"Dave.C" wrote in message
. uk...
Well, Col, judging by the recent 4 day forecasts, my money's on the
leather!
;-)

Dave

certainly there is an awful lot of fruit on hedgerow trees etc which the old
timers round here claim means a bad winter.

Just how plants know this in advance I cannot explain and suspect that it is
worth about as much as a met office 4 day forecast :-))

Jim Webster