Happy New Year

The years roll us and change us and we change with them and we change them. I wish all my readers a very safe happy and prosperous new year.   Robert  

An earth quake near Sellafield Nuclear power plant

On 21st December 2010 a small earthquake occurred in Cumbria. It was reported as a quaint item of interest; no damage was caused and it lasted about 30 seconds. It was centred on Coniston and had a magnitude of 3.6 on the Richter scale. Most reports ignored one important factor. The quake was felt at [...]

Snowy airports

In December the United Kingdom was covered in snow. As snow goes it was not as bad as the conditions that prevail in some parts of Europe every winter.  Virtually every other northern European country has had such snowfall most years and copes well. Their airports are kept open. In the United Kingdom Heathrow Airport [...]

One swallow does not make a summer

… neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy, so wrote Aristotle. It is just happiness that depends on more than a brief moment, but also climate change. We have had a very bitter December in the United Kingdom and in many parts [...]

Wintertime

Winter’s so cold this year…

Happy Christmas

Snow in the Suburb

A rare snow scene in London. 

Let it snow

The United Kingdom is now full of snow. This is an unusual event for the United Kingdom and our lack of snow preparation is legendary. Major airports have been closed, right now before Christmas when families want to be reunited. Trains are going slowly, if at all and in some parts of the country car [...]

Problems with unvented hot water cylinders in freezing weather

If you have gas central heating and in very cold weather you find the heating is working but no hot water is coming out of the taps and cold water is only available to some of the ground floor taps then you need to get your hot water working.

Your solar panels in snowy weather

There is a lot of snow around the United Kingdom right now and we are not used to it. If you have solar panels on your roof – they may be PV or thermal panels because for the purposes of this article they react to snow in the same way – here are a few [...]