renth

I'm in the UK right now. I forgot how beautiful it can be in spring when the sun is shining. I'm making the most of it because it's going to revert to the default shit weather this weekend!

rasen78

LOvely

moneypenny20

I've seen a few gorgeous pics of the UK in the past few days. The weather's been brilliant. Say hi to the Silver Cup for me if you visit.

Alfresco

Indeed. What's the temp like at the mo over there?

Nice pic.

commonwealth

renth

I was there last night! - 8 pints, my poor head!

moneypenny20

carolinephillips

I love a British spring. I' m trying to grow daffodils and bluebells, but they don't grow well here.

BadgeIsBack

I believe it is nudging 20...not bad..

Jon77

Keep the bulbs in your fridge for a month or so before planting them out (but don't confuse with the onions!).

Plant them out in a shady area and tip some ice around them. It a mess on but it can trick them in to thinking it is a proper spring.

Still doesn't work so well in humid coastal areas though. Blue Mountains is the place to be.

Spring in the UK for me is HELL on earth as I am allergic to the horse chestnut candles that come out in May and also the yellow rape seed fields. If I didn't take meds my eyes would totally puff up and close and I would end up wheezing all the time, get sick of taking meds all the times as well. My hay-fever would always end by late June. Don't get hay-fever here anywhere near as bad as Spring in the UK.

I only prefer to go to the UK between July and September or Christmas.

Molly Coddle

Yeah it's lovely isn't it.


It's been raining where I am today though, but hopefully tomorrow we shall have the sun back!

chris955

Still lovely here today, supposed to be better tomorrow.

FlyingDutchman6666

Careful. Daffodil bulbs are poisonous.

BadgeIsBack

What's a big difference I notice between the UK and Australia?

In Australia when you put on a pack and go out you spend a lot of time walking through bark litter and often the view is blocked with scrub and bush - it is of course, literally hanging off the trees. And if you plan on going off track to bush-wack wear gloves as you can be cut.

It never ceases to amaze me how clean and uncluttered the UK bush is and the fact that you can see through it.

It is one of the reasons I escape to higher elevations in Victoria to walk - you can see something. I was down at Wilson's Prom last year and you can't see a thing to left or right as you are surrounded by scrub on every path!

There's an old thing that in Australia if you are lost - walk to a higher place -you won't be seen in the scrub and that scrub may block you and lead you nowhere useful. In Europe you sometimes get told to descend - following a water course, for example which you can reliably navigate.

Cheers

paulry

And after all that lurvelly fresh air, what better way to finish it all off than with some fried chicken?