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 …

The cooler weather continued into December as it had ended in November but all that was to change as we were hit by hard frost in week two. The mercury got down to minus 9⁰C some nights and barely above …

We were not long into November before the weather broke again and once more the river was on the rise again, this was proved to be a bit of a theme for the month! In the first week river levels …

October had started the same way September finished, with a bit wet and wild weather. This had the river level rising and falling either side of the five foot mark throughout the month as the rains came and went. There …