In article , Sacha
writes

We've had some sharp frosts but only one day when the ice on the fish pond
didn't melt entirely.

!!!

We've had whole weeks when the ice on the fish pond didn't melt at all!
(and I do mean this winter)

When we were up in Northumbria a couple of weeks back, the river was
freezing every night, and had sheets of ice drifting slowly down it all
day.
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm