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Spring is here.

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    #152
    Graces7
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    bodhrandude wrote: »
    It definitely still seems like winter at the moment, its went dank and dark in Galway just now and my windows are wet outside.

    from what I saw of Galway city as I drove through it at 5am recently that is the norm there! Never again!


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    #153
    JupiterKid
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    Judging from how bloody cold it was outside this evening, Spring is still some way off.


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    #154
    Jack the Stripper
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    A dusting of snow this morning and a fresh cold snap in the air, feeling festive.


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    #155
    sryanbruen
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    riffmongous wrote: »
    This is misleading, out of 25 stations listed here of Ireland, only 3 (Valentia, Mace and Malin) have a colder February than January, the rest it's either equal or warmerlink

    For some reason, I am only seeing this now. And yes, you disapproved my point there but you did not disapprove the fact that February is one of the three coldest months of the year on average in Ireland.

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    #156
    riffmongous
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    sryanbruen wrote: »
    For some reason, I am only seeing this now. And yes, you disapproved my point there but you did not disapprove the fact that February is one of the three coldest months of the year on average in Ireland.

    I am not arguing that it isn't, but rather that it is less cold than January and hence the turning point that means Spring


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    #157
    [Deleted User]
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    Just walked by shops in Munich this week which advertised that their "Spring & Summer Sale 2017" was now on. The poor "spring doesn't begin on 1 February!" crowd would no doubt be twice as offended.


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    #158
    Widdershins
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    Graces7 wrote: »
    from what I saw of Galway city as I drove through it at 5am recently that is the norm there! Never again!

    Driving through Galway is terrifying whatever the weather.



    And lads, I don't know where the idea that Spring is not supposed to be cold is coming from.


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    #159
    PARlance
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    Arcade_Tryer wrote: »
    Just because there are 12 months and 4 seasons does not mean they must be split evenly.

    F**k the 4 seasons, there are now 3. Autumn wasn't needed.

    Spring - February, March, April, May

    Summer - June, July, August, September

    Winter - October, November, December, January


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    #160
    Widdershins
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    PARlance wrote: »
    F**k the 4 seasons, there are now 3. Autumn wasn't needed.

    Spring - February, March, April, May

    Summer - June, July, August, September

    Winter - October, November, December, January

    The past two Autumns were amazing. It was long, mild, very vividly coloured and noticeably Autumnal. The one three years back was dull.


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    #161
    sryanbruen
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    Widdershins wrote: »
    The past two Autumns were amazing. It was long, mild, very vividly coloured and noticeably Autumnal. The one three years back was dull.

    Autumn 2014 was not dull, in most places at least.

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    #162
    Dr Crayfish
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    Widdershins wrote: »
    The past two Autumns were amazing. It was long, mild, very vividly coloured and noticeably Autumnal. The one three years back was dull.

    Yes October was beautiful, weeks of glorious mornings cycling to work


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    #163
    Bishopsback
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    The seasons stay as they are, it can snow and be frosty in more seasons than winter, just as it can be sunny, warm mild and wet in winter. Its the growing and harvesting of crops and such like that is the most telling thing on seasonal outlook, not necessarily the weather.


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    #164
    Widdershins
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    sryanbruen wrote: »
    Autumn 2014 was not dull, in most places at least.

    Just my experience where I live. I thought the other poster who said Autumn wasn't needed meant it wasn't really a recognisable season in its own right. And sometimes the seasons can be like that.


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    #165
    Zerbini Blewitt
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    Yay, Spring has sprung :)

    Take it away there Orla ...

    youtube.com/watch?v=h5D3LEjGF8A


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    #166
    Graces7
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    Spring is at the moment battering on my roof and walls... gale and deluges with hail..

    This morning was lovely though.. daffodils everywhere.


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    #167
    Widdershins
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    I heard Curlews. Spring is here.
    https://youtu.be/Ws7jH6wNKN4


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    #168
    Dr Crayfish
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    Widdershins wrote: »
    I heard Curlews. Spring is here.
    https://youtu.be/Ws7jH6wNKN4

    Yesterday evening and today are very springy. Still freezing this morning on bike though, but winters veil is finally lifting :)


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    #169
    topper75
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    I'd rather that clocks went forward last Sunday in Feb.

    We'd have brightness to 8pm and could be more active outdoors in the evenings for 8/12 months of the year.

    It would be bright before 8am in the morning too.

    What is the big hang-on until March about?


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    #170
    Graces7
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    Been sitting our for a quiet hour in warm sun.. sheer bliss... a robin kept me company, and the dog of course.. watching the clouds clear the mountains..

    The garden is starting to bud ; the bush by the gate is a hydrangea.. SPRING ....:)


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    #171
    beertons
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    Cut the lawns this evening. Ya can't bate the smell of freshly cut grass.


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    #172
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    topper75 wrote: »
    I'd rather that clocks went forward last Sunday in Feb.

    We'd have brightness to 8pm and could be more active outdoors in the evenings for 8/12 months of the year.

    It would be bright before 8am in the morning too.

    What is the big hang-on until March about?

    I'd rather they left the clocks forward all the time, moving them around is nonsense.


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    #173
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Cut my lawns for the second time today. Spring is well and truly underway at this stage. Life came back to the garden at least two weeks ago. Daffodils are in full flower, trees are flowering, buds open.


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    #174
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
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    topper75 wrote: »
    Spring is Imbolc to Bealtaine.
    Summer is Bealtaine to Lughnasa.
    Autumn is Lughnasa to Samhain.
    Winter is Samhain to Imbolc.

    Reads like a satanic prayer. What sort of curse did you put on us you demon.


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