Happy New Year
That's Christmas over and done with for another year. We had a quiet Christmas just the two of us and my sister - not forgetting Ruby of course. We have…
Christmas harvest
We made the obligatory trip to the allotment to harvest some vegetables to have with our Christmas dinner. We usually go to the plot in the afternoon but, as rain…
Coldest spell since 2010
Our cold spell has come to a very abrupt end. It's been the coldest spell of weather since December 2010. That spell in December 2010 was the beginning of the…
It’s been cold, cold, cold
There's not much to say about this week, other than it has been cold - very cold. Needless to say, we have not been to the allotment. Even if we…
Coldest day of the year
Sunday, 11 December 2022 became our coldest day of the year as the temperature dropped to -4.8°C or 23.4°F. Rather strangely this temperature occurred just before midnight on Sunday after…
Nostell Priory (08 December 2022)
Blimey it’s turned cold
A few months ago I took advantage of a special offer from Sutton’s Seeds to buy some Autumn Bliss raspberry canes. At the time of ordering, it said the new…
Brr it’s cold out there
With a freezing weather forecast for the latter part of the week, we decided that we had better lift the dahlias and put them into winter storage. With this in…
Mild autumn but a cold start to winter
November finished up as the third mildest November I’ve recorded. It didn’t manage to beat November 2011 or 2015 which are the mildest I’ve recorded. With September and October being…
Winter is coming
Meteorologically speaking, winter's already upon us. Astronomically winter begins at the winter equinox on 21 December. Whichever definition you prefer, as far as our weather is concerned, winter is definitely…