At last the gloomy weather came to an end on Friday and at times we saw some rather pale wintry sun. It’s the first time in four days that the cloud has lifted enough to allow some sunshine to break through. The penalty was much cooler weather with the temperature remaining in single figures despite the sunshine.
In the afternoon I took our part-time dog (she’s a dog all of the time just part-time with us) for a walk in the park at Rothwell. At times the wind was bitter but some of the trees in the pale sunlight looked spectacular in their autumn colours.
We've eaten the Brown Turkey figs picked yesterday. They were a little too small to be able to sample the taste properly. They certainly looked like miniature figs when prepared, I’m not sure what else I expected them to look like. They appeared quite delicate once cut in half to reveal the lovely colour inside.
Our fig tree already has its next crop of smallish figs but I’m not too sure that we’ll be able to get them through the winter in our cold greenhouse. Some layers of fleece might do the trick if we’re lucky and the winter turns out to be fairly mild.
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We woke to a thin layer of snow this morning. Thank goodness it didn't hang around for long. We sometimes take Archie to Rothwell Park, it was always a favourite of the kid's when they were young too.
ReplyDeleteReally glad to here the news about Archie.
ReplyDeleteNo snow here just very cold. We had a trip to Carlisle just to make sure we found the really cold weather.