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Winter Stats 2010-11

Posted by Great Plum, 03 January 2012 · 241 views

October: 3 frosts
November: 11 frosts, 1 day of lying snow
December: 21 frosts, 18 days of lying snow - greatest depth 13 inches (!)
January: 8 frosts, 2 snizzle showers
February: 5 frosts

This was what was in my signature for last year... i think most can spot the lopsided nature of the winter!

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Winter, A Few Years Ago...

Posted by Great Plum, 19 November 2010 · 127 views

Winter 2007/8
October: 4 frosts
November: 5 frosts
December: 11 frosts
January: 3 frosts, 3 snow showers
February: 6 frosts

This was the winter from 2007/8 - it's been stuck on my sig on here for far too long... makes you realise just how good last winter was! 3 snow showers in the whole of the winter!!

Anyway, I will update my signature...

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Winter 2006/7

Posted by Great Plum, 06 August 2007 · 141 views

I haven't been on here as much recently - something I want to remedy and I noticed that my signature hadn't been updated - time to take it off and leave it on here for posterity...

As you can see, it wasn't much of a winter, but we all knew that already!

November: Frosts - 4
December: Frosts - 7
January: Frosts - 5
Snow showers - 2
Max...

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A New Car

Posted by Great Plum, 26 August 2006 · 173 views

We currently have an elderly K reg ford Fiesta with over 120,000 miles on the clock...

It was getting a bit battered and weary for Mrs Plum's job - she has to drive all over Surrey (and increasingly Kent) as she goes and visits young children and teenagers in her care...

So, we hav now got (or will have - next Monday) a spanking new (well new to...

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My Wedding (3!)

Posted by Great Plum, 03 August 2006 · 176 views

Hey all,

as promised, here is my 3rd installment of my wedding. Sorry it's taken me a bit longer than I thought it would!

Here is me doing my speech - I think I must have done OK as I made my sister cry, and my Mum, and Angie's Mum, and Angie... or maybe I just scared them! :doh:

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My Wedding (2!)

Posted by Great Plum, 18 July 2006 · 141 views

Hi all,

well, as promised, now it's time for the second instalment of my wedding!

We all arrived at Christ's Hospital at about 4.45 - our car had gone slower than the Routemaster!! We had a fab car - as you can see below - it is an Austin Princess Limousine I believe! It had a ride like a bed and a glorious burbling...

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My Wedding! (1!)

Posted by Great Plum, 11 July 2006 · 176 views

Hi all,

Long time no post - I'm sorry!

As some of you know, I got married on the 3rd June. I just thought I'd share some of the day with you all!

Please note, that there are some big(!) photos so I will split this down over a few days!

Me and Angie (the new Mrs Plum!) got married on the 3rd June at...

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Winter 2005/6

Posted by Great Plum, 13 May 2006 · 139 views

Well, it was interesting....

The time has come to add my signature to the blog...

Wintry weather this winter...
Frosts: 11 in November. 11 in December. 7 in January. 7 in February, 7 in March; 4 in April
Days of wintry weather:
25/11/05: - 1 brief shower of snow grains
27/12/05: - 3 moderate snow showers and some flurries. Left a dusting.
30/12/05: -...

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Grannification

Posted by Great Plum, 19 March 2006 · 102 views

Don't you just hate 'grannifaction'?

This was a term coined by my old Scoutmaster of how little adventure there is in today's society... instead of finding out things for yourself, the way is made clear and easy for you - without ever learnig anything.

He lives in the Lake District and bemoans the 'grannifying' of paths that makes...

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