Another day of 'Blade Runner' weather, thick cloud, drizzle and semi darkness, if you weren't depressed before this current spell of weather you will be now!
This is fast becoming the most tedious miserable winter for Decades, reminds me very much of 1991/92 although at least that winter had a few colder spells and wasn't quite as gloomy as January is turning out.
When forecasts of a cold winter first came out in November I was afraid that despite good background signals the winter would downgrade into the anticyclonic gloom type with a persistent UK High and so it has proved.
Scenes of snowy beaches from Crete to the Costa Del Sol have only heightened the feeling of betrayal, loss and disappointment. On purely practical terms this winter is still better than last year because I hate wind and rain but it will still go down as one of the worst and most depressing winters of my 55 years on planet Earth.
And please spare me the 'there is still time it's only late January' replies, any pattern change will only bring the Atlantic back so a cold spell is a million miles away. Check the CET record and you will see a mild December and January is NEVER followed by a cold February. The cast is set and the only relief from this miserable excuse for a winter will be the arrival of spring in 6 weeks time.
I often thought about moving to Lanzarote for my retirement but now that escape has gone due to bloody Brexit, the U.K. feels on its own these days in more ways than one.
Andy
Andy Woodcock
Penrith
Cumbria
Altitude 535 feet
"Why are the British so worried about climate change? Any change to their climate can only be an improvement" John Daley 2001