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March at No.fifty6 - Winter Blows Out and Spring Breezes In

Posted on 31st March 2019 by Julie and David Thomson in General News.

March at No.fifty6 - Winter Blows Out and Spring Breezes In March, always capricious has been a month of two halves weather-wise. The first half was wet, windy and chilly. We had a week of windstorms with gusts up to 100km/h which saw tree damage and electricity lines down in many parts of the Somme. Luckily, apart from a few wayward branches on our trees and a few roof slates, (now repaired) we had no lasting damage. The second half of March has been warm and the blue skies are back. A beautiful weekend of Spring weather saw us put the clocks forward one hour on Saturday night. Spring really has arrived. It has been a busy month here, guests finding their way to our door and even a few outings for ourselves to discover new places.

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