Launched over a month ago and with zero advertising so far my flying fund trust site has made no income so far. I’m not one to give up, so I shall be trying a few more things to get the visitors, and advertising purchasers, visiting the fund site.

The idea is that the people who purchase advertising will return to the fund site to see how I am getting along and then they can see how their contribution has helped me to reach my high flying dream.

continue reading "Fund Income"

Christmas times is nearly here again! I don’t know where  this year has gone, just seems like time is just flying even faster these days. In the run up to Christmas its important to be organised in order to beat the festive rush. Everyone wants a christmas tree, but which type of tree is up to a person’s desire. Artificial, white, pre lit, red, black, and even upside down christmas trees are just some of the varieties of trees available.

Once you have your tree you will need to decorate it. Some people have christmas decorations which are handed down from generation to generation but if your looking for a change you can get new tinsel and baubles from an auction site at a fraction of the price which you would pay on the highstreet. Which is always a nice thing when you are trying to save money wherever possible. You can get all varieties of baubles for your christmas tree, even glass baubles!

So far this winter, we have already had a substantial amount of snow in some areas during October. After the past few warm days, the BBC’s Countryfile forecast (starts at 47mins via the Iplayer) are predicting drastic changes to the weather starting on Friday.

The Iso-bars swing round to the north and basically make a perfectly straight line straight down from the arctic circle drawing in bitterly cold air from the north, and because the iso bars are so straight and close together, the winds will be strong. Its at this point the weatherman mentioned blizzards driven by “viking winds” covering most parts of Scotland andrightdown the East cost of England with temperatures predicted to be around +2C, which I’m sure you will agree is rather cold! Taking into account the windchill factor then its definetly a day to be putting on the long johns and thermal underwear!

continue reading "Winter Predictions - Early Snow"

Its hard to forecast snow, but sometimes nature can give us some clues as to whats around the corner.

For example the early, arrival of large flocks of Waxwings (in the 100s) and the Feildfairs (in the 1000s) can signify theonset of a colder winter, since they have come from Scandinavia where it is usually colder than it is in the UK. It’s not just a local way of thought about the arrival of the Waxwing to these parts, just have a look at the BBC’s post from 2003, when london endured the worst snow fall during that winter for 12 years. That year the winter was preceeded by an influx of these scandinavian birds which retreat to these parts to avoid the bitterly cold winters in the more notherly regions.

Also, earlier on in the autumn stags were starting the rut, which is also seen as a sign an early onset to winter.

With this in mind and my previous posts about the UK generally being cooler this year it adds weight to my predictions for a more snowy, cooler, and possibly more arctic winter than has been seen recently.