tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post984171420917497347..comments2024-03-19T00:13:22.599+00:00Comments on LETTERS FROM SHEPPEY: There was a TimeDerek Faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post-50937404557341696422017-10-05T10:24:57.503+01:002017-10-05T10:24:57.503+01:00I guess that you are right Briony, I can remember ...I guess that you are right Briony, I can remember many times such as you mention but indeed, new times keep evolving and we simply have to go with them.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post-3286462926662494852017-10-04T20:14:44.511+01:002017-10-04T20:14:44.511+01:00Yes, such a shame. I'm 71 and can remember the...Yes, such a shame. I'm 71 and can remember the seasons changing like you. I guess we just have to go with it.<br />The kids can remember ice on the inside of the windows and a fire in only one room but they also remember it as good times.<br />Briony<br />xcrafty cat cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251582085392890533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post-45635671189695908042017-09-25T11:13:39.859+01:002017-09-25T11:13:39.859+01:00Now we really do dream of white Christmases becaus...Now we really do dream of white Christmases because most of them are green and quite mild. I share your thoughts about the availability of seasonal fruit and vegetables. In today's supermarkets it's as if there are no seasons at all. Strawberries in November and brussel sprouts in August.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post-37515891764095532022017-09-22T21:53:41.228+01:002017-09-22T21:53:41.228+01:00The drought in your part of the world really is am...The drought in your part of the world really is amazing Derek - your photographs show just how severe it is.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post-60412872541134550742017-09-21T18:50:18.594+01:002017-09-21T18:50:18.594+01:00Trouble is Steve, it's going to take a lot of ...Trouble is Steve, it's going to take a lot of rain to re-create those wet areas on the marsh, we're looking at around 3ft of water needed in the ditches and fleets before the land becomes flooded.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post-49612982599247493702017-09-21T18:48:03.193+01:002017-09-21T18:48:03.193+01:00It was an exceptional fall of snow Wilma, we were ...It was an exceptional fall of snow Wilma, we were laid off of work for a week and some supplies had to be air-lifted in to the Island.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post-74978235376174610372017-09-21T18:45:26.030+01:002017-09-21T18:45:26.030+01:00I've come over all nostalgic for crappy weathe...I've come over all nostalgic for crappy weather now Derek!Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post-30795160308342268652017-09-21T18:20:57.156+01:002017-09-21T18:20:57.156+01:00That's a lot of snow, Derek! Where I grew up ...That's a lot of snow, Derek! Where I grew up in northeast Georgia, we would see a few flakes fall every year and in the occasional year there would be up to 4 or 5 inches. It rarely lasted more than 2 days, but I remember the excitement of it and getting to miss school.Wilmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post-92309077587829542017-09-21T16:29:32.696+01:002017-09-21T16:29:32.696+01:00To be honest Gwil, I can't say if the sun feel...To be honest Gwil, I can't say if the sun feels hotter or not, it's not something I've really took much notice of, it just seems hot like it always did.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post-25538604523280158232017-09-21T16:26:02.985+01:002017-09-21T16:26:02.985+01:00Yes, definitely my area, I don't travel much i...Yes, definitely my area, I don't travel much in this country to know how elsewhere is fairing in recent winters.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post-21281190969158913632017-09-21T15:30:39.146+01:002017-09-21T15:30:39.146+01:00I think the sun feels hotter. Not hotter as in mor...I think the sun feels hotter. Not hotter as in more degrees per se. Many people of my age speak of it. Or is it that as you get older it just feels hotter. I posted on P-i-R that the huge number planes were damaging the atmosphere and my blog mysteriously started disintegrating over the next days and weeks, so much so that I lost a lot of it, and had to block comments, delete the links to nearly 400 followers, and take other remedial action. Connection? No idea. Interesting topic though. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367416329197066280.post-34433450757955960252017-09-21T15:22:32.686+01:002017-09-21T15:22:32.686+01:00''We never had rose beds still in flower a...''We never had rose beds still in flower at Christmas"<br />I presume that you are only speaking for your own area and not the UK as a whole. For I do recall on my trips down to Falmouth in Cornwall in the 1970's and during the christmas period of seeing roses in full bloom.<br /><br />A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.com