On Apr 1, 12:52*pm, "Derek Nicklin"
wrote:
"Scott W" wrote in message

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Is there any truth in this saying with regards to how good the summer
is?

I noticed one oak tree close to me in East London is coming out in
leaf - whereas all the ash trees are bare.
Most horse chestnuts are out in leaf and the catkins on the planes
seem very large this year...

Comments anyone?

Here in East Staffordshire I have not seen Ash flowering first in the 40
plus years that I have lived here. The oaks in this area are always in leaf
weeks before Ash.

Derek

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Isn't the phrase "Oak before ash, there'll be a splash; ash before
oak, there'll be a soak. In which case, there's a reasonable amount of
truth in it. On a world scale, British summers are pretty
wet....unless you live in the far SE, of course!