It’s been a pretty meh kind of week – the weather wasn’t great but it wasn’t terrible – a bit of rain, a bit of sun, some cold days, some not so cold days. And, to continue in that vein, our week has been pretty meh as well. Dropped the campervan over for its annual service and inspection, had a visit from the plumber to resolve a couple of relatively minor issues and collected the van again. Wow! The excitement has been positively underwhelming.
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22 March 2026
It’s been a pretty decent sort of week – sunshine! We had clear and sunny skies most of the week with tolerably acceptable temperatures. Indeed, we got up to 19o on Tuesday (about 66o Fahrenheit). So warm and sunny that we had to open the bi-fold doors! Scorcio!
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It’s been a week. The weather’s been mixed, some nice sunny spells and some cold and biting wind. Indeed, a howling gale one night but thankfully, not too much rain. Penelope’s croquet lawn has had two mowings already! This is way too early to start that grinding routine. And, it goes on forever! Damn this climate change.
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Oops! Once again, no news is good news – we’re away (again) this weekend so not able to put anything meaningful together. A brief summary of this week’s activities will have to suffice. Sorry.
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It’s been a surprisingly half-decent week. I know! What are the chances of that? We had less rain this week (although there’s still plenty more than we need at the moment) and even a few spells of modest sunshine. I am assured by people who know about these sorts of things that Spring will eventually arrive.
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Another wet week – who could have imagined that there was this much water in the skies? We did have some sunshine on Tuesday but it didn’t last long, just long enough for folks to wander outside and scratch their heads in bewilderment at this strange atmospheric phenomenon. One of our lovely neighbours said the rain was supposed to continue for another month. You cannot be serious.
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We saw the sun this week. To be fair, we actually saw it twice this week, once on Thursday morning for about 20 minutes. The clouds were a glorious reddish-pinkish shade with a little glimmer of blue sky as the sunshine came down in shafts of light. Didn’t last, of course. More rain and mud until Saturday which, for some reason, dawned bright, sunny and cloud-free. Don’t worry, the forecast for today is back to “normal.”
8 February 2026
Good morning. This week we have mainly been enjoying rain, rain, rain, rain, mud, mud, mud, mud, rain, rain, rain and more rain. Our little brooks are overflowing, the countryside is sodden, and the dog is filthy. Lovely!
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Happy Almost Groundhog Day. I hope your shadow does whatever you would want it to.
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It’s been another busy, busy week – I still seem to be doing just about everything around here! It’s also been a pretty wet and miserable week – great! Soaking trousers and a soaking, smelly, muddy dog.
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