Although at times it seems reluctant to do so, summer is losing its grip as autumn nudges its way forward. The autumn paintbrush is now

Summer isn’t quite ready to say goodbye and paid us a fleeting visit last week. Autumn, however, has taken possession of the night-time, with temperatures

The showers didn’t deposit much rain last week, but they managed to arrive at just the wrong times, meaning we abandoned some gardening jobs both

As the daylight hours shorten, there is now no denying that summer is winding down. Our thoughts in both the garden and allotment have started

Rain threatened a few times during the week but, when it did arrive, it didn’t amount to much. The trouble is that when rain is

We have had proper rain! We missed out on the forecast thunderstorms and torrential downpours, but instead we enjoyed prolonged spells of steady rain, which

We have puddles! We actually had water falling from the sky, on and off, for a couple of days. We never were treated to the

Weather continued to dominate our activities last week. We continued to take our walks in the mornings, trying to avoid the hottest part of the

Still no rain here. About ten miles away, there was some rain, and when Martyn was watching cricket at Headingley, about fifteen miles from us,

It’s been our driest July since 2009, when Martyn set up a weather station in our garden. Our records, of course, only relate to our