…our climate, where optimism is tempered with bleak certainty 😉 It’s the 1st March and another storm beckons with the prospect of more wind, snow and rain. This winter has been particularly wet and windy but thankfully I live indoors in my glumness, a prisoner of double-glazed comfort. Yet through the low bay window, I can see the resilient snowdrops vibrate gently in the breeze, a sort of flowing waltz with the optimism of The Lark Ascending - but storm Jorge is imminen

It’s the 1st March and another storm beckons with the prospect of more wind, snow and rain. This winter has been particularly wet and windy but thankfully I live indoors in my glumness, a prisoner of double-glazed comfort. Yet through the low bay window, I can see the resilient snowdrops vibrate gently in the breeze, a sort of flowing waltz with the optimism of The Lark Ascending - but storm Jorge is imminent! Yes, in Scotland optimism is tempered with bleak certainty. I d