A White Xmas?

And to think that the English sent their criminals to settle a place with sandy beaches, warm weather and an abundance of space. Choosing to remain behind, they endure 6 hour winter days, temperatures that never climb about 10C and at present are below 5C in the day and freezing or negative at night. Which group of people are the lucky ones? During winter, as with our last stay here, it does beg the question of why anyone lives here. But saying that, we left 35C days and the same could be said there.

I have just had a look at the Met Office website; www.metoffice.gov.uk and snow is now being forecast as a certainty in the South East on Thursday evening and into Friday. The South East is essentially London, the Home Counties and down toward the Channel. Falls of 10-15cm and more in higher hillier areas with major distruption to transport predicted. Fortunately, or not (if you ask Hannah & Ryan), we are in the South West, as far south as you can almost be in Great Britain and so may avoid the worst of it. Our days have been overcast and occasionally wet early on, then clearing to be sunny by lunchtime and cloudy in the later afternoon. The sun is rising at around 8.15am and setting by 4pm which makes fitting in outings and daylight activities a bit tricky.