I was surprised this morning when I heard BBC Radio 4 proclaim a warm end to 2011. In fact, I was so surprised I picked up the camera, put on multiple layers of clothes, slipped into my overtrousers and jacket, wrapped a scarf around my neck, popped my woolly hat on, went outside and crunched [...]
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Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!
8 December, 2011
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We’re firmly into the storm season now although the media appears to think today’s winds are something unusual with their focus on ‘huge’ waves, hurricane winds and people who ‘can’t remember the last time it was this bad’. How about last winter? Wind speed is around 50mph, with gusts to 70mph. It is dangerous outside, [...]
Read more Enjoying the ‘heatwave’
1 October, 2011
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Britain is sweltering in the grip of an unseasonal heatwave, with people stripping off in the sizzling weather, being swept out to sea as they enjoy the sun at the beach and scoffing icecreams by the vanload. Or so the media is proclaiming: Hot on the heels of the warmest end to September on record, [...]
Read more A well-rinsed sunset
9 June, 2011
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We’ve had heavy rain showers all afternoon, the sky has been heavy with cloud and the minutes before sunset were wet, dismal and dark. But as I prepared to go out to check the chicks and piglets, lock up the chickens, and walk the bounds, the Other Half walked to the window and exclaimed, “Look [...]
Read more Aftermath of a sunset
3 June, 2011
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The view to the north-west of the croft, just after the sun had set on a fine summer’s day. We don’t see many of them.
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