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Actually, no, it isn’t.

Obviously you can take it as read that it will be much warmer in the south of France during the Summer than it is in the UK but once you get into the December to February period it’s almost always the reverse situation that applies.

For instance, in the last week I was running around Belfast sweating with the heavy coat that you’d think would be required at this time of year in Northern Ireland yet in fact that coat is the one that you actually need in the south of France at the moment.

So, don’t just make the assumption that if it’s warmer somewhere in the Summer that it will be just as much warmer in the rest of the year because often it isn’t.

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Poor little John is scared to go out of doors at the moment as he can barely stand up in the wind at the moment!

So far we’ve had no snow though sometimes it has seemed cold enough for it. That’s a bit misleading of course in that the wind chill factor makes it seem a good deal colder than it really is and in fact this morning it was actually warmer outside than it was inside the house!

It is pretty dreadful weather for this time of year though. Ordinarily, we’d not be expecting such severe winds until February and even then only for a short period rather than for days at a time as we’ve been having lately.

I’d like to say that we’ve been using all the time indoors to get caught up on the Winter schedule of activities but instead we’ve been busy organising our Christmas holiday over the last week or two. Still, at least that’s booked now so we just need to source a turkey to take to Spain at some point in the next month or so (Wendy won’t get it in Spain as they do unspeakable things there including leaving the head on!).

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Normally it gets seriously cold here in February and even then it’s not every day but recently it’s been absolutely freezing for days at a stretch.

It’s actually so cold at the moment that snow has been spotted about 30 minutes along the road to our west which is much earlier than it would normally be there. OK, not a whole lot of snow but even so.

But it’s the wind that’s really getting to us. For several days now it’s been blowing something of a gale. If you were to throw some snow into that equation, we’d be in big trouble I suspect. As it is, it’s darned cold here in the office where I normally type this stuff (no heating as it shouldn’t really be required in here).

I think we’re in for a darned cold Winter!

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