Friday 17 January 2020
by Wulf
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I’m typing this with chilly fingers, after walking back from church this afternoon. In part, that is because the skies have cleared, revealing a beautiful sky after earlier overcast and wet conditions. Another way of saying that is that the … Continue reading
Friday 6 December 2019
by Wulf
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My timing wasn’t great when it came to walking down to town this afternoon. I’d planned to finish at about 3pm and was actually wrapped up round about 2:30pm but, by then, it had started raining. I checked the forecast … Continue reading
Sunday 17 November 2019
by Wulf
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Driving back into Oxfordshire this afternoon, I spotted several ‘lakes’ that I’m sure used to be fields. Fortunately, nothing encroaching on the roads I was using but a sign of how wet it has been. It should be a drier … Continue reading
Thursday 30 May 2019
by Wulf
Comments Off on The Drought of History
I wonder what this summer will be like? Last year, most regions of the UK ‘enjoyed’ a prolonged dry period with high temperatures. I used ‘enjoyed’ advisedly – although heat and dryness tend to be associated with positive terms like … Continue reading
Sunday 24 February 2019
by Wulf
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On the way back from Devon today, we stopped for lunch at a National Trust site called Sutton Lane Meadows. This is billed as a “delightful wildflower meadow” but, even in the above average temperatures we are enjoying this February, … Continue reading
Monday 4 February 2019
by Wulf
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Friday morning’s snow is, I’m glad to say, pretty much gone. All that remains are a few patches where the snow was piled up, such as on either side of my drive (I cleared the drive but needed to put … Continue reading
Thursday 10 January 2019
by Wulf
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I don’t know what the temperature was when I cycled to work this morning but it is the first time recently that I’ve found the tips of my fingers getting unpleasantly cold even with my thicker gloves on. According to … Continue reading