Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “2026”
We had 5 mm of rain in the early morning, bringing September’s total so far to 39 mm, well above average, although 26mm of that was delivered on Tuesday. It is catch up time, and do we need it. The drought may be over but there is a big deficit, illustrated by our pond. I have been monitoring our rain …
We have had two eclipses recently, the solar, and on Friday the lunar eclipse. Both partial, but up in the 90 per cents. The solar eclipse we watched from the garden. That was at a respectable hour, around 7 pm, but the lunar eclipse was at 4 am, with unlikely many takers at that hour. My daughter and I got …
We had a couple of millimetres of rain last week, but that soon evaporated in the heat. The last decent downpour was on 27 June. There is a hosepipe ban, but one cannot complain, reservoirs are low, rivers low. Farmers are suffering, their crops have awful yields, some they have given up on. It’s no good looking to Europe, the …
We have had 3 mm of rain in the last month. Last night, we had a teaser of rain. It looked like it was going to be a real storm. The BBC forecast suggested it would be. But just a few drops, dark skies, and that was that. It didn’t even register on the garden rain gauge. This is serious, …
We had 118 mm of rain in January, a month which averages 55 mm in London. So well over double the average rainfall for the month. But February has had quite a deluge too. We have had 44 mm so far. February is usually quite a dry month, averaging 39 mm. We have beaten that all ready, and if that …
We had Auld Lang Syne, fireworks, and drank too much at the changeover from 2025 to 2026. And saw the cheers and joy around the world as 2026 swept in, with hopes for new possibilities this year. Love, money, health and dare one say – peace. It is New Year’s Day as I write this blog and the hope is …
