December 18 2015

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December 18 2015

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Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 15 10:26 am Post subject: December 18 2015

Last weekend I camped on the cliffs above Cape Cornwall & took plenty of layers to keep warm through the night, including a thermal bag liner to fit inside my three season bag.
I didn't need it or the layers. It was colder last April than this December.
Ended up sleeping comfortably in my long johns.

Not that that has anything to do with livestock & pets

Yesterday whilst giving my elder hound a once over for thorns & burrs I pulled a tick!!
I can remember a time when things like ticks & fleas didn't show their ugly blood sucking selves till after the spring equinox & not after the Autumn one.
I predict 2016 will be pestilent.
We need a cold snap.

gregotyn

Joined: 24 Jun 2010
Posts: 2201
Location: Llanfyllin area

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 15 10:54 am Post subject:
Nought like a good hard frost to kill many of the gardener's pests and diseases.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 15 11:46 pm Post subject:
I blame global worming.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Sun Dec 20, 15 12:54 am Post subject: Re: December 18 2015

Tavascarow wrote:

Last weekend I camped on the cliffs above Cape Cornwall & took plenty of layers to keep warm...

At first glance I thought you'd said lawyers and was put in mind of Lady Whiteadder...

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46249
Location: yes

Posted: Sun Dec 20, 15 12:50 pm Post subject:

Rob R wrote:

I blame global worming.

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Sun Dec 20, 15 1:41 pm Post subject:
The rosemary bush in our garden is flowering.

chickenlady

Joined: 18 Aug 2013
Posts: 413
Location: Dorset

Posted: Sun Dec 20, 15 4:05 pm Post subject:
I thought you meant you were snuggling up in a sleeping back full of hens

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Sun Dec 20, 15 4:34 pm Post subject:

chickenlady wrote:

I thought you meant you were snuggling up in a sleeping back full of hens

The fox cured me of my poultry obsession but the sleeping bag is full of goose down.

Rob R wrote:

I blame global worming.

Cheeky Git.

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Sun Dec 20, 15 5:58 pm Post subject:
Went to the Newcastle v Aston villa game on Saturday evening. St James park in mid December is usually somewhat chilly. Watching the match in shirt sleeves at 7pm, the week before Christmas felt very odd. Torrential rain as well which started at kick off and finished at the end of the game, so we didn't get soaked on the way back to the car.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Sun Dec 20, 15 8:42 pm Post subject:
A friend of mind reports that blue tits are nesting in her garden...

Treacodactyl
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 25795
Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism

Posted: Sat Jan 02, 16 6:54 pm Post subject:
Removed a tick from our Lab on the 28th, not sure if it's last seasons or the new season. I picked my first daff flower on the 31st!

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46249
Location: yes

Posted: Tue Jan 05, 16 4:55 pm Post subject:
freshly hatched bluebottle drying itself on the window sill outside ,jan 5

LynneA

Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Posts: 4893
Location: London N21

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 16 12:25 pm Post subject:

Hairyloon wrote:

A friend of mind reports that blue tits are nesting in her garden...

I'm sure I heard some nestlings when I walked up to the bus stop this morning. We had a Great Spotted Woodpecker hammering on a tree at the weekend, and I've heard Green Woodpeckers calling this week.

On the plus side, haven't seen many slugs. Think they've drowned.

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