Red sky at night, barn's alight...

[caddyman]

It doesn't seem very long at all since I was complaining about the heat outside (and indeed, inside).

It is no longer brain meltingly hot; rather the temperature out there today is crisp, bordering on fresh. With the wind chill factored in, I would go so far to say that it is verging on parky. And at the same time, it is overcast. The wind is a south-easterly, blowing in from a rather chilly continent, methinks. If it's that cold from that direction, what on earth will a north-easterly feel like?

I may well be tempted to break out the little-used North Sea trawlerman's sweater at this rate, and I haven't done that for over ten years. The last time being, as far as I can recall, the Winter of 1990-91 when the snow lay in London for over a week - almost unheard of. But that was mid January, I recall, not early December.

It's going to be a cold, one folks.

Either that or I'm getting nesh in my old age...

Comments

[mollpeartree.livejournal.com]

What's a trawlerman's sweater?

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

A very heavy, very coarse wool sweater traditionally worn by trawlermen in the North Sea fishing fleet. It keeps you warm even when soaked. It's rarely cold enough to wear it in the UK, and it's so coarse it's best worn with a regular sweatshirt underneath it to protect your skin.

Unles you are really, really tough, of course...

[mollpeartree.livejournal.com]

Sounds like it might come in handy 3 or 4 days a year here. Hmmm...