Looks like next weekend is going to be much better for much of the
country (except, perhaps, in the SE). See http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn2161.html

- Tom.

In article
,
Tom2131 writes:
Looks like next weekend is going to be much better for much of the
country (except, perhaps, in the SE). See http://www.wetterzentrale.de
/pics/Rtavn2161.html

- Tom.

But had Easter been a week later this year, we can be sure that the
weather would have been nice this weekend but horrid next.
--
John Hall
"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people
from coughing."
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)

On Apr 2, 9:42*am, John Hall wrote:
In article
,

*Tom2131 writes:
Looks like next weekend is going to be much better for much of the
country (except, perhaps, in the SE). *Seehttp://www.wetterzentrale.de
/pics/Rtavn2161.html

- Tom.

But had Easter been a week later this year, we can be sure that the
weather would have been nice this weekend but horrid next.
--
John Hall
* * * * * *"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people
* * * * * * from coughing."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)

If it's some comfort, if we count the Friday and the Monday, the last
two weekends would have been pretty poor too. Each had one good day
(Saturday 27th and Sunday 21st) but the rest of the extended weekend
was pretty changeable.

Not so sure why the SE would come off badly in that URL by the way.

Nick

On Apr 2, 9:29*am, Tom2131 wrote:
Looks like next weekend is going to be much better for much of the
country (except, perhaps, in the SE). *Seehttp://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn2161.html

- Tom.

Isn't there a statute in the UK that did fix the date of Easter and
aren't we still waiting for the world council of chrches' response? I
may be wrong, I'm remembering a fragment I think I've read! Help if
you know more, please!

I also think the statute is old (last century?? - pre-buchan, who -
again I think, had one of his cold spells occurring on 9th April, when
the statute was passed to fix Easter's date and this had some
influence on it not being ratified.

All very confused, sorry. Any help would be appreciated.

On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 02:38:28 -0700 (PDT), Dawlish wrote:

On Apr 2, 9:29*am, Tom2131 wrote:
Looks like next weekend is going to be much better for much of the
country (except, perhaps, in the SE). *Seehttp://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn2161.html

- Tom.

Isn't there a statute in the UK that did fix the date of Easter and
aren't we still waiting for the world council of chrches' response? I
may be wrong, I'm remembering a fragment I think I've read! Help if
you know more, please!

I also think the statute is old (last century?? - pre-buchan, who -
again I think, had one of his cold spells occurring on 9th April, when
the statute was passed to fix Easter's date and this had some
influence on it not being ratified.

All very confused, sorry. Any help would be appreciated.

Wikipedia has an article on the Reform of the date of Easter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_...date_of_Easter
--
MCC

"MCC" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 02:38:28 -0700 (PDT), Dawlish wrote:

On Apr 2, 9:29 am, Tom2131 wrote:
Looks like next weekend is going to be much better for much of the
country (except, perhaps, in the SE).
Seehttp://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn2161.html

- Tom.

Isn't there a statute in the UK that did fix the date of Easter and
aren't we still waiting for the world council of chrches' response? I
may be wrong, I'm remembering a fragment I think I've read! Help if
you know more, please!

I also think the statute is old (last century?? - pre-buchan, who -
again I think, had one of his cold spells occurring on 9th April, when
the statute was passed to fix Easter's date and this had some
influence on it not being ratified.

All very confused, sorry. Any help would be appreciated.

Wikipedia has an article on the Reform of the date of Easter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_...date_of_Easter
--
MCC

An article on this subject by Paul Simon appears in the Opinion section of
today's Times.

Roger

On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 at 09:42:04, John Hall
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

But had Easter been a week later this year, we can be sure that the
weather would have been nice this weekend but horrid next.

I see Easter is extremely late next year, so the weather ought to be
better (or warmer at least).
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

On 2 Apr, 10:26, Nick wrote:

Not so sure why the SE would come off badly in that URL by the way.

snip

I see the panel changed since I posted. Early this morning there was
a north-easterly flow clipping into SE England.

- Tom.

In article
,
Dawlish writes:
On Apr 2, 9:29*am, Tom2131 wrote:
Looks like next weekend is going to be much better for much of the
country (except, perhaps, in the SE). *Seehttp://www.wetterzentrale.d
e/pics/Rtavn2161.html

- Tom.

Isn't there a statute in the UK that did fix the date of Easter and
aren't we still waiting for the world council of chrches' response? I
may be wrong, I'm remembering a fragment I think I've read! Help if
you know more, please!

I also think the statute is old (last century?? - pre-buchan, who -
again I think, had one of his cold spells occurring on 9th April, when
the statute was passed to fix Easter's date and this had some
influence on it not being ratified.

All very confused, sorry. Any help would be appreciated.

There was a proposal (in the 1920s?) that the date of Easter should be
fixed, but I'm not sure that it ever reached the stage of being passed
into law. As you say, someone realised that the proposed fixed date
would coincide with one of Buchan's cold periods, which had pretty much
been forgotten about prior to that. The press then made a big thing of
it, and the idea was dropped. (That's all from memory of what I have
read. Philip Eden is the real expert, as I can recall at least one
newspaper column by him on the subject.)

I said "the date of Easter", but presumably the proposed legislation
would only have fixed the dates of the Friday and Monday bank holidays
(much as was done in the 1970s with what used to be Whit Monday); I
can't imagine the British churches being willing to change the dates of
Good Friday or Easter Day as that would put them out of step with the
dates used in the rest of the world.
--
John Hall
"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people
from coughing."
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)

"John Hall" wrote in message
...

I said "the date of Easter", but presumably the proposed legislation
would only have fixed the dates of the Friday and Monday bank holidays
(much as was done in the 1970s with what used to be Whit Monday); I
can't imagine the British churches being willing to change the dates of
Good Friday or Easter Day as that would put them out of step with the
dates used in the rest of the world.
--
John Hall
"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people
from coughing."
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)

Of course, the Orthodox churches have a different date for Easter (in most
years) but even those dates are driven by lunar phases rather than by the
calendar. Nevertheless I cannot see the Government making any move for
change either - especially noting that Brown has gone out of His way to be
nice to the Pope today.

Regards, Roger