Seasonal Trim

Is the dew point/temperature low enough to see your breath yet?

@Gavin P'S 6th Autumn update.

Yep, January to March are my least favourite too. End of August up until the end of December for me every time. Although I am partial to the first warmth of Spring shining through.

Just to add as well, tomorrow night will be my first pre 9pm sunset!

True night finally returned 2 nights ago to my latitude. The slow decent into the best time of the year (personal opinion) begins.

Sooooo, how is everyone enjoying Autumn so far?

It doesn't. But, as there is no Winter thread, and it would throw this forum into meltdown if one was to create a Winter thread in July, I'd say posting it in the Autumn thread would be fine to most posters.

@Gavin P's Winter look ahead for those interested.

I'll stick this here, curtesy of @Gavin P.

Didn't have to wait too long then.

@Dangerous55019 Great minds think alike. I usually start the Autumn thread around this date every year, so I had it in mind. Still waiting for the first "this thread is too early!" post though. Usually comes like clockwork.

It may seem to some of you that Autumn has never left. But, it's that time of year again when we can start looking forward to the season of fruitful mellowness. Autumn is but 7 weeks away. And I know for those of you who look forward to the festive seasons, it cant come soon enough! "Now's the time when children's noses All become as red as roses And the colour of their faces Makes me think of orchard places Where the juicy apples grow, And tomatoes in a row. And to-day the hardened sinner Never could be late for dinner, But will jump up to the table Just as soon as he is able, Ask for three times hot roast mutton-- Oh! the shocking little glutton. Come then, find your ball and racket, Pop into your winter jacket, With the lovely bear-skin lining. While the sun is brightly shining, Let us run and play together And just love the autumn weather."

Let's agree to disagree then, as far as I'm concerned, personal preference should be off limits for discussion.

The reason I ask "does it matter" is that people on here seem to get all uppity about other peoples opinions and preferences. If the OP replies, that's fair enough. But, I stand by the fact that it doesn't matter why the OP prefers the darkness, they do and that shouldn't matter to anyone else.

Does it matter?

I probably don't belong in here as I don't hate the Summer. What I don't like is excessive heat like we had last summer. Anything in the low to mid twenties is fine in this country. Obviously, give me the Autumn chills and Winter snows and I'll be bouncing off the walls!

It's a terrible thread nowadays. Not to be taken seriously anymore. There used to be some extremely good posters there in the past. A shame really.

It's "on It's own though, so must be wrong"

I thought I had already created this thread a few weeks ago! Edit: Looks like somebody renamed it for some strange reason.

While the frost is still painting my lawn, I can't help feel a little twinge for a lovely little bit of spring warmth. Still a little way to go yet, but that first warm day does make my heart glow. "The spring haze. The scent already in the air. The moon and ume."

Personally, I'm done with Winter. I like my snow around Christmas, and had my fill at the beginning of December. My wife's already got daffodils in the kitchen window. Just need the Spring warmth to go with them!

This 100% ^^^ Problem is, most on here want to be chasing FI charts most of the time, which if I'm honest, is pointless when the models don't even agree at <72hrs.

Only 9 more days to count it down.

My thoughts on this current cold spell are if we're not getting any snow, then let's get the milder air back in. If I'm going to have to run my heating, then let it be for a lovely snowy couple of days at least.

Same here, always looking for something in the wilds of FI that never comes. I used to go into the regional threads when snow was on the cards, as you used to get a more relaxed and informative description of what was to come. Alas, all the good posters have now disappeared from the regionals and they're now a ghost town mostly.