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 dropping. Oddly, some of our windows…

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 at home and at the…

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 to turn towards next year, and…

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 forecast and the clouds seem…

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 has probably been far more beneficial…

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 torrential rain that had been promised,…

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 day. Thursday was particularly hot and,…

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, when play was stopped because…

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 own garden, but it's fair…