On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 20:19:52 +0100, Norman Lynagh wrote:

I would have thought that your location on the western fringes was a
more important factor than altitude.

Altitude makes a great difference. During the hot spell I hated going
down to the lower levels, just too hot and sufocating. We got over 30C
and a couple of occasions, highest was 31.1C. It was bearable, always
a bit of air movement and pretty low humidity.

Everything there was lush and green, in stark contrast to what we
currently have in South Bucks.

It's mostly still green up here but hasn't grown anything like it did
last year. The mower has been broke for the last couple of months and
I've only had to get the strimmer out once in that time. In normal
years, before the mower, the strimmer came out every two weeks.

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Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL. pam is missing e-mail