13 - CLIMATE

The British climate is mild and humid with cold periods. During June and September there is less rain. Winter is humid but not very severe. To the west and the north, in the Orkneys the wind blows for nearly 100 days a year, and in the Lake District (Cumbria) the "helm" is a strong wind "strong enough to uproot the turnips"!

 If you intend to swim in Britain, you should know that in the west of Cornwall the water is the "warmest" in Britain at 17 or 18° in mid summer. It is colder on the east coast, in the North Sea.

Fog is frequent in Wales.