Vieux Lion Rouge will be Parading at Aintree

On the final day of this month, I can report that it has been officially the driest March at Pond House since we started recording the rainfall 25 years ago.  Just 8mm of rain has fallen here in the past 31 days, which fell on 22^nd March (6mm) and 28^th March (2mm).  The previous lowest recorded amount of rainfall during March was back in 2012 when just over 22m of rain fell so we are quite some way below the previous lowest.  In March 2024, we had 137mm of rain and up to the end of that month last year, the running total was 462.5mm.  For the same period in 2025, we have had 243.5mm of rain.  Despite the beginning of this year seaming as if it was endless rain, we are now well and truly behind last year!  Read more...