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ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, WASPERTON
A SANCTUARY FOR WILDLIFE

Updated March 2025

March buys winter's cloak and
sells it three days afterwards.

A simply marvellous saying stating that a spell of cold weather in late winter is always short. The excellent results showed that on 78 % of occasions the cold nip lasted under 4 days.

A frosty winter and a dusty
March, and a rain about Averil,
Another about the Lammas time,
when the corn begins to fill,
is weel worth a pleuch o'gowd
and a'her pins there till.

Sorry, I couldn't resist this second saying from Lincolnshire, but I can't do the translation. Can you help? With a 'pleuch o'gowd' is a piece of gold?  And ,a'her pins' well who knows? Do let me know what you think.

March normally starts with a cold stormy period up to the 9th of the month. This is followed by a very quiet time in the middle of the month with early spring anticyclones, 12th to the 19th of March. Cold stormy weather returns at the end of the month, 24th to the 31st.

Things are really moving on now in the Churchyard the early spring bulbs are still with us giving that excellent colour, snowdrops and aconites. With the primroses in bud, such a gorgeous time of year, all promise. The birds know all about this, singing to us, alright it's about territory I know but they sing to me too. Signs of nesting activity, we are nearly there. The grass is getting longer, oh dear, nearly time for the mowers to come out of hibernation.

There you have it; spring is with us again, lovely. Keep walking through, so good to see you.

Mike Porter
01926 624909

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