The month started with a dry, dull calm day and for the first week or so as the water level continued to slowly abate; but this was all to change around the 8th when we were hit with torrential rain …

The month started off well with a decent warm spell of weather and a river level that continued to slowly fall back towards summer level. The bees were very active during this time, and it was good to get a …

It was a damp start to the first day of the month; but it soon brightened with a stiff breeze clearing the skies, it was a pattern that was to continue for about two weeks. The river level was slowly …

July started pretty much the same way as June had ended; cooler, duller, and damper but the wetter weather came as the first week wore on and after having just had one of the driest Junes on record, we were …

The 1st started off with a dry warm day and a low river level that was to continue right throughout the month as we endured what was to be one of the hottest Junes on record!  The bees have certainly …

We had a dry bright start to the month of May, and it was to prove to be a very dry month throughout, on the 1st May the river level was sitting at just under two feet on the gauge …

The colder dry weather was to continue into the start of April with a few frosty days thrown into the mix, and the river level continued to slowly drop back over the first week or so before a wet spell …

The river level stayed steady right into the 2nd week of the month and the weather pattern was quite similar too but that was all to change as we were hit with a cold wet spell of weather that had …

The colder blustery weather continued into the start of the month and we had a quick lift in the river level after a couple of days as conditions changed but it was soon to be slowly dropping back again. Over-all …

We had a cold calm frosty day to welcome in the New Year; but it soon started to turn a bit milder and by the end of the first week the river levels were rising again, peaking at nearly 10 …