrees C forecast for tomorrow, sunny and small buds are on the branches of the first of the spring shrubbery so Carolina's won that particular race. I'm off for a bit of sightseeing in a place called Tisvilde. If I see any interesting motives, I'll try to remember to snap them for later publication here.

And I wonder if the band Talk Talk have started legal proceedings against tiscali, for "borrowing" the name, or if they are perhaps already paid royalties. Does any songs of the band feature in any commercials?

Gents, a few shots from yesterday's small excursion to the small seaside town of Tisvilde.

First one at the beach but it was too cold for any temptation to skinny dip, second one at the "train station" - especially for Old Dux, and last one in the "Troll" forrest.

Folks,

Jens,

Those are excellent photos that seem to me like postcards from Denmark. The beach is tempting indeed particularly since I cannot 'feel' the low temperature or the icy spray. Some goose bump covered Danish bathing beauties braving the cold would have been a nice touch. I suppose a photo of an empty beach is but another reason that I have been blessed with such an avid imagination. If you could only see what I see.

The train station does seem a bit deserted with only one other soul visible beyond the photographer who is not apparent either. There is someone standing in the shadows. One can only surmise that the Danes who live around there are so happy they do not wish to leave.

The "Troll Forest" really captivates my imagination. I remember that in my own childhood the dark woods were loaded with Trolls and other fearsome things. The photo could only seem more Trollish if there were a bridge with a gruff little goat near it. My young grand daughter never crosses one of the little wooden bridges that span the narrow creek in the park behind our house without asking me to check underneath it for Trolls. Hans Christian Anderson or the Brothers Grimm are entirely at fault there. One cannot take a chance of course and I remember the days when I tread lightly across bridges so I always look and look carefully. To date I can cheerfully report that I have seen nary a Troll. Perhaps due to our more stringent immigration policies they are only to be found in Europe these days?

The cold has returned here along with rain. The rain ended this morning but the sky is overcast and with the 15 MPH wind it feels like 45 F./ 7 C. We expect an ambient low of 38 F. tonight. This is no big deal when compared to more northern places perhaps and, no doubt, PV1 was dusting off the sleet and snow this morning and so he is snickering at how thin skinned we southerners seem to be. And Dux, well he will be enjoying a 'white' Easter this year. The spring blooms are still there to see and in a few days it will be hot again so I really have little to complain about. However all things are relative and this chill, coming off several perfect spring days when the temp rose well into the 80s F., gets your attention.

Soon I hope we will all be enjoying the warmth and rebirth that is spring.

Folks,

Not that it matters much I guess...has everyone noticed we have passed the 8,000 posts mark and are fast approaching 5 million views? We will celebrate our 11th year and perhaps the beginning of another decade here on SimHQ on April 24. Dust off and polish your party hats and get your tux or dress uniform out of mothballs gentlemen.

If we could only find a way to contact our Fearless Founder Mark Carroll. I am sure he would be both amazed and proud that his HWH thread, begun way back in 2001, lives on. Then again, who can say for sure; he may already know.