Possibly another false spring unfortunately, whilst i too enjoyed the warmth yesterday, i was at work Sat and Sunday but Sun went for a pleasant stroll during my lunch break with shirt sleeves rolled up.

We've had a few years of these now, unusually warm spells when buds and insects have appeared early, only to suffer due to much colder fronts moving in afterwards, and to be fair i hope the country does get some reasonable snow so the children, young and old, get to enjoy a few days of play....and our posters who have bought snow capable tyres get to test them out :-)

"Probably of absolutely no interest to the majority..."

Hm. I wonder how many people tune in to the changes of the seasons. I've been fascinated by it all ever since childhood. At the moment I love spotting flowering crocuses and the first daffodils - we have some very pretty miniature ones in the front garden. And of course catkins on certain trees (really a type of flower) have been visible for weeks.

Edited by FP on 18/02/2019 at 12:06

I wouldn't be surprised if the local ice cream seller makes a trip round the estate in the next week - a barmy 15degC later this week, up from 14 on Sunday.

Edited by Engineer Andy on 18/02/2019 at 19:59