Indian Summer

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Morning Clive, i too have noticed the Greenfinches round this way have been getting larger, as well. :wink: :)
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It's dark and dismal
Wind and rain
Looks like autumn's back again :(
Cred air o bob deg a glywi, a thi a gei rywfaint bach o wir (hen ddihareb Gymraeg)
Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
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The only good thing about today is the shed roof I mended in the heat wave isn't leaking (yet?).
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Cloudy, odd bit of sunshine, plus some drizzle, saw a short wide rainbow, well column really, this evening.
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We spent all yesterday morning digging over a large bed (about 24' x 24') where the potatoes grew this year and found almost a bucketful of potatoes which had got away! Amazing, how they always do. No doubt, there will still be a few volunteers coming up next year.

And today I spread 15 large wheelbarrows of lovely, gooey cow manure onto the same area, manna for the worms.

By the end of this, wheelbarrow, fork and I were covered in manure - great fun cleaning it all off.
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Took advantage of the Indian Summer to go to south Wales for a few days - Gower Peninsula. Super spot, wonderful views at Rossili Bay, with lots of seals on the rocks Stayed at Mumbles at Tides Reach B & B, which I can heartily recommend - but book a back room if you don't like traffic! John N.
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Does the monsoon usually come just after the Indian summer?
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Incredible, isn't it - 25 degrees last weekend, 8 degrees maximum today!
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and the hailstones.
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It is still going down here - 21 degrees on lottie today! We have had a little dip during the week but as soon as the sun came out it was warm
again.

Unsurprisingly the papers are all doom & gloom predicting the worst snow
& cold for years down here, but it is only the last two years that it has snowed around here, previous to that was about 8 years ago.

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Rained all day today then thoroughly depressed by watching the Countryfile forecast which suggested our very own deluge until Wednesday.
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