Weather: The thunder of guns

Cloudy and blustery for most of the day with light patchy rain from around teatime. Best temperature will be around 10 degrees, rising with the rain from a steady 8 degrees through the day.

Fresh to strong winds means the old leaves now falling from the copper beech hedge will scatter. The good news is that the new green ones are ready to unfold.

On this day in 1916, Germany began the Verdun offensive, which would become the longest and most deadly engagement in WW1.

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