Batten down the hatches here on the SW coast

[Len W]

Very baroclinic for those in the know.

Some big seas as Graham says.

Wet as well. Have had 58 mm so far to 10th Jan.

My 30-yr average for Jan is 114 mm.

I wonder if the Cornish weather had something to do with the failure of the Virgin Orbit mission from Newquay to reach orbit height?

It was hardly Californian conditions.

Len

Wembury

[Graham Easterling]

The Gry made it to Scilly last night, during a lull in the weather. I'm sure the Islanders were very relieved. It was a little touch & go.

I don't think the weather was responsible for the rocket failure. The flight went fine to the correct height & position. The main rocket was released and seemed to go off fine, went hypersonic, but for some reason didn't gain quite enough speed. It was a shame, and not just for Cornwall. It's a so much more environmentally friendly way of putting satellites into space than the horrendous emissions from a vertical take off rocket.

it's certainly been wet, I must check the figures to date.

Graham

Penzance

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I had presumed that the rocket failure had something to do with faulty blue touch paper (not enough potassium nitrate).

Jack

[Len W]

No Jack. It was more likely someone had left a half-eaten pasty in the wrong place.

Len

[Graham Easterling]

No self respecting Cornishman would have left half a pasty!

Graham

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A local butcher in Nairn in the north of Scotland makes excellent - as he calls them - "Cornish Pasties".

However:

Since 2011, the Cornish Pasty has enjoyed protected status under Protected Food Names legislation; so only a pasty made to a specific recipe in Cornwall can be called a “Cornish Pasty”.  

Now you chaps who live in Cornwall  might want to follow up this flagrant breach of the regulations:-)

Jack

[Len W]

It was a good job the rocket did not come down on the Scillies.

It was last seen heading off towards the Canary Islands.

Len