Thursday, December 31, 2009

31st December 2009

A dry start to today, brisk North North Easterly blows.

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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

30th December 2009

Light rain falls, the sky is very overcast making the start of the day dark and gloomy.

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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

29th December 2009

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Monday, December 28, 2009

28th December 2009

Frost lightly whitens the grasses and banks. A still windless day with a clear pale blue sky.

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Sunday, December 27, 2009

27th December 2009

Brisk wind blows. The day seems quite dark this morning as heavy grey clouds loom over the sky.

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Saturday, December 26, 2009

26th December 2009

The temperature has lifted quite a bit for today, the feeling is a lot milder. A cool light wind blows the clouds, clearing them away to cluster on the distant horizon.

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Friday, December 25, 2009

25th December 2009

Cold clear day for Christmas. The sky is clear of all clouds. Ice has formed on the puddles.

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Thursday, December 24, 2009

24th December 2009

There has been some thawing of the snowy bits since having a drop ofrain overnight. But some areas have turned to ice instead with a drop in temperature once the rain dispersed.

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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

23rd December 2009

The slight thawing from yesterday has frozen overnight leaving areas of the track slick with ice. The hedges hang with silvery droplets where a little thawing has already occurred above the cold temperature on the ground.

A keen cold wind blows, but not as cold as Monday. Dark clouds are starting to move over and forecast the coming of rain.

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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

22nd December 2009

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Monday, December 21, 2009

21st December 2009

Cold Easterly wind blows, straight from Russia. The cold has made the snow even more crisper and harder. Very overcast.

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Sunday, December 20, 2009

20th December 2009

More snow fell overnight, it has now changed to hard crystals that crunch underfoot.

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Saturday, December 19, 2009

19th December 2009

A light dusting of snow has fallen overnight. The sky remains dark with heavy grey clouds. The wind has dropped and everything is still.

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Friday, December 18, 2009

18th December 2009

Cold North Easterly wind blows. Frost covers the fields and ice has formed on the puddles.

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Thursday, December 17, 2009

17th December 2009

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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

16th December 2009

Feels even colder today, the wind is quite sharp, dark clouds cover most of the sky.

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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

15th December 2009

Dark clouds move briskly overhead.

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Monday, December 14, 2009

14th December 2009

Dry cold day with hardly any movement from the wind.

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Sunday, December 13, 2009

13th December 2009

A slight touch of frost coats the centre grass this morning.

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Saturday, December 12, 2009

12th December 2009

During yesterday the tractor came up with a hedge flail. It passed over the hedge several times thrashing everything back. Luckily most of the berries and fruits in the hedge have been harvested by birds and animals. But as far as we are concerned it should have been left until January-February.

Unfortunately we cannot control absolutely everything when other people are involved in the equation.  The fact is it was our neighbours who pressurised the owner of the land surrounding us to send in the tractor. They have been worrying about the trimming of the hedges ever since we stopped them from having them trashed just as the bird nesting season had started.

Hedges do need to trimmed back to keep them in good shape, but there is the best most wildlife friendly time to do it.

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Friday, December 11, 2009

11th December 2009

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Thursday, December 10, 2009

10th December 2009

Fine drizzle has fallen this morning, everything hangs damp.

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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

9th December 2009

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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

8th December 2009

Brisk cool wind blows out of the North. The sun shines while clouds move rapidly overhead.

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Monday, December 7, 2009

7th December 2009

Bright clear sky of faded blue. The moon peers down over the hedge to my left, a pale eye in the sky.

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