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@v24g2000yqk.googlegroups.com, says...

Yesterday (Dec 30th) we had 2 Blue bottles buzzing around indoors,
also a couple of Mosquito type thingies, and I noticed we have a
blackberry with a lone flower open as well as some apple mint still in
leaf.
How crazy can it get.

Glasgow is warmer that Greece today; I was gardening without a jacket.

2011 was the wettest year on record in Scotland; and the second warmest.

Janet