Another Short Lived Hot Spell

All through this year, we’ve had the occasional day or couple of days of very warm weather. The last couple of days have been very warm and it’s probably the last time this year we will get some hot weather. The temperature on Tuesday reached 27.7°C (81.9°F) pretty warm for September but Wednesday turned cool and cloudy with a temperature only managing around 15.5° C (59.9°F) through the day. 

Temperature & Sunshine Records 11-17 September 2020

We made the most of the good weather and had a couple of days visiting some National Trust properties. Our first visit was to Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Gardens. We weren’t all that sure about how a visit would go taking into account the coronavirus restrictions. When we arrived the car park was very busy. In the large grounds of Fountains Abbey, there didn’t seem to be all that many people and we enjoyed our wander around the abbey and water gardens.

Our second visit out on Tuesday was to Clumber Park. Rather than make our usual walk around the more formal gardens we decided to find the path that led to the far side of the lake. This involves crossing Clumber Bridge which has recently been restored after vandals destroyed it.

Ruby enjoyed her visit on both days and it’s probably the longest walk she’s been on so far. She seems to enjoy a picnic lunch provided it was followed with a few pieces of apple for dessert. 

Although the weather has turned cooler there is no sign of any rain in the forecast so with any amount of luck we will be able to get some tidying up and digging done down at the allotment. It might even be the case that we need to water some of the brassicas and leeks that were planted recently.

Copyright: Original post from A Gardener's Weather Diary http://ossettweather.blogspot.co.uk/ author M Garrett