On 2013-11-08 17:02:58 +0000, Ophelia said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2013-11-08 15:45:41 +0000, Ophelia said:

"sacha" wrote in message
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I find it quite amusing that the new definition of 'a good summer' is -
what - 5 weeks of sunshine!

Now when I were a bairn ...

Seems that way to me, too. In memory, every day was spent on the beach
with friends. We were rarely out of the water!

That is exactly the way it was!!! I remember it well! Now last year,
did we not have 3 week bbq weather?

I don't remember 1 week of barbecue weather. I think it must be the
only year when we didn't once have supper in the garden.

Oh I didn't see it! I just remember it being forecast!

Oh yes, we were told to expect it. Just as we were told this year that
we were entering a ten year cycle of wet wet wet. And then promptly had
several weeks of sunshine! The met office needs a new piece of seaweed
or the help of that man in Kent who (apparently 'always' predicts the
coming year's weather correctly. I won't give a link to articles about
him because they'll frighten those of a nervous disposition, having ad
links attached. ;-) Apparently, he wrote to the Queen to warn her that
the weather for last year's water pageant would be appalling. If so, he
was 100% correct!
In fact, the met offices admit they are pushed to predict beyond 5
days. Before going sailing, we always rang the met office for their
forecast and they preferred to give 3 days at most. Island nations,
such as the British Isles, are just too open to the vagaries of wind
and tide and the overall effect of the Gulf Stream and all those things
combined. While predictable weather would be lovely in many ways, when
I've experienced it over months, I just occasionally found myself
longing for a day when it wasn't inevitably sunny but there'd be a good
English downpour.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon