Parents went to London today - drove them to the station at 9am just as a vast rainstorm came on. Nice weather after that - sun, blue sky, cumulus, Northerly gale.

December 1988

December 12th. Beautiful still sunny warm weather. Returned a couple of library books, wandered about in the sun.

28th. Beautiful afternoon. There was a quality in the air like a March or April evening.

Exceptionally mild (7.5) - the second warmest this century [...]

First day of winter. Freezing cold East wind in the morning - grey all day, dark and gloomy by 2pm.