January 2015

They said there’ll be snow at Christmas,

They said there’ll be peace on earth

But instead it just keeps on raining

A veil of tears for the virgin’s birth.

(From the song ‘I believe in Father Christmas’ by Greg Lake.)

At the time of writing this article, a few days before Christmas, I have no idea whether it snowed at Christmas or not.  The long range forecast seems to suggest not but the weather can be unpredictable.  However, certainly and sadly there i...