But we were to have ice days and blizzards, even in our neck of the woods. The Met Office outlooks were full of wintry delights. All we have now is a few measly frosts. As far as I am concerned, this is the biggest and dampest meteorological squib that I have seen in nearly 20 years on this forum.
The only positive that I can take from this monstrous episode is a lesson about not believing anything until it happens!