| 12:47 UK time, Friday, 31 July 2009
I'm sure most of us will be glad to see the back of July given the poor weather we've had this month. And I've come in for some stick recently because of the rain. Peter Johnson from Radio Wales called me Derek 'Downpour' Brockway the other day on Good Evening Wales. One thing you need as a weather forecaster is a thick skin and a sense of humour!
| 15:35 UK time, Wednesday, 29 July 2009
Well so much for the BBQ summer I hear you say! Judging by today's heavy rain in Mid and South Wales the BBQ has well and truly gone out.
| 15:18 UK time, Monday, 27 July 2009
So what's happened to our summer BBQ weather? June was drier, warmer and sunnier than average but we've had our fair share of rain in July.
| 13:30 UK time, Monday, 27 July 2009
I hope you had a nice weekend. I was in St. David's, Pembrokeshire on Saturday enjoying the sunshine down at Whitesands beach, which was packed with people surfing and body boarding.
| 17:25 UK time, Thursday, 23 July 2009
| 16:35 UK time, Thursday, 23 July 2009
It's the final day of the Royal Welsh Show and this week has flown by! Thankfully, the weather has been a bit better today.
| 12:47 UK time, Thursday, 23 July 2009
The ancient Welsh sport of jumping off perfectly good cliffs into the sea 'for fun' seems to have had something of a resurgence lately...
| 16:16 UK time, Wednesday, 22 July 2009
Day three of the show and I haven't been very popular today. People seem to blame me for the weather?!
| 15:48 UK time, Wednesday, 22 July 2009
Earlier on I recorded some video footage to give you a quick tour of the Showground here on Welsh Cobs day.
| 14:11 UK time, Wednesday, 22 July 2009
It's summer, it's raining and the kids are getting restless...Here are a couple of suggestions for this weekend.
| 15:38 UK time, Tuesday, 21 July 2009
| 14:16 UK time, Tuesday, 21 July 2009
No, it's not a new ice cream franchise!
Weather presenter Behnaz Akhgar and I popped into the photo booth for some comedy snaps at the Royal Welsh Show earlier...
| 17:15 UK time, Monday, 20 July 2009
Well, I'm busy chasing the sheep at the Royal Welsh Show this week. I've been coming here for the last 11 years and it's still great fun!
| 12:55 UK time, Monday, 20 July 2009
This just in from the Radnorshire Wildlife Trust's Gilfach Farm nature reserve.
| 11:20 UK time, Monday, 20 July 2009
There seem to have been a lot of jellyfish washing up on our beaches
recently as sea temperatures rise and strong onshore winds push
them in towards the shore.
| 10:22 UK time, Monday, 20 July 2009
Well I hope you had a nice weekend. I managed to go for a
short stroll in the sunshine along The Knapp in Barry on Saturday afternoon.
Yesterday I recorded a walk for Radio Wales in upper Cwmbran for my new Weatherman Walking series.
| 11:54 UK time, Friday, 17 July 2009
I've spent a lot of time outdoors this week filming a new series of Weatherman Walking.
I'm just back from Llanthony in Monmouthshire where I've been walking for the last couple of days.
| 11:03 UK time, Friday, 17 July 2009
Some very heavy rain yesterday and overnight. South West Wales bearing the brunt of it...
| 09:57 UK time, Thursday, 16 July 2009
Budding naturalist Huw Jenkins, from NW Wales, describes a guided walk through an upland oak woodland in Ceunant Cynfal.
| 09:33 UK time, Thursday, 16 July 2009
Combine your love of walking with a great cause and get involved with the NSPCC HACK - Hike Against Cruelty to Children.
| 12:07 UK time, Wednesday, 15 July 2009
Today is July 15th and St Swithin's Day and there's a famous weather rhyme which accompanies it that has been used since Elizabethan times...
| 11:07 UK time, Wednesday, 15 July 2009
As you'll already know if you've read my last blog - I'm out walking and filming for Weatherman Walking in NW Wales.
| 12:19 UK time, Tuesday, 14 July 2009
If you live in Cardiff you may well have received a survey form through your letterbox recently...
| 09:09 UK time, Tuesday, 14 July 2009
I've been walking all over the place recently...
| 09:54 UK time, Thursday, 9 July 2009
| 16:45 UK time, Wednesday, 8 July 2009
| 09:50 UK time, Thursday, 2 July 2009
It's not everyday you see a cow out at sea in Wales...
| 11:21 UK time, Wednesday, 1 July 2009
I've just started recording a new series of Weatherman Walking for Radio Wales and did a cracking little walk the other day in Monmouthshire.
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