I often hear the question, "What is the weather like over there?" I hear the question asked both from UK citizens who often ask about my obvious accent or from my American friends and family.
When we found out we were going, my mother in law shared with us her memories of the weather when she was here as a girl. She remembered it to be cool and rainy. She also lived further north then where we are now, which could be a big factor on the weather difference. It is cooler where she lived even now. I can't attest that if is it rainier or not though.
All and all we have been blessed with a mild winter. The last 2 winters have been described to me as brutal, brutal to my UK friends is not necessarily what I would term brutal though.
We have now finished with winter and we are fully into spring. The daffodils are out in full bloom, the crocus are gone and the hyacithins and the trees are blooming and it is getting greener every day. I say greener, because it doe not get as brown here, things stayed relatively green here all winter. The rhododendrons are 12 foot hedges here and they stay beautiful and green all year!
We are having a true spring, even though it is a bit warmer then usual. The temps are in the 60's right now, but we have cool mornings and evenings. We are actually looking to have a cool down into the 50's later in the week, which will send my friends and I out of our cotton sweaters and back into our puffy jackets. When the wind picks up, which being on an island, it often does, it can be quite chilling.
I live on the South East part of England, just north of London. Being an island, the weather generally blows in and out. The west part of the island typically experiences more rain. In fact, the South East is considered in a drought right now.
I am enjoying the true spring weather and season that we are having. I have found in Fort Wayne that our spring is very short and we quickly go from spring to summer with in two weeks. The weather is glorious and the sun shines often. The kids and I are enjoying the sun as is our Chippy dog!
When we found out we were going, my mother in law shared with us her memories of the weather when she was here as a girl. She remembered it to be cool and rainy. She also lived further north then where we are now, which could be a big factor on the weather difference. It is cooler where she lived even now. I can't attest that if is it rainier or not though.
All and all we have been blessed with a mild winter. The last 2 winters have been described to me as brutal, brutal to my UK friends is not necessarily what I would term brutal though.
We have now finished with winter and we are fully into spring. The daffodils are out in full bloom, the crocus are gone and the hyacithins and the trees are blooming and it is getting greener every day. I say greener, because it doe not get as brown here, things stayed relatively green here all winter. The rhododendrons are 12 foot hedges here and they stay beautiful and green all year!
We are having a true spring, even though it is a bit warmer then usual. The temps are in the 60's right now, but we have cool mornings and evenings. We are actually looking to have a cool down into the 50's later in the week, which will send my friends and I out of our cotton sweaters and back into our puffy jackets. When the wind picks up, which being on an island, it often does, it can be quite chilling.
I live on the South East part of England, just north of London. Being an island, the weather generally blows in and out. The west part of the island typically experiences more rain. In fact, the South East is considered in a drought right now.
I am enjoying the true spring weather and season that we are having. I have found in Fort Wayne that our spring is very short and we quickly go from spring to summer with in two weeks. The weather is glorious and the sun shines often. The kids and I are enjoying the sun as is our Chippy dog!
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