13-10-2004, 01:07 PM
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from (Robert E A Harvey) contains these words:
There are rumours among meterological types that it might be a cold
hard winter (latitude of north atlantic wave, seawater temperature
differentials, Canadian jetstream direction, etc.) and I wondered if
anyone on the group had any views?
'Fraid not.
It's certainly a good year for berries round here, which is one of the
oldest of old men's tales. But I've noticed that we no longer get
seagulls inland when storms occur, so maybe the old wisdom is dented?
Plenty of seagulls round here when the weather's bad - but then I'm only
forty or so miles from the coast.
ANyone got twinges in thier corns, early/late plant dormancy, earliest
frosts, insects hibernating or any other suggestions about what lies
ahead?
A lot of bulbs are coming up, and I've seen cabbage whites laying eggs
up to last week. Viburnum tinus is in flower, whereas when I was a yoof,
the flowers were mainly in bud at Christmas. (And it was called Laurus
tinus then, TAAAW. Perhaps it's got confused?)
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Rusty
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