Seems it never rains in southern Yorkshire
Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before
It never rains in old South Yorkshire
But girl, don't they warn ya?
It pours, man, it pours
Please see the personalised weather forecast above - courtesy of the BBC News website. I snipped it this morning to share with you and other blog readers. Oh my-oh-my, it lifts one's spirits to see all those bright sun icons. After all, this is not southern California you know!
To explain the snip... S11 stands for Sheffield 11 - the postal district in which our luxury mansion is located. It is one of the most desirable postal districts in the city. Sheffielders know that and we also know that districts like S6 and S2 are at the other end of the desirability spectrum for different reasons - including poverty and deprivation.
You can also see today's forecasts for Worksop, Tideswell, Penistone and Chesterfield. I requested those locations because they are each about fourteen miles from this house. Tideswell is to the west, Worksop is to the east, Penistone is to the north and Chesterfield is to the south. Knowing what is going on weatherwise in my region has frequently determined my walking plans.
Our little bed of garden daffodils is now blooming. They enjoy a nice sunny and sheltered spot. Each year there is a small amount of proliferation. Their annual awakening tells us that winter is pretty much done though there can always be frosts and snowfalls in March.
The lyrics at the top were adapted from the 1972 song by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazelwood - "It Never Rains in Southern California". It is as if a showbiz aspirant is writing home from Los Angeles and being rather economical with the truth. One of the verses suggests that things might not quite be as good as he had hoped they might be...
Out of work, I'm out of my head
Out of self respect, I'm out of bread
I'm underloved, I'm underfed
I wanna go home
Of course, this also explains "it pours man, it pours" in the chorus. The song reached number 2 in the US billboard charts but number 1 in both Spain and Japan. For your interest or pleasure, here it is...
I remember that song and I still like it, even though poor Albert has gotten terribly old. That does happen though, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteIt happens to most people Pixie but probably not to you!
DeleteFrosty nights and the odd snowfall (or the much dreaded ice rain) is not unheard of in my part of the globe as late as April, or even May. Rare, but not impossible.
ReplyDeleteA series of sunny days is great to lift one's spirit, and like you, I am always carefully checking the weather forecast when I know I have time for a walk.
As for the song, when I was 10 years old, our geography teacher played this record for us to start a lesson about different climate zones around the world. He was quite imaginative, and I remember a lesson about South America when he turned up in a Peruvian poncho (him and his wife had worked there for a while to help with some charity project or other, so it was a genuine garment).
Ha-ha! If I had turned up in a Peruvian poncho at my last school I would have been crucified!
DeleteI like that song but thought it was sung by Glen Campbell, perhaps he did a cover of this original. Do we get to see your bed of daffodils? It's always nice to see them growing again so you know winter is coming to an end.
ReplyDeleteI will share a picture of the daffodils in a few days Elsie.
DeleteSpring flowers do gladden the heart. Winter bedding plants from Lidl or Aldi also give me joy.
ReplyDeleteI never knew that you liked plants so much Dave!
DeleteI used to like that song. Now, a bit dirge like.
ReplyDeleteWhile it seems like yesterday, less than two years ago we were in Chesterfield and it seems like a good place to be today. So we were only fourteen miles from you!
I don't have the knowledge but I am a bit doubtful about your postcode analysis.
Why are you doubtful when it is accurate and proven so by academic studies? Sheffield is a very divided city with much affluence in the south western sector and much deprivation in the north and east of the city.
DeleteIt's sunny here in London and certainly lifts one's spirits. My dwarf daffodils and snowdrops are blooming their hearts out in the garden and I'm hopeful spring is just around the corner. But is sure is still cold at the moment.
ReplyDeleteMarch is a very fickle month.
DeleteS11 must be in the tropics!!
ReplyDeleteYou should consider coming here for your holidays.
DeleteAlbert Hammond -- a famous one-hit wonder! It's funny how so many of us think of this song whenever we're describing a sunny day.
ReplyDeleteYesterday, I examined the song more closely and realised it wasn't really about sunshine at all.
DeleteIf I remember that song, and immediately get the reference to it, does that mean I am old?
ReplyDeleteYes it does David. Sorry!
DeleteAfter a week of gloriously blue skies here, it looks like we'll be having gray ones for the next week. And so it goes.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the kind words you gave me on my last post.
You are welcome.
DeleteI hope the post codes S6 and S2 got sunshine, too.
ReplyDeleteNope. It's always grey (American: gray) in S2 & S6.
DeleteYou very nicely tie a few things together. I'm surprised you don't like to walk in the rain. If it's raining no one else is out there so you have a nice walk by yourself.
ReplyDeleteErrr! I had not thought about that. I am very much a fair weather walker Red.
DeleteWe've gone cold again, lows in the upper 20s and highs in the mid-50s. But there are storms coming Wednesday and then a warm-up for the weekend.
ReplyDeleteIt's always something.
Yes. Weather has always got something up its sleeve.
DeleteI need some sunshine. Life is difficult and filled with problems but a little sunshine helps push the grey away.
ReplyDeleteSing it...
DeleteHere in Blackburn folk always say
A little sunshine helps push the grey away
But down in Darwen there's no tomorrow
And every face is filled with sorrow.
Haha! In over Darwen or Lower Darwen though? There's a difference!
DeleteHere in beautiful Arizona, home of the desert heat, we have a 70 percent chance of snow this coming Wednesday and Thursday. But some of my lovely readers can't get past their vision of the entire state covered in cactus and rattlesnakes.
ReplyDeleteTo the cacti and rattlesnakes add a master baker from North Dakota. Make sure you read "master baker" correctly.
Deletebeen grey and dull all day here, in the hills..... not much to recommend it but at least we stayed dry..... and the temp was quite conducive to leggin it up yonder.....
ReplyDeleteIn spite of the great forecast, we had milky clouds in the area just below heaven.
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