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Winter Waves

Alan Cole — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 11:50:07 +0000

It was a bit of a shock to the system after 30ºC waters in the Philippines, but there was a nice little wave this morning, so it had to be done. Getting into and out of several layers of neoprene was probably more taxing than the surf itself, and negotiating the lethal frozen pebbles was...

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An Early Spring?

Alan Cole — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:08:01 +0000

We missed out on the recent snow here, but the forecast seems to suggest that when the high presure over us finally gives way and allows a low pressure system in from the west, the wet air from the Atlantic will hit the cold air currently sitting on top of the UK and we could...

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Stores for Winter – Beekeeping Season Starts Again

Alan Cole — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:24:01 +0000

After to big freeze of last year, the winter of 2011-2012 has been fairly mild. So what does this mean for our honey bees? Well, we had a check on our three hives this winter and things don’t look too bad. It’s difficult to know if bees consume more food in warm winters than in...

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Moths at the Porch Light

Alan Cole — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:40:30 +0000

I haven’t put the moth trap out for quite a while now – Shame on me – but the weather hasn’t really been conducive and we haven’t had the time. Although as Anna says we should probably try to put it out once a week on the same night regardless of the weather as recording...

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Winter Garden Colours

Alan Cole — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 08:53:51 +0000

I haven’t mentioned the garden for a while, but it’s still looking OK. Whilst working on it over the summer one of the things I tried to do was put some plants in that would provide some winter colour. I know we’re not quite into winter yet but it has been pretty frosty out there...

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Winter Firsts

Alan Cole — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:24:22 +0000

Well, we had our first sprinkling of snow for the winter last night. Only a tiny bit here and temperatures were down to -1.2ºC on the weather station. Morgan was unimpressed, but Anna and I are always excited by a bit of snow. There could be a bit more on the way as well. If...

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Getting Ready for Winter

Alan Cole — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:35:29 +0000

It’s been pretty dry here for the last week, but winter is coming and I’m fed up of getting eyes full of mud when I go out riding so it was time to fit some mudguards to my bike. Colour coordinated Crud Fast Fender, Crud catcher and a rear mudguard all fitted and ready for...

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First day of Winter

Alan Cole — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:06:07 +0000

December the 1st, the first day of winter and after what turned out to be a very windy autumn, the weather is right on cue with the first frost. The winds have eased here in Wales and we had a lovely clear night last night with a nice moon. The temperature dropped to -0.7ºC overnight...

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