I wondered how long it would be before the "winter is written off" posts
arrive

.... Don't include me in that! I've just been re-reading some of last year's
posts around this time of year. Our first cold spell started about now. It
lasted a week with good snow. On December 30th it had been 12C at midnight!
After Jan 12th it was the same doom and gloom only for another snowy spell
to appear on the 30th Jan. As I've always said - anything more than 5 days
ahead is usually speculation.

Dave, now 1.7 C.