Greg's Occasional News & Views
It’s been mainly cold bordering on Arctic-like for much of the week although when the sun does break through the clouds the warmth it imparts could persuade you that spring cannot be far away. Even so, we’ve had snow flurries this week on a couple of occasions for goodness’ sake and a neighbour shared the following photograph of a frozen stack of water on Brook Street in the village.
Wow! What an exciting week. As mentioned briefly last time, we had our first post “irreversible” unlockdown catch-up with Nick, Lucy and Annabelle on Saturday and Adam, Ava and Jessie on Sunday. The weather wasn’t great – too bad as we had to spend all of it out of doors! Cold and overcast on Saturday, cold but at least intermittently sunny on Sunday.
Continue reading “11 April 2021”Hurray! It’s all over. We’ve entered the first phase of the “irreversible” unlocking of life in the UK, the first steps on the road to recovery and the sunlight uplands of post-Brexit global Britain! I hope their “irreversible” unlocking doesn’t go the same way as the “world-beating” Test and Trace or the “world-beating” Covid tracking app.
Fingers crossed, I guess?
Continue reading “4 April 2021”Another mixed week – on the chilly and windy side much of the time, a smattering of rain from time to time as well as some sunny spells hinting at warmer days to come. Now that we’ve passed the equinox, the daylight hours are beginning to stretch the day out and the birds are more active and vocal than ever. A neighbour shared this on the village Facebook page:
A mixed bag this week – good day, bad day, good day, bad day. Wind, rain, hail, sunshine, repeat. The wind and rain kept us largely confined to quarters; the sunshine tempted Penelope out into the garden and me out on my bike.
Continue reading “21 March 2021”What a wacky week! The weather’s been almost completely awful – Tuesday was a half-decent day with some blue sky and sunshine but the rest of the week has been dire. Lashings and lashings of rain and gale force winds which have sounded, at times, as if the roof was being ripped off and deposited in a neighbouring county.
Continue reading “14 March 2021”After one (or two) very promising days last week with sunshine and relatively warm temperatures, this week it has been “back to normal.” It’s been cold, grey, damp and dismal! C’est la guerre.
Continue reading “7 March 2021”Oh, we’ve had some great weather this weekend. It’s been frosty at night but we’ve had lovely clear blue skies and sunshine during the day. One could almost be forgiven for thinking that Spring was close at hand. Certainly, the green shoots on Penelope’s clematis and the frolicking activities of our local bird population would suggest so. But, then again, our wood pigeons seem to think it’s Spring all year round so who knows?
Yawn. Another week.
Continue reading “21 February 2021”Another quiet week – it’s almost as if we were in a perpetual lockdown or something. It’s also been bitterly, bitterly cold. Not as cold as the conditions my siblings in the great northeast are obliged to endure but colder than we like it to be. And, we also had snow in the week – again, more snow than we like to be bothered with and no way of sending it on to those of you who like such things. Thankfully, the weather is supposed to improve a bit in the coming week. Yes, please.
Continue reading “14 February 2021”