Blackthorn Winter

[Billhook]

BBrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

It is brass monkey weather here, The white flowers of the Blackthorn are fully out and yet again the old saying "Beware the Blackthorn Winter" comes true.

 

Every year on the dot as far as I can remember. Is there some science behind this?

[Two Acres]

BBrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

It is brass monkey weather here, The white flowers of the Blackthorn are fully out and yet again the old saying "Beware the Blackthorn Winter" comes true.

 

Every year on the dot as far as I can remember. Is there some science behind this?

 

Whereabouts are you Billhook? Its been up and down here, hot then cold. I was down in London three weeks or so ago and it was stupidly hot. Now I've got the woodburner going again. Blackthorn out here too.

[Daniël Bos]

Blackthorn be come and gone here in "shirt-sleeves rolled up" sort of weather.

[pileswasp]

I think the science might be called "confirmation bias".

[Billhook]

Whereabouts are you Billhook? Its been up and down here, hot then cold. I was down in London three weeks or so ago and it was stupidly hot. Now I've got the woodburner going again. Blackthorn out here too.

 

I am the other side of the Wash in Lincolnshire

We went off to Donington Park on Saturday to watch the Historic Racing and it was freezing drizzle with a biting wind.

 

It was entertaining to watch the old cars struggle a bit and there were several ground loops!

Hardly anybody there and felt very sorry for the rain soaked traders who were expecting better.

 

But the Blackthorn was fully in flower in all the hedgerows on the journey.

Edited May 4, 2015 by Billhook

[Two Acres]

I am the other side of the Wash in Lincolnshire

We went off to Donington Park on Saturday to watch the Historic Racing and it was freezing drizzle with a biting wind.

 

It was entertaining to watch the old cars struggle a bit and there were several ground loops!

Hardly anybody there and felt very sorry for the rain soaked traders who were expecting better.

 

But the Blackthorn was fully in flower in all the hedgerows on the journey.

 

It was cold here yesterday, and it absolutely bucketed down for most of the day. I wanted to go to an antiques fair in Beccles but gave it a miss - I always feel disapointed for the traders on days like that. All the effort involved to organise something then the weather goes and ruins it, shame. Hot and sunny again today