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Just watched a pleasant young lady on the t.v telling me that I am going to have yet another crap weekend. Don't know if it's my imagination, but I swear they almost look pleased about it sometimes.

Built 1 house, an extension , and a garage in Priddy , Reg Payne used to live in the one in the background

Got to be honest I've just about done with this useless apology for winter, I m fully aware that we have maritime climate ,and that it is further modified by the gulf stream, but even taking all that into account, this has been particularly dire. We have struggled to even get a few half decent frosts let alone snow. I don't even particularly crave snow , just a couple of cold ,sunny settled weeks would do me, but even that's just about impossible to achieve. We really do constantly get the sh...t end of the stick summer and winter. Whatever reasons people are clamoring to migrate here ,it can't be for the weather.

2030 ? !!! kin great I'll be 70 that is if I haven't turned up my toes in the meantime

It's all like the Emperors new clothes, just one big poxy illusion

This boring, depressing apology for a winter reminds me of watching my Jack Russell chase it's tail, he almost grabs it but it always just eludes him. We certainly get the worst of both worlds in this country, wet mild winters , and cool wet summers. It wont be long now before you will see all the garden centres with their outdoor furniture and bbqs on display at exorbitant prices trying to lure some poor sod into spending a fortune on stuff that's going to sit in the shed all summer.

I've noticed that there seems to be some sort of lag effect on our seasons, in recent years, everything appears to be running a couple of months behind where they should be

This winter is like a bl...dy stuck record, starting to get right on my nerves

Couldn't agree more ,just as well that there's a bit more going for it than the weather.

Sometimes I think that myself ,and probably others don't look for snow so much, but search more for a change from the mind numbing blandness of our godforsaken climate , all year round. even the Romans commented on it 1700 years ago , they thought that it was crap as well

February 1978 delivered a good blizzard down here around about the 16th if I remember correctly. I may be wrong , but I don't recall Dec 77 or January being that cold, so stranger things have happened.

I must admit I've enjoyed the past couple of days , a good sharp frost,and bright sunny days, makes you feel better in yourself. How anyone can say that they prefer Atlantic driven mild crap is totally beyond me. It's about as much use to anyone as a marzipan crowbar

Here's hoping

Jay Wynn on Country File says temps back up to 11or 12 by Friday, looked as pleased as punch about it

Reasonably cold ,crisp sunny days and frosty nights, does me for now. Still plenty of time for something more potent further along the line. Got to be better than the s...it December served up.

Liking the look of the charts today, proper seasonal temperatures and a rest from the relentless Atlantic crap of the past 2 months. Not too worried about snow myself, won;'t complain if we get some Would be nice for the youngsters to see a good helping though,

Some cold dry frosty days will do me just fine, got a couple of bags of coal and a full wood store bring it on.

Agree completely, I am a time served bricklayer , and in the past have done jobs for people who, because they have gone to B/Q and bought a trowel and spirit level, have thought that they are "experts", the same applies in this case, People like Ian are professionals within their chosen field, and to have to read some of the half baked drivel must be insulting to say the very least.

Quite agree, I have learned an awful lot just by reading various posts. I can honestly say that just by doing this I have a better understanding of meteorology than for example the people with whom I work.

I have no doubt that the climate is getting warmer, for me the cynicism creeps in when I see local authorities, governments, and individuals taking a high moral stance by claiming that they are " trying to save the planet" whilst making a fortune out of the general public at the same time by increased charges and taxes on this, that, and everything else ,a lot of people are making a lot of money out of all this.

I suppose it's a case of it seeming like people who like mild weather having their preference 99% of the time,and any hint of cold weather being begrudged to anyone else

Just to clarify the above, it wasn't only farmers" who were affected complete villages were under water, ,and if memory serves me right ,next to nothing came from central government for the first month or two, the county was left on its own to get on with it. It was only after a lot of media pressure, and when the likes of Windsor started to experience similar problems that they eventually pulled their fingers out.

Hopefully it will freeze solid for a few weeks and may kill off some of these viruses etc that are doing the rounds, warm and wet = coughs colds and other such rubbish in my book. There was I think, a study in Moscow a few years ago which showed that the occurrence of colds etc are much lower there and in other such cold climates.

I reckon your perspective on the weather to a certain extent depends on your location, in-so-far as if you live in the S/E or the East, then rain isn't so problematic, however if you live in the S/W or N/W then it gets to a point where you could'nt give a toss whether it's mild or not just so long as it's dry.

I hope for the sake of those poor devils in Cumberland that you're wrong , pretty scant consolation when your're losing all your're possessions , and live in a house which is uninhabitable and consequently uninsurable that it's 15 degrees outside. I don't recall any of the cold winter that I have experienced causing this sort of misery