I think the UK could be in for a hard winter

 Too warm for October

Fall

As much as I am enjoying the warm spell, as a gardener, I am concerned the plants may come through thinking it is a "false spring."

This type of weather is uncommon in the UK for October. Last week, I said to one of our daughters "if it isn't raining, be grateful," at the time there was a terrible strong wind.

In the fall, I am grateful if it doesn't rain each day. The plants need the water, but too much is worse than too little, you can always add water, but it is hard to drain it off, this is the issue with the Somerset Levels, and the fens in Norfolk, UK.

North of Gloucester, and across the midlands, the problem is the opposite, from Cheltenham across to Coventry is an alluvial flood plain, an enormous expanse of dried mud which water cannot penetrate