What makes you think we'd want you back? You'd only be moaning about the weather.

Looking at the weather in the UK yesterday and today I should imagine that most people in the UK are moaning about it!

Not me, it won't do any good! It hasn't stopped me going out walking every day, and although it's been windy, it's nowhere near as bad as the rest of the UK seems to be getting. I'm not the only mad one, locally there is both a Boxing Day Swim and a New Years Day Swim and both had tremendous crowds. The NYDS had over 1,600 people swimming (no, I'm not that mad!) and over 7,000 watching, and despite dire weather it never seemed to deter anyone. The last few days I've been photographing otters, surfers (some brilliant surf for the hardy youngsters), crashing seascapes, and today walking along local beaches and just come in from some night photography. It'll need to be a lot worse than this to keep me in, I go stir crazy indoors! And whatever the weather is doing outside, it'll always be toasty indoors.

It sounds exactly the same as Galicia, orange alert for the high winds, and raining and fffrrrreeeeezing.

Great to watch the waves from the prom.....

I bloody am!

This morning I was thinking of renting out the house for a few thousand and going somewhere warmer. But then I decided that it wasn't worth it for a few degrees higher and the wind has disappeared now Anyway at least I have a choice

Was bloody awful though in the night. I remember during our first winter here last year I said to OH that it didn't get any wind like the CDS My area came out tops in a survey of the best places to live in the UK. One of the indicators was the weather...you could have fooled me

If it's any consolation to you it's bloody windy here right now, I can hear the gazebo rattling about up on the roof terrace.

It's been this way every night for a couple of weeks now, the strange thing is that through the day there is no wind and it's 20c in the shade.

well we are not getting the winds, the day temp is 18-19 in the sun, dropping to 1-2 at night, sometimes a bit of frosting. No clouds in the sky at night, a few mares tails in the day, more contrails than clouds.

already the locals are complaining there is no sign of rain and we could be heading for a drought this year..

That could be a real problem here if it doesn't rain soon and none is forecast for a week or more.

Mmmm.... 15.45 here now.

is that the count down for the evacuation ??

No, just to let Mitzy know what he is missing

Must be colder where you live, a friend says it's 25 in marbella

Bit different from when I was there, it pissed it down every January

I've said the same thing myself lately, especially after a visit the other day to the lakes just up the road from us....
The three lakes are at a frighteningly low level for the time of year, we do need the winter rains or we will be in trouble come the summer!

It's just not fair!!!!