Given the recent nationwide opinion polls I cannot help but think that some Conservative Members of Parliament in South West England must be fearing for their seats: https://twitter.com/ElectsWorld/status/1755968592523247803 Call me…
At least we've endured no named storms for a few days! However, this evening we have experienced a band of rain crossing the West Country: Needless to say when I…
On my bike ride on Sunday I couldn't help but notice that some additional notices had sprung up in Halwill Junction recently: As I continued past the entrance to the…
Dear Letters Editor, North Devon Council (NDC) leader and would-be MP, Ian Roome, clearly meant to say that the toilets at Barnstaple bus-station - closed for more than three years…
Following hot on the heels of Storm Isha, the storm we have been following for a couple of days has now been given a name by Met Éireann, the Irish…
I posed a (rather rhetorical) question to our regular reader(s) on XTwitter yesterday, and the answer arrived in next to no time: https://twitter.com/west_devon_info/status/1748853663987028292 This evening Storm Isha is unleashing her…
This morning dawned cold and clear once again, with another glorious sunrise: However that is soon going to change, since later in the day the Met Office in Exeter announced…
I sent a letter to the editor of the North Devon Gazette yesterday. I reproduce it below, but with the addition of some graphics and hyperlinks. Dear Editor, As an…
Earlier this morning the UK Met Office gave the latest inclement weather that has headed our way over the festive season an official name. Storm Henk. Halwill Junction is also…
What with one thing and another we decided not to go for a New Year's Day surfing session in the North Atlantic. We went for a walk this morning instead,…