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Tag Archives: weather
And now: The Shipping Forecast
Many years ago I read a book called “And Now the Shipping Forecast” By Peter Jefferson and it was kinda of strange because it was really about the weather at sea in areas around the British Isles. It made for … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Personal, Retrospective, Ships, Transportation, United Kingdom
Tagged British Isles, broadcast, radio, Ships, The Shipping Forecast, United Kingdom, weather, wireless
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Snowed under
It is now the weekend and Tewkesbury is trying to recover from under the snow that we had on Thursday evening and Friday. It really feels like a major disaster happened although it was really just unseasonal snow (soon to … Continue reading
Posted in Gloucestershire, Personal, Photo Essay, Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
Tagged Snow, Tewkesbury, weather
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Let there be snow!
Yes it is true, it is snowing outside. We had our first flakes on Friday but it was not a significant amount. But the weather forecast for the UK predicted snow wherever you go for today! I woke at 7.30 … Continue reading
Posted in Gloucestershire, Personal, Photo Essay, Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
Tagged Old Baptist Chapel, Snow, Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Abbey, weather
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It is only desultory snow
Yes it is true, it “snowed” last night, actually that may not be quite true, if anything we had a desultory fall of white stuff that may have been snow, sleet, or dandruff. It is really hard to say with … Continue reading
Posted in Gloucestershire, Personal, Photo Essay, Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
Tagged cold, Snow, Tewkesbury, weather
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Brrr. Its chilly out there
The temperature around here has been steadily declining as we head into Winter, and this can produce some really spectacular results from a photographic point of view. The evening of the 29th saw the temperature fall to -5, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Gloucestershire, Personal, Photo Essay, Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
Tagged cold, freeze, rime frost, Tewkesbury, weather, Winter
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