Winter solstice

Some sunlight for my solar panels.

The Sun!  It's been very very wet up here in Yorkshire, and when it's not wet it's grey and very windy!  Today looks more promising, so let's hope the start of longer days brings some sunshine and calm days!

Wonderful that we are on the up as far as daylight is concerned .  Sunlight is a big miss it's been warm and grey here with only odd glimpses of the sun to prove it hasn't fallen out of the sky.  Plenty of birdsong including a thrush again this morning.  As we are off to warmer climes at the end of January I'd like some cold bright days.  Each season in it's turn   Not to mention it might stop the grass growing it could do with another cut and it's too wet at the mo.  Who'd have believed making that sort of comment on 22 December? 

I feel for all those affected by the flooding and hope they get what they wish for including no more rain so they can dry out.

We are having mixed weather.  Torrential rain, howling gales, the odd 5 minutes of sunshine. But its only winter weather and shouldnt impact in our enjoyment of life. 

Wear the right clothes and get out and about.  Its not the weather which is depressing, its the attitude of the "stay indoors" people who are bored.

Every day is important. Make the most of it.

K

I've been counting down for the last month.  I "officially" now start planning for my planting of seeds (its a ritual that I plant my onion seeds on Boxing Day), on 1 January I get the new calendar and go through all my seed packets and note what dates to do all my other seedings and also looking at where to visit in the caravan, especially now that it will be my first year of retirement, how often we can go.  By the way, the only sun I've seen so far are the Mr Smiley faces I place on this site

Since the clocks have gone back you can count the number of sunny days on the fingers of your one hand! Just rain and more rain,

Were heading for spring then

v9

I miss sitting outside our van with a cold beer in my hand and the burgers cooking away on the Cadac. Roll on spring/summer time motorhoming in winter is good but not nearly as good as in the summer

I miss the light evenings. Driving now after 4 p.m. means having to drive in very poor visibility due to the combination of darkness and wet weather.

I personally love the Autumn & Winter seasons, I get just as much done if not more, we just need to embrace it more as it won't be changing anytime soon