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Had a lovely warm nights sleep - now at 7.30am it's 15C in the house and 11C outside. Do I turn the gas heater on or wait for the sun to come up for some warmth?

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Down to 15 last night and the floor is now cold enough to need slippers on bare feet of a morning....

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Still just over 20C in my house first thing this morning.

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It´s been quite cool in Madrid, defiitely colder than London last week. But 10C is fie to walk around in. Avoided most of the rain too...:thumbsup:

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Outside temperature this morning was 10c with a slight breeze blowing off the land, we find it's always much warmer when the breeze is coming up from the coast.

It's been nice and warm in the sun though for most of the day! :)

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Just rain.That british autumn time type weather.

It was needed and I am fine with a bit of rain and cloud.......Cos I know it wont last too long.:)

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Yeah, when you get a proper amount of sun in the year, rain and cloud is no biggie.

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Agree.... with a bit of upper case bold italic underlined on the TOOOOOO long!

Either way, grey skies unless it is simply cloud - which again won't last TOO...ETC long are rare. :)

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Intermittent sun and showers, temperature 10-12c today, dropped to 4c last night, still have Blackberries, Sloe and Rose Hip ready for picking in the garden. Its been a good year for berries and Sloe Gin :thumbup:

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I'd forgotten. Blackberries are an autumn fruit in the uK. We were picking ours much earlier in the year.

What do you use the rose hips for?

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Rose hips are used for syrup, jam, chutney etc. I just make jam to be honest.

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Aren't they a bit fiddly,. and hard to clean?

Ever tried making a jam from wild rose petals?

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We used to collect Rose Hips as kids and take them to the local doctors surgery where they made cough medicine from them.

Lots of lovely lush wild blackberries ready in the middle of August up my way, (N.E.Woolieback country), one of the latest areas in the country, so I would guess they were at least a month earlier in some places.

Hardly Autumn I would say, maybe just another sign of the changing climate as I can never recall them being anything like so early when I was a kid.

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I've seen a few things wrto wildlife that has made me think the climate has changed. Not anything huge, just bits and bobs.

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My mistake, its really a jelly and not a jam so mashed and sieved. I can't believe I'm still picking Blackberries this time of the year, very unusual.

On a whim I bought a BIG pressure cooker off ebay. Came from the States, second hand and the postage cost more than the canner. Its really good for 'canning' in Kilner type jars all sorts of stuff from fruit to curry, no worries if the freezer packs up but more importantly its been great fun to play with. Look up home pressure canning, its very popular in America and was always impressed by the home canned stuff I tried over there in the past and I'm surprised its not more popular in the UK.