Debenhams opened on the 27th September 2018 in Watford, which starts the new phased opening of the £180 million extension to the Intu Shopping Centre. The crowds were out in force for the opening, at around 10am there was around 2000 people queuing around the block, one lady was there at 4.30am! The ribbon was…
What an amazing month May has been weather wise from the record heat at the beginning to the week of sunny, blue skies to the heat and humidity at the end of the month. Throw in some spectacular thunderstorms as well. It has been a very warm month with a CET of 13.1c over 2c…
On a hot gorgeous day in Cassiobury Park the Morris dancers were out celebrating the May Day bank holiday around the iconic bandstand. The park was packed as the heatwave peaked, it felt like the whole of Watford had come down to the park. Below are some of the photographs I took on the day. There…
April has been another one of those crazy months that we have experienced this year. Who would have thought that we would be 2c above the longtime average. The month started cold and then got hot in the middle of the month and cold at the end. What has made it a warm month is…
Its been a memorable cold month for the first month of spring. The month started with Beast from the east then the mini beast with milder interludes. We have been stuck on the north side of the jet stream with only a few days of southerly winds bringing temperatures up to average. Over the month…
An amazing turn out for the 50th anniversary event for the South West Herts Astronomical Societies star gazing in Cassiobury Park, Watford. When I arrived at around 7.30 there was a queue to get in, I wasn’t expecting that and the hub was full. More than 500 people turned up! Unfortunately the weather didn’t play…
The beast from the east is about to strike! Its been over 30 years since we have had a continuous winds this cold from the east in winter, originating all the way from Siberia. We are lucky that this is happening at the end of winter, when the sun is starting to get higher in…
It was bird spotting morning in Cassiobury Park a couple of weeks ago, over 30 people met up with avid bird watcher Mark Sutton. We did a tour of the park from near the hub, down towards the nature reserve, along the canal and back round to the hub. We managed to spot 27 different…
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…. Its been a longtime in waiting for a decent snow fall in Watford, more than 7 years! On the 10th December a classic low pressure slider came into the UK sliding from West to East. It has been a forecasters nightmare because of the borderline rain…
November has been an average month across the UK, with some warm spells but ending with a cold spell and the first snow on the eastern side of the country. Even in Watford we had our first flurries of snow on the final day of the month. End of the month also spelled the end…
