[nights] Would you consider anywhere in the UK to be 'nice' in the winter?
I ask that because I'm a bit weird and I actually prefer autumn and winter, seasonal/scenery-wise.
btw - welcome back :-)

[Chalky] I'm weird in that way too - I think I have reverse SAD. However, let's not start the perennial "winter or summer?" debate. People have lost friends and indeed limbs over that one in the past.

Off to sunny Wales for a week - see you all later!

You mean we only have the debate every other Winter?

Perennial means every year.

I rather thought it meant lasting throughout the year in a perpetual sort of way. Also, in a botanical sense - lasting more than two years. Not that it really matters :-)

(Chalky) Yeah, it does really. But certainly not every other year.

[nights] Zooological Keeper, after a line from the Goon Show.

ZK] Which one? You wouldn't make me go and listen to all of them just to find out, would you?

oh yes I remember now. all I need to know now is - does BURN stream online? I'll have to have a listen.

[Projoy] You're thinking of biannual, surely? I must admit to not being entirely sure of the meaning of "perennial", now I come to think of it. It's one of those words that one uses without really thinking about it. I think it means persisting from year to year, or possibly appearing at least once a year. Perhaps.

Biennial = every two years, bi-annual = twice a year. According to my mother who is a gardener and deals with these terms regularly.

[BM] I've already explained the meaning of perennial - back up there ^ ^ ^ ^