As has happened several times of late a slight invigoration of a weak front
as it crossed the North Downs gave welcome rain and I measured 1.4mm around
20.30 hrs this evening.
I drove around the M25 to a venue at Uxbridge in Middlesex this morning. The
countryside was far from grey here in Surrey and thence north into
Middlesex. Yes, the grass is straw coloured but the trees bordering the M25
were fabulous shades of russets and gold enflamed by the sun as it appeared
in and out of the stratocumulus and cumulus. The sunshine and warmth during
the summer and through September together with the dryness has enriched the
colours and the heavily wooded Surrey countryside is beginning to look like
New England. It was a joy to be on the M25 this morning though perhaps my
enthusiasm would have been stretched to the limit this evening with 15 miles
of virtually stationary traffic.

Ian Currie-Coulsdon
www.Frostedearth.com





"EUROGROW" wrote in message
...
I'll try not to turn this thread into too much of a whinge, but do people
realise how crop and food production is influenced by the weather. Here
are a
few examples.

Mike
Holme, Peterborough
Fed up with this drought