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Any fool can be uncomfortable

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“There’s no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.”   That’s what my dad used to say when he thought that someone wasn’t properly kitted out for whatever activity they were embarking on. And, as someone who loved being outside walking or cycling, he had years of experience to draw on.   The point […]

When will there be rain?

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“And we’ve been so lucky with the weather…,” they cry, perspiring pinkly. “It’s hotter than the Seychelles, here. In Glasgow.”Right.  It’s true. The sun has beat relentlessly onto Glasgow’s unusually clean streets these past few days. Even locals who normally consider that a sunny spell is part of an elaborate natural practical joke – like […]

Sunshine: That’s better

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It really has felt like the rain never stopped and the sky never darkened. At the time I never feel like I’m affected by the weather, but really I must be.  Consequently 2014 got off to a bit of a bleurgh start, all gloomy for no good reason. Apart from the rain and the Panther’s […]

338/365 And the wind blew…

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Of course what this picture could have shown is those Perspex panels on the Bell’s Bridge pinging out of their sockets and flapping over the white horses on the Clyde. Or, even, it might have been a video of same. Or in focus.  Only it wasn’t, it’s blurry and rushed because it was actually a […]

276/365 The old man is snoring…

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It’s raining, it’s pouring…There we were relaxing into the clear misty autumn like we hadn’t a care in the world. And then, last night, a familiar drumming noise heralded a change. It was raining. And raining. And raining.Roads are flooded, trouser legs are damp, wellies are discovered to be too small. I’m hoping the gutters don’t need […]