Weather – wise or otherwise?
Posted by woodsy on 23 January, 2007
US journalist Martha Gellhorn once described the British weather along the lines of ‘a national catastrophe, bravely borne by the natives’. And last two Thursdays, when the country was lashed by storm force winds and rain, have been catastrophic.
Compared with the rest of the country, Bristol escaped lightly from the storms. However, on the first of those Thursdays, Easton’s Bannerman Road Primary School had part of its roof blown off, resulting in the kids being sent home early.
Bannerman Road School – after the storm
There’s no doubt that we’re having some strange weather: just a couple of weeks ago I saw hazel catkins for the first time this year – the earliest I can remember in 5 decades.
Over the weekend it has suddenly turned cold: apart from a few days’ worth of frost just before Christmas, there’s been no winter in Bristol at all; maybe that’s all about to change and the fuchsia still flowering in my garden will finally shed its leaves before spring arrives again
