Big storm due to hit the southern half of England Friday into Saturday, it's unseasonably low and looks like it will be named before the end of today. Boardmasters have cancelled their music festival in Newquay which, with 70mph winds forecast, looks like a wise move. Updates to follow.
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Not just Boardmasters which is off, Houghton and Beyond the Woods music festivals have now also been cancelled due to the forecast weather. I've not been to a music festival before, so the cynical side of me wonders if this is an excuse to cancel due to poor ticket sales.
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They can't risk erecting the main stage and big tents for Boardmasters if it's going to be weather like that. It's on the headland above Fistral Bay which is basically facing 3000 miles of open Atlantic. Half the attractions for youngsters are big bouncy castle things. The nuttier surfers, on the other hand, will probably bloody love it. It'll be like the end of Point Break. .
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Tomorrows Makers Market in Stockport has already been shortened by an hour. Considering that the organisers have a very bad habit of insisting on going ahead when conditions are clearly unsuitable, this represents progress of a sort.
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Originally posted by Paul S View PostNot just Boardmasters which is off, Houghton and Beyond the Woods music festivals have now also been cancelled due to the forecast weather. I've not been to a music festival before, so the cynical side of me wonders if this is an excuse to cancel due to poor ticket sales.
As mentioned above, going ahead with a festival in these circumstances is a huge risk, Festival No 6 never recovered from its bad year, and it is no more. Or for more festival/weather apocalypse check out what happened at Pukkelpop in 2011.
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Plan to walk without an umbrella or a coat from the pub that the Mersey runs under in that shopping arcade, all the way up the hill to the station. I did that once and got on the train looking like Hugh Grant at the end of Notting Hill. And didn’t even get a shag off Andie McDowell.Last edited by Rogin the Armchair fan; 09-08-2019, 13:06.
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Originally posted by Rogin the Armchair fan View PostPlan to walk without an umbrella or a coat from the pub that the Mersey runs under in that shopping arcade, all the way up the hill to the station. I did that once and got on the train looking like Hugh Grant at the end of Notting Hill. And didn’t even get a shag off Andie McDowell.
Oh dear. You're mixing up your rom-coms, Rogin.
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Major power failures have been reported across large areas of the UK, affecting trains, airports and traffic lights.
Power operators for the South East, Midlands, South West and Wales said there was a "major incident" affecting electricity.
UK Power Networks said it believed it was due to a "failure on National Grid's network".
Transport for London said the drop in power is affecting traffic lights, while many trains have been delayed.
Blackouts have also been reported in the North East.
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Originally posted by ursus arctos View PostOf course not, are you mad?
Next thing you will suggest that an unfettered right to drive on the pavement is not an integral element of the heritage of every Roman citizen.
Where there's an unfettered right to park on the pavements, park at bus stops, thieve work from local PHV drivers (if you live in Lancashire), drive in bus lanes, and turn right against no right turn signs when someone on foot is crossing the road.
If only we could set up some form of camp for these people.
e.g. Stocksbridge. Where the racist filth who vote for UKIP live.
And cyclists? You don't miss out. You can cycle through red lights at pedestrian crossings and on the ride on the pavements
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