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Weather lore – splash or soak? from loiswakeman 548 days old

This year, the oak leaves were out well before the ash. According to the saw: “Oak before ash, in for a splash – ash before oak, in for a soak”. Left: ...

Heaven in Devon from loiswakeman 927 days old

Yesterday, cabin fever overtook me after too many days staring at the computer screen, and I thought "blow this for a game of soldiers". I took the day ...

"Oak before ash... from loiswakeman 937 days old

we're in for a splash; ash before oak, we're in for a soak". Thus goes the country saying, which refers to the order in which the oak and ash trees ...