“So that's what they mean by natural justice.”

“Poor cash strapped farmers i feel real sorry for the poor bliters,Maybe they will
now have bigger pheasant and patridge hatcherys so even more young foul can be shot by so called country gentlmen with shotguns.
Go in the corner of most fields and you find sweetcorn to hide pheasant and partridge pens for fattening young foul ready to be let out into the wild with no knowledge of the dangers of the wild only to feed at feeding stations layed out along hedge rows(so gamekeeper knows where to find thier prey easier on shoot day)a bird will always feed where there is a plenty supply of food.
So all you Brave farmers out there
no worrys about weather just wear a rain coat when out slaughtering your prey.And yes i was raised on farm and not a townie.”

“Not really a case of being pedantic, more accurate. Nope, me tan has sadly faded, still least I managed to get one unlike 2007 and 2008.”

“Well, if you're going to be pedantic.

This time of the year is traditionally a wet period for a few weeks, after a period of hot spells. Still got your tan?”

“Will, climate and weather are two different things. However if you insist, most climate change models predict a wetter UK. How have the last few summers been for you? Enjoying today's sunshine?”

“I find that the weather forecasts on my new LCD TV are nowhere near as accurate as those on my old CRT TV.”

“Climate change is coming....obviously this is why even our coldest winters haven't been as cold as ones regularly experienced in the past and our warmest summers aren't as warm as those regularly experienced in the past.

Show me some actual tangible evidence and I will believe you, until then, stop scaremongering.”

“Looking on the bright side, does this mean that the reservoirs will be full, the aquifers topped up and hose-pipe bans will be a thing of the past? On the other hand, covering even more of the county with tarmac will accelerate the run-off of the torrential rain and increase the likelihood of flooding.

The question 'The Echo' might like to ask of the key authorities is whether anything has been done which will reduce the likelihood of serious problems when the rains come to those communities so badly hit last time. On Tuesday morning of this week there was a huge pool of water underneath the railway bridge on Waterside North. Nothing seems to have changed there.

I am not a climate-change sceptic, and believe that things are indeed changing due in part to the way mankind has used, misused and abused the planet. Although there have always been extreme weather and other 'earth' events, there seem to be more and more them, not only because global communications ensure we all hear very quickly about what is happening in distant lands, but because more climatic extremes are occuring.

Are we ready for these extreme weather events in Lincolnshire? Or in the Brave New World of the low-spending 'Big Society', will it be everyone for him/herself, and survival of the fittest?

Close the drawbridge now!”

“I used to be able to predict the weather by looking at my tea leaves. Of course, the advent of tea bags, which I buy from the Birchwood Co-op for a very reasonable price, means I'm out of practise, which is a shame. As well as predicting the weather, I also used to like going through the rigmarole of using a tea-strainer - it somehow made the cup of tea more satisfying. Unfortunately, I fell out with my mother one day when she spotted me putting the milk in last - she said that's what commoners did and people with decorum put it in first. We never spoke again, but ironically, I remember predicting the weather for the day of her funeral precisely, using tea leaves from a cup of tea with the milk put in last!”

“On BBC Breakfast this morning Carol Kirkwood said it was going to improve for the bank holiday weekend. So any plans I had of going out at the weekend are on hold now.”