Wintery Scene from Winterslow

Saturday 10 January 2009 - As you can see, Winterslow very much lives up to ts name today - at a temperature of -7 degree c. it is extremely cold here. This is the view from our garden at lunchtime today. I remember such cold winters when as a young child I lived in the north east of England. I think the effects of global warming have by-passed the UK this year although it is said that its effects have pushed the gulf-stream further south leaving us to be exposed to the types of climate usually experienced by mainland northern Europe.