On Wednesday, 11 February 2015 13:24:40 UTC, Norman wrote:

The scuttlebut around the village here this morning is that 'they' say that
there'll be more heavy snow here at the end of next week. When quizzed, though,
no-one seemed to know who 'they' are. Once started, these rumours really do
spread around like wildfire. I generally keep silent on these matters :-)

Being "the bloke who does the weather" amongst my friends, I reckon about 25% of them will ask me at some point in the winter "I've heard we're going to get a cold winter/month/spell - is this true?"

I usually ask whether they read it in the Mail/Express...

Richard