Bitter winter

[Geoff]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Sheryll Townsend <s_ings at ...> wrote:

Geoff:
> > Hmmm. I hope it won't snow in May.
> > 
> > My first ever visit across the pond will be to Toronto in
> > that month
> > to see my son and his wife who moved to there to take up a
> > job
> > with a Christina organisation last july.

Sheryll: 
> I don't think I've ever known it to snow in Toronto in May. I did here once, about 15 years ago. Right after we'd had the earliest and warmest spring I could remember. It was so warm that everyone ignored the general rule not to start planting your garden before the May long weekend. I know I planted early and had to go cover up my strawberries to protect them from the snow!
> 
> Usually quite warm in May, it's generally the first big camping weekend around here.

> Do you know when in May you'll be in Toronto? I was just mentioning to my boss the possibility of my taking a day or two in May to go to the documentary film festival there. Perhaps our trips will overlap (assuming I can afford a 5th vacation this year). :D

Geoff:
My "Hmmm" was suggesting I was being a bit light-hearted about it. Andy has 
said that they expect it to be reasonable which is why we chose that time - no 
snow and not too hot seemed to be the guiding lines....

We fly out on the 2nd and return on the 16th. Our family now live in the East 
York part of the city although Andy seems to be flying all over the place as he 
has taken over a fairly senior job.

We're having three holidays this year which is very unusual nowadays as we 
live in a favoured tourist area: Canada in May, then we're taking our daughter 
and granddaughter to the Lake District as they've not had a proper time away 
since the marriage went wrong and Sarah hasn't been back to the Lakes since 
we used to go there regularly when the family were young. And finally, our 
usual week on the Isles of Scilly in July.