Bumper crop of Acorns on the Oaks, plenty of Blackberries and Sloes too.
I fully expect winters to be harder on average over the next couple of decades, due to the Grand Solar Minimum we are currently entering. The full effects of the Minimum on the UK's climate will be tempered by the state of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation - its currently generally positive, but if it turns negative (as it was from about 1960-1995) we could expect colder winters, but drier warmer summers, like the 60s and 70s I guess.
You have big Herdwick'sWinters like this make me glad I have tough little Shetlands and tough big Herdwicks and not too many of either!
You have big Herdwick's
+1 for acorns and blackberries. If there's lots of sloes, I'd better get some gin bought
yer needing some one to cosy up withit got cold last evening ,
You'd be nae use tae her by the time ye got oot o aa that snow,yer needing some one to cosy up with