Latest Moan From You and Me 2023

Its true. Some countries in Europe have experienced record warmth for January. Im not making this stuff up guv

 

A while ago there were days when parts of Scotland were warmer than South Devon.
Also France has just had its driest winter since 1959; here in Devon we've had 11.4 mm of rain so far this month. February was known as filldyke when I was growing up.
Unless March is wetter we could be struggling this summer at least round here.

 

Dry springs are becoming more normal in the last few years I've found, but not necessarily warmer.
Last year was particularly mild and dry and April showers seem to be a thing of the past.
More likely to get them in July these days.

 

Up here on the north east coast, I've had the bedroom window open and the fan on and days with no heating on earlier this month. It's crazy. It's almost like night time is warmer than day time.

 

In a mature democracy - everyone is entitled to express their opinion - including MP's:

Tory MP Jonathan Gullis managed to offend a number of people by calling his constituents "savages," "scrotes," and "scumbags."

 

Obviously started election canvassing early.

 

I drove out to a car wash I use regularly every 6 months whether it needs it or not.
Anyway, since I was there probably, only before Christmas, but not for a carwash that time the whole area has been developed into massive units and warehousing, the amount of green fields being buried is massive, the road out there is having kerb stones put in all the way along it and a footpath.
It had always been semi rural and and its just diabolical what they have done to the area.

It has been allowed, and welcomed, by the council because it will bring "prosperity and work to the area", I'm now waiting for the influx of people that will want to live in the area because they have found a job there.
So that will spark another massive lot of house building because they will all want to live locally.

We just dont need this kind of stuff, too much been going on for the last few years.

Kent is the concrete capital of England.

 

If development equals prosperity I've not noticed it yet.
I think I need to go somewhere that hasn't been "levelled up".

 

No different to living in the countryside people puting up house's, farms are getting bigger but not field wise just sheds and concete, one farm near here has had so much concrete you could have built a village or two

 

Ohhh, I think it is.
Because I live in an old house I'm not overlooking or staring in someone else's windows, but you can pay over a million and still be living in someone's back yard these days.

In fact half the big houses with gardens seem to sell off the garden for houses to be built on and then put up high fences and walls to block out the neighbours.
Or move and leave someone else to sort it out.