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Writing tagged: ‘weather’

24 July 2019

Wirral pond

The sky gods are annoyed, and a dragonfly is on patrol.

Published 24-Jul-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder valley, Hebden Bridge, insects, politics, weather, Wirral

17 March 2019

Dodging the bullet.

Published 17-Mar-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder valley, Hebden Bridge, weather

16 March 2019

Driveway spring

Heavy rain.

Published 16-Mar-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder valley, Hebden Bridge, weather

10 March 2019

Sleet

Horrible sleet.

Published 10-Mar-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder valley, Hebden Bridge, weather

26 February 2019

Unseasonably hot for February.

Published 26-Feb-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder valley, Hebden Bridge, weather

3 February 2019

Snow, Hebden Bridge

I wish spring would get a move on.

Published 03-Feb-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder valley, Hebden Bridge, Jen, weather

14 November 2018

Lenticular clouds

UFOs over Wales.

Published 14-Nov-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: weather, Wirral

23 October 2018

A windy night.

Published 23-Oct-2018
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder valley, Hebden Bridge, weather

Book review: ‘Rain’ by Melissa Harrison

Rain by Melissa Harrison

Four walks in English weather.

Published 18-May-2016
Filed under: Writing Tags: Melissa Harrison, reading, reviews, weather

Source of the mighty Humber

Driveway spring
The spring in our driveway.

In which I discover (and get to name) an overlooked tributary of the Humber.

Published 29-Nov-2015
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder valley, garden, Hebden Bridge, proto-sidelines, weather, Yorkshire

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