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February 2022 News From no.fifty6 - Storms, Sun and Springtime?

Posted on 28th February 2022 by Julie and David Thomson in General News.

February 2022 News From no.fifty6 - Storms, Sun and Springtime? After January seems to last forever, February has been and gone in a flash! February often blows in as a ”soft” month, not quite winter, not quite spring. This February we have had both – wild, wild winds, rain, but we end the month, calm, sunshine, blue skies, night frost but a little warmth in the sun by afternoon. Beautiful sunrises and sunsets on those clear days. Our guests have benefited from good walking and photography weather.
The fields of The Somme are part ploughed, partly green with new growth, the lushness coming back to Tara and Usna hills rolling away before us. It is a beautiful month to be on The Somme. so what has been happening this month?

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