http://www.guardian.co.uk/weather/St...366246,00.html

"The arrival of waxwings - exotic crested birds from Siberia - is
traditionally the harbinger of an icy winter. This year enormous flocks,
thousands strong, have spread across Scotland and East Anglia.

The influx has coincided with predictions from several weather forecasting
services that Britain will soon be gripped by a big freeze, reminiscent of
1963. ..."

The article then goes on to hocus the pocus quite a lot.

""Expect cold weather if hogs are fatter than usual," runs another hoary
old dictum."

If this also applies to package tourists flying back from Lanzarote then
we are in for some pretty severe weather. The US may well be headed for an
ice age :-)

Now looking out for the Waxwings (being in East Anglia).

Throw another log on the fire, just in case.

Dave R