We have had another wet week. We now have the exact opposite of the weather that we experienced last summer. This is typical of our weather, when we need rain, it stays dry and when we could do with a bit of a break in the rain it just won't stop.
It's far too wet now to do any gardening, so we have had to look towards alternative occupations.
Whenever there has been a break in the rain, we have taken the opportunity to go walking with Ruby, although our walks have been local.
Was it really just a month or two ago that we were bemoaning the fact that we needed rain? It's certainly made up for it this month. This November with 106.2mm or 4.18" of rainfall has become the ninth wettest month since Martyn started recording our weather in 2010. It has also been our second wettest autumn, with only 2019 being wetter
Meteorological winter starts on the first of December. As I've commented before, it's all or nothing as far as our weather is concerned.
We only went to the allotment once last week, as we have used any dry spells for walks with Ruby.
The allotment can look after itself at the moment and no doubt all the rain will be making a good job of rehydrating the parched earth and softening the hard lumps left after digging over the beds.
The temperature plummeted last week with nighttime temperatures dropping below freezing. Snow was threatened but none fell near to us.
Of course, this caused the inevitable warnings of danger to life for people over a certain age, a category that we both are in. We were warned to stay indoors, as if we ventured outdoors, we may freeze to death. Now I know for some people the cold is health-threatening, but I'm sure these warnings of doom are becoming far more frequent. It seems the powers that be are determined to frighten us to death.
I much prefer the cold, bright days to the warmer, drearier ones.
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