Category Archives: Winter

November Daily Blog 26: A change in the weather. Maybe

Posted on November 26, 2012 by BarryH

The weather may be on the turn.  In South East Wales the heavy rain looks to be passing through overnight and not returning during the 5-day forecast period.  Instead the expectation is that it will be replaced by sunshine and … Continue reading →

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November Daily Blog 24: Footpaths – Grey Britain, Greece, Canadian Rockies.

Posted on November 24, 2012 by BarryH

The weather in the UK has been pretty grim over the last few days with dark grey skies and rain varying between heavy and torrential.  For 4 days now there have been 200 or more flood warnings with the South … Continue reading →

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November Daily Blog 18: broad views and small details in the Brecon Beacons National Park

Posted on November 18, 2012 by BarryH

Sunday was indeed another good day.  Sunny days in Grey Britain are rare, opportunities not to be missed.  So, despite warnings to rest my knee, I walked up the ridge at the southern tip of the Brecon Beacons National Park … Continue reading →

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November Daily Blog 15: grey in the brain, lost in the mists

Posted on November 15, 2012 by BarryH

Wednesday night I fell asleep in front of the TV until 02.30 so on Thursday morning I groped and blinked my way downstairs even more befuddled and foggy-brained than usual. When we moved to this house from Cardiff we decided … Continue reading →

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Out of the Winter and out of the freezer

Posted on February 20, 2012 by BarryH

Winter came to an end around here 10 days ago.  During the previous week I had been wandering around the ridge-tops of South East Wales most days to take full advantage of the snow and ice. As noted in my … Continue reading →

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Grey Britain: life at the margins

Posted on February 12, 2012 by BarryH

Thursday and I thought that my optimism of a return to winter had been well founded.  After the second night of temperatures below zero (-7.7 and -3.4oC) the forecast was for it to continue close to freezing all day with … Continue reading →

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Grey Britain: a short pictorial history of winter 2012

Posted on February 6, 2012 by BarryH

I have bemoaned the fact that we haven’t had a winter in Grey Britain 2011/2012.  November and December were very warm compared to average and so was most of January.  Despite the lack of interesting weather, at the end of … Continue reading →

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Moving forward

Posted on January 22, 2012 by BarryH

I dislike painting and decorating.  Or to be more accurate I dislike the preparation work which precedes the painting and decorating. It’s messy, fiddly, long drawn out and invariably the room looks far worse, positively depressing, before it starts to … Continue reading →

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The New Year: a golden glow of optimism

Posted on January 13, 2012 by BarryH

It’s Friday morning and things are looking good.  I sat having my early morning beverage, a lemon and ginger ‘tisane’ as Hercule Poirot, that most famous of Belgians fictionally called it, basking in the sun as it rose above the … Continue reading →

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The New Year: forecasts and looking to the future

Posted on January 10, 2012 by BarryH

Average temperatures in the UK (however that is defined and however relevant the figure is) were higher in 2011 than any year on record.  Not that the weather was what most would describe as ‘good’.  Except for bits of April … Continue reading →

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