Hi,
I agree that this winter is going th throw up some exceptionally cold weather,lots of people seem to be down after looking at the last few runs,BUT we all know how these runs can change so quickly,yes i am sure we will have some wet and windy,mild weather at times,this is only to expected from time to time, even years ago it happened,and i remember one christmas day as a boy temps got upto 16oc and sunny(about 1979-1980).
So i dont think its going pear shaped,just because of a couple of runs,so chins ups,sit back,and just watch the weather unfold.