January has turned out to be a most miserable month. The World's Number One Holiday Destination has been plagued by storms, high winds and rain, rain, rain. The storms have caused misery all over the British Isles and here in Wales, Aberystwyth came in for a particularly good beating. The Spring Tide coincided with the brutal storms coming off the Atlantic. Following the misery inflicted on the town, the council have proposed to change the name to Aberwristslit. The Victorian Band Stand that had stood for over 120 years slid away as the waves took out the foundations. Elsewhere our beloved Aberaeron also took a hit and the sea was crashing over the harbour wall, managing to flood The Harbour Master Pub and also The Yacht Club on the south side of the harbour.

Somerset and The West Country have also become submerged and a lot of criticism has been directed at the Environmental Agency, who in accordance with an EU Directicve (Yes a Directive from that dreaded corrupt unelected Soviet monolith), havent bothered to dredge the rivers. Net result is that a lot of Somerset now resembles Kevin Costner's Water World. As to be expected it was difficult to stop the flow of foreign aid that came pouring in from across the world.

January has also been a month of Car Trouble for Grant. His normally trusty Ford Ka decided to play up and whilst heading to the Railway Station one morning failed to proceed. We believed it to be a fuel problem. There then followed a farcical chain of events which ended up with the car eventually being repaired three weeks later. Then as soon as the car was fixed, the clutch went. Not much fun although thankfully this was replaced very quickly and I'm happy to say that normal service has now been resumed. Positive side of the month, the Greenhouse has been sterilised, heating put in and we look forward to Spring...which seems a far way off.....