On 04 Mar 2013, @Piers_Corbyn (twitter), The Gaffer, South London wrote:

Warm wishes from the GAFFER

Just a mention of the Morpeth Arable Farmers meeting 28th I spoke at - reported in the 30day forecast News section . It was really great - 50 farmers - not a CO2 warmist in sight and they remembered our warnings of severe deluges hail and thunder last June which happened - Tyne Bridge remember and horrific accounts of events! BLACK PEARL came along and joined the discussion which was really great, so Thanks again BP +++ BILL, MICHAEL Thanks for ideas, sometimes we do go public and something might help us break the BBC embargo. Maybe an Easter break forecast? Comms welcome +++ RUSS Yes v good point. Blighty will get 15ft (ft in Blighty not metres!) of snow in the next few years - South Italy had 40ft in winter of 2011-12 remember. UK had some good whacks in Jan & Feb. The difference between 10 inches and 10 feet can be down to quite small shifts in Jet stream/ storm system tracks. The point is that the Mini Ice Age often brings basic set-ups for such possibilities.