The sun shone on the last weekend of Imagine Watford and boy it was a hot day. It took place at Garston Park, another one of the parks I hadn’t been to for over 30 years. The park is situated in the north of the borough. Cycling there was easy using the Beryl bikes but…
Imagine Watford is back! With performing arts galore over the next three weekends till 18th July. After last years postponement and the COVID restrictions, it’s great that it has returned. One of my favourite events in Watford. There is something for everyone and this year it is in different locations around Watford. On the 3rd…
What a great day in Woodside Park, watching the various dancers and singers perform on stage in front of 100s of people. Some of the performances were Flawless (Britain’s Got Talent finalists), JiveSwing Hoppers, Charlie’s Angels, Aubretia Dance Studio, My Favourite Things and performances from local schools. Jiveswing.Com had curated a day promoting a diverse…
After the cold of February, March was a slow burner, it got warmer. Easterly winds from the continent resulted in a cool start to the month in the UK. It ended up with a pulse of warm air from Africa. This enabled the 2nd highest temperature recorded in the UK during March at Kew Gardens….
A cold start to the month across the UK with snow in places and mid-month storm Christoph brought about lots of rain to central England. A lot of rivers broke their banks and there were quite a few severe flood warnings. Some in places that rarely had them like for instance around Bedford and Manchester….
Snowflakes fluttering in the wind and the soft crunching sound as you walk across the snow. Ohh how I missed you! What is it about snow that makes it so mesmerising, reminiscing about when you were a young child, watching the snowflakes fall for hours putting you in a trance. The snow came thick and…
A month of thirds with a very warm middle surrounded by cold. The CET ended up at 4.97c which made it an average month. At one point with 10 days to go the CET was over 2.5c above normal but the very cold end brought this backdown. It was also a month of very wet…
What a year it has been 2020! A crazy year when the world turns upside down. We have been living through historic times which will be talked about in 100s of years. This is my year in photos together with a video made up of 10sec clips all merging into each other, to sum up, 2020 for…
November has been a windy and mild month with winds coming up from the south-west the majority of the time. November ended up being a much warmer than average month by 2.0c finishing at 8.4c on the CET and UK wide it was the 6th warmest November since 1884. UK Stats The highest temperature was…
What a month October was this year it can be summed up in one word wet. There was record rainfall across the country, on the 3rd it was even the wettest day ever recorded in the UK since records began in 1891. The temperature was average with a CET of 10.45c which is -0.1c below…
