Very erratic weather we've been having for the past couple of years, as Judith has doubtless mentioned before. This year, June and July were dry, sunny and very warm; August was rather cool, damp and overcast; September gave us wild swings from one extreme to the other. A fortnight ago, on a Friends of Bruce Castle outing to Kentwell Manor in Suffolk, we had glorious sunshine and temperatures of 18 Celsius; last weekend was rain, rain and more rain, putting the kibosh on our planned trip to Colchester for some Roman re-enactments.
This weekend -- when we should have been experiencing autumnal chills, with even the daytime temperatures heading towards 10 to 13 -- we're back at 19: blue skies and sunshine, warm enough to walk around in next to nothing. (Well, next to nothing as far as I'm concerned; Judith, whose temperature response system was set by growing up in the Bismarck Archipelago, finds anything less than 25 Celsius to require a fleece jacket and double-layer trousers.) Here's a couple of photographs of us on our allotment this afternoon -- Judith weeding amongst the beans (newly-planted beans, you will notice, growing vigorously away as though it weren't October at all), and me strimming down the grass to make compost with the allotment association's strimmer.
Tomorrow, according to the forecast, should be a degree or two warmer, with the clouds still holding off. Should be just fine for our boat trip up the River Lea with other members of the Friends of Tottenham Marshes. Photographs of that in due course!
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If you look at the bottom right of the JN strimming pic, the little white square thing is my Ataxerxes King of Snails stone-carving. Xerxes faces him across the archway gap into our plot from the central path.
I did notice the snail - I think I remember you saying you had carved this yourself - is this right?
Yes, that is correct.
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