Posted by Jenny Berki on August 27, 2006 at 17:04:09 from 82.36.97.120 user JennyB.
In Reply to: Re: Weather posted by Claire on August 26, 2006 at 20:06:29:
Thanks Claire, I'm delighted to be part of W.O.T.! How many of us are there?
It always strikes me that lots of children's stories have perpetually glorious weather, with the occasional extreme event such as a flood or a storm. AR uses the weather an awful lot - he has to, of course, with sailing and therefore wind speed/direction being crucial to the plots. But for me it adds a great dollop of realism - he was there, he experienced such conditions and he wrote stories based on them.