t last, the barometer is showing higher pressure, and the wet and windy monsoon of November appears to be giving way to some more traditional cold, dry weather. The view across the Solway has changed from a thoroughly unpleasant wall of water to a watercolourist’s vision of the peaks of Skiddaw and Helvellyn in the Lake District floating peaceably above a frosty haze. It’s a sign of
Country Diary
Dec 21, 2022
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