Old farrier Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 Well the rooks are collecting sticks for there nests is this a sign of a early spring oh and these are flowering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 Just an odd season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 no way ................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted November 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 Just now, ditchman said: no way ................ They have been out for a few weeks now and in the same place because I don’t have any moles 😂😂😊😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 Well lets face it OF you live next door to the Riviera down there, bound to be way ahead of the rest of us. Amazing just how different the UK is from the I of W and the Scillies up to John o'Groats the weather pattern can be extreme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted November 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 25 minutes ago, figgy said: Just an odd season. Or a early variety of snowdrops 😊 21 minutes ago, Walker570 said: Well lets face it OF you live next door to the Riviera down there, bound to be way ahead of the rest of us. Amazing just how different the UK is from the I of W and the Scillies up to John o'Groats the weather pattern can be extreme. Well it’s freezing down here if it’s going to stay this cold 12 degrees I shall need a vest 🤔👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 Ha ha, was like this yesterday and today here. Down to 1degc during night the 12 in daytime with nice warm sun. Seasons seem to have moved on a month in the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 It was an absolutely beautiful morning here, sun shining and light breeze, almost spring like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 Just been out to lock up and perfect clear night and temp dropping. Looks like our first real frost tonight. Was it 91-92 when the Satirday morning started with a very light flurry of snow and we drove down the M42 planning to go to Hereford shooting and having to turn aound just short of the M5, ended up back here in Leicestershire at 12 midnight, managing to get back here having fought our way through and over snowdrifts. No electric for 7 days as all the main double power lines where down. Thanks to our new Clearview log stove we cooked all our meals on that. The NEC opened it's doors to put people up stranded on the M42. I put it down to climate change, seeing I remember it happening in 1947 as well as 1962. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 About 1970 something my parents and older siblings moved to some god awful Welsh valley. Apparently it was early December, about 5.c and clear blue skies. Mum popped to the shop and the old lady told her it would snow later. Mum laughed it off and returned home to cook for the family plus her sister, brother in law and 2 of their kids. She said she was washing up when out of the clear blue sky fell a snow flake. This was followed by many others. The following morning there were feet of snow and somewhere in an old album is a picture of a rabbit running along the wire on the top of a telegraph pole. My aunt uncle and cousins stayed about 10 days before they could get back to Hampshire and the freezer was emptied. Odd things happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yates Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 There’s a cherry tree in full blossom bloom in sunny downtown Rotherham today. Spring must be somewhat confused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 35 minutes ago, yates said: There’s a cherry tree in full blossom bloom in sunny downtown Rotherham today. Spring must be somewhat confused Many Prunus cultivars have been bred to flower at this time of the year. There is a beautiful one out on top of the Wolds at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 47 minutes ago, GingerCat said: About 1970 something my parents and older siblings moved to some god awful Welsh valley. Apparently it was early December, about 5.c and clear blue skies. Mum popped to the shop and the old lady told her it would snow later. Mum laughed it off and returned home to cook for the family plus her sister, brother in law and 2 of their kids. She said she was washing up when out of the clear blue sky fell a snow flake. This was followed by many others. The following morning there were feet of snow and somewhere in an old album is a picture of a rabbit running along the wire on the top of a telegraph pole. My aunt uncle and cousins stayed about 10 days before they could get back to Hampshire and the freezer was emptied. Odd things happen. 1979 I think. We had gone down to our cottage near Glanusk, perfect weather. Got up next morning to the noise of a snow blower going by cutting a road through 5ft drifts filling the lane. Had to shift a ton of snow from the front door to get out, it was up to the windows. My little Renault 5 was frozen solid and I could just see the roof. Dug it out but on trying to start it the fan belt broke as the water pump was frozen solid. My friend the Estate Keeper drove into Abergavenny and got me a replacement belt and we drove all the way back to Solihull wearing every coat we had with us. The engine survived for many more years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthejockey Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 I think it was 10yrs ago, 26th November 9am it started snowing. Not heavy but it had been crisp and dry for a week or so, fine powder fell relentlessly all day then in the evening sub zero temps hit. It snowed and froze from the 26th of November until the 26th of December. The river Severn froze all the way across. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 23 minutes ago, JDog said: Many Prunus cultivars have been bred to flower at this time of the year. There is a beautiful one out on top of the Wolds at the moment. This might be a daft question JD, but if a cherry Tree flowers at this time of year (by design) , would it still be able to fruit in the normal way ?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 I did what Monty Don said was a Lasagne tub , where you layer bulbs the largest in the bottom a layer of compost a layer of bulbs till the tubs full its crazy colourful in the spring , Then you put a layer of say winter flowering pansy's on the top so your not looking at a bare tub all winter The first lot of tubs the bulb shoots are now higher than the pansy's , So i did a second lot 6 weeks later the bulbs are shooting threw the soil just now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennett Posted November 24, 2020 Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 On 22/11/2020 at 17:05, Walker570 said: Just been out to lock up and perfect clear night and temp dropping. Looks like our first real frost tonight. Was it 91-92 when the Satirday morning started with a very light flurry of snow and we drove down the M42 planning to go to Hereford shooting and having to turn aound just short of the M5, ended up back here in Leicestershire at 12 midnight, managing to get back here having fought our way through and over snowdrifts. No electric for 7 days as all the main double power lines where down. Thanks to our new Clearview log stove we cooked all our meals on that. The NEC opened it's doors to put people up stranded on the M42. I put it down to climate change, seeing I remember it happening in 1947 as well as 1962. Must have been around then, I was born in 86 and can remember that winter in North Notts we had no power for ages, no pumping station so no water. My dad had to hike to what is now Asda and they were giving it out in the car park. I think we only had gas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted November 24, 2020 Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 saw my first swallow yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennett Posted November 24, 2020 Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 54 minutes ago, islandgun said: saw my first swallow yesterday Or was it your last? 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted November 24, 2020 Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 1 hour ago, kennett said: Must have been around then, I was born in 86 and can remember that winter in North Notts we had no power for ages, no pumping station so no water. My dad had to hike to what is now Asda and they were giving it out in the car park. I think we only had gas? Yes, we had a team of electricians up from Cornwall putting the lines back up as well as the double poles right down the valley. I think they got us back on in about 7 days. It reminded me of 1947 when my grandfather and father had to dig 3ft deep trenches through the snow to the cowshed to get to the cows and milk and feed them. Bulldozers up the hill on the then B5000 cleared the snow but rippred out all of the cats eyes. The milk stood for about seven days in deep snow before the milk lorry could get in and collect it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 Roll on spring I find the winter months really get to me i can now see why the older people shoot off to Spain, Tenerife etc over the winter months 🌞🌞🌞, apart from this year that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 7 hours ago, blackbird said: Roll on spring I find the winter months really get to me i can now see why the older people shoot off to Spain, Tenerife etc over the winter months 🌞🌞🌞, apart from this year that is. Don’t be silly! It’s the shooting season. Unless, of course, you are not a shooter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) I would trade all winter in sunshine 🌞any time for a few days shooting 🥶❄️🌧 Edited November 25, 2020 by blackbird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 First time the frost warning light came on in the car today. Still waiting for some frost on the ground in the morning. It’s almost December for gods sake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 Twice this week had to scrape the frost off the car in the morning, but no snowdrops yet, tis the wifes birthday today and she says if it doesn't snow before her birthday and there are lots of berries on the hedges it's going to be a hard winter. Ho and she is always right of cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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