I went up to Pendreich last night for my first proper evening outing of the year, I have been up once but it was dark before 8 so that doesn’t count. It’s light up to nearly 10 now so it’s more practical.
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Six and a half weeks. That is how long it is to the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year- after that it’s all downhill to winter. Except that outside its utterly freezing with a wind that would half you in two like one of the Gladiators in Sparticus ( the one on Sky One).
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A cold but otherwise fair day beckoned and I wasn’t sure what to do with myself on the...
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The weather looked like it was going to be nice and Sunny, but it started with a strong and VERY cold west wind which turned to blow from the North in the afternoon. It was utterly freezing most of the day, worse than winter, and I almost expected to see icing rod rings!
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Had my first outing of the year on the wee burn today, thinking it looked quite nice and there would be some reasonable height of water with recent rains. While the later judgement was correct, the former was miles out, it was really very cold, especially given we are nearly into May.
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