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TEMP WIND PARTICULARS m/s RAIN MAX PRESSURE °C  max SPEED GUST DIRECTION hPa     DATE    DAY 18-Nov    SUN   13 4.4m/s 5.8m/s     SE 2.4mm 1008 19-Nov    MON   12.8 6.5m/s 9.9m/s     SE 0.3mm 1001 20-Nov    TUES   13.6 7.1m/s 10.5m/s     S/SE 46.8mm 1001 21-Nov    WEDS   13.2 5.1m/s 8.2m/s     S/SE 46mm 1007 22-Nov    THUR   13.3 7.8m/s 14.6m/s     SE 29.4mm 1005 23-Nov    FRI   13.9 4.4m/s 6.1m/s     SW 0.6mm 1008 24-Nov    SAT   12.7 7.1m/s 10.2m/s     SE 28.5mm 1007

If you remember Tuesday and Wednesday were downpours all day and kick started the serious flooding across South West Britain.

Yesterday the raspberry canes were planted in what was the old strawberry bed. In the greenhouse the sweet pea seeds were planted to give them a head start again ready for planting out in the Spring.

On the very last of the Ivy flowers the last few Ivy Colletes  bees were making the most of the weather (and the flowers). But with the flowers all but over it was evident from the not-so-bulging pollen sacks that the year was nearly over for these bees.