Be prepared for any eventuality when you step outside your door

SIMON ROWELL ON THE 15-MINUTE FORECAST

The fact that gardeners are obsessed by the weather is hardly surprising. It governs just about everything we do – especially at this time of year when frosts can be lethal. The fact is that it matter

SIMON ROWELL ON MID-OCEAN SQUALLS

Just before Christmas, a bitter wind blew in. Ice and snow descended, first in Scotland and then, on Boxing Day, across the rest of the UK. Before it could melt or the new year arrive, a second blizza

With the advent of spring and the lengthening days I look to our skies once again and begin to enjoy observing the clouds as the sun appears and disappears behind and between them. Grey is useful to d