Lorna at Vicenza

It's effing freezing up here in Veneto. It suddenly got so cold that the Regione had to give permission for public offices and schools and condominio with centralised heating etc to turn it back on again.
People think it's a British thing to always talk about about the weather but my God, the Veneti aren't half complaining and loudly too. But I know in a couple of weeks (hopefully) they'll be complaining about the heat. I do have some friends in other parts of Italy though covered in snow.

philat98

We had it around 30C at the begining of April. The neighbours were making barbecues and eating outside. I planted out my tomatoes at the start of April and they have just survived because fortunately it did not go below zero. The fruit trees dont like these temperature jumps.

mikelincs

It's freezing in the UK as well, I switched my heating off beginning of the month and we had a few nice warm days, but the last couple of weeks have been very cold

heritagestanley

The good news though is that the return of winter has revived the sprout season. A friend of ours who was in hospital for a couple of days was given sprouts, presumably on the traditional medical basis that if it doesn't taste nice it must be good for you

Lorna at Vicenza

That was always my mum's saying, "eat them, they're good for you."

Lorna at Vicenza

May Day bank holiday and it's pissing it down.