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Weather shall I wonder

Like most Brits, I’ve got a tendency to blather on about the weather. But this summer I think I’m within my rights. The Met Office says that August was the dullest on record, and September has so far been darker, wetter and, I suspect, colder.

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by Simon Handby in At home on 04.09.08 | 4 comments | permalink

Of camping, rain and great customer service

Is it unbelievably stupid still to be going camping in Pembrokeshire tomorrow when the five day forecast on the BBC weather site looks like this:
Yes. I know the answer already. But, as I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I love camping with all my heart.

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by Tamsin Hemingray in At home on 15.08.08 | Leave a comment | permalink

Mud bath? What mud bath?

I’ve recently come to suspect that the country’s weather forecasters are a pessimistic bunch. The weather this year hasn’t been fantastic, but I’ve still managed to get sunburned on three separate occasions when we were forecast rain

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by Simon Handby in At home on 30.06.08 | Leave a comment | permalink

Glastonbury weather forecast

You wanna hear it? Really? Do you?
Well, it’s not all bad: the site doesn’t look like a swamp, and the heavy downpours of recent years are thought unlikely to appear.

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by Charlie Peverett in At home on 25.06.08 | Leave a comment | permalink

Storm warnings: bringing memories flooding back?

Last year was a fairly remarkable one for weather, especially when it came to flooding. Winter 2006/7 saw the wettest five months since 1914, while May to July 2007 were the soggiest since records began in 1766.

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by Simon Handby in At home on 15.01.08 | Leave a comment | permalink

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