Our weather has definitely been a bit weird over the last month, still warm days although cooler at night.  This was the sky the other morning from our bedroom window.  There have been a few times this year where we have seen the Northern Lights and there was a few the last few weeks but we did not see them here in Derbyshire, it was too cloudy which is always the case with one of these fantastic celestial happenings!

Today has been cold this morning, warm this afternoon and going back to cold tonight again!  I cannot keep up with what I am supposed to be wearing!  I have to wear two layers in the morning and evening and then a thin layer during the day!  In fact I put a thick jumper on the other day as it was so cold.

There has been a lot of talk about the huge El Niño which could affect the UK at the end of the year and sometimes they say all these things and then it is a normal year.  We have had it though where the forecasters have said there are going to be no issues and we have then had a huge storm which caused a lot of damage.  I am not sure they know what they are doing sometimes.

Our Government is recommending that families have at least three days worth of food and water stored “just in case”.  Now when I was little and used to spend all my holidays with my Grandparents, my Grandmother always used to have a store cupboard with extra tins of food in and  freezer with meat stored in and her home cooked things.  She used to do a lot of preserving of fruit and vegetables that my Grandfather had grown.  I used to spend hours helping her and loved it.  So I have always had a store like hers, although I don’t grow much.  My store definitely came into its own during the first Covid lockdown.  DH and The Boys always used to laugh about me having things stored, but they stopped during Covid!!!

They think that the effect of El Niño on our weather will be more wind and rain and possibly colder weather in January and February but they really don’t know.  The countries around the Equator are more likely to experience more changes than us but I don’t think they know what really.  We shall see.

One thing we do need to do at home is get in the garden and give it a tidy and get up the leaves that have fallen already, hopefully next weekend. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx