@McTag,
Hey Crew
Just checking in and wishing everyone a good day.
We've got off very lightly, hardly any snow this way
<very sad face>, maybe 6 inches max, prolly not even that, but it is white - again, we must be one of the only places not hit by the snow - why is that? All the villages around us are whited out and snowed in. Tulip is 17 miles from here but much higher; that part of Dartmoor always gets hit hard with the snow but our temps here in the valley get much colder. We hit some pretty low ones last night, -9 appararently, and we're a little colder here than in the town!!!!!!!
Most of the main roads are being cleared fairly well - but none of our little roads have priority; yesterday there was a man walking through the village with a bucket of salt and just scattering it over the road so people could at least get to the little shop for some provisions, tho they are pretty much running out.
I'm meant to have a food delivery tomorrow
tho I don't think Tesco will get here...so, who knows what for Crimbo
Have a freezer full of "stuff", so we'll make do. As for Crimbo presents - NONE! Oh dear. Don't know what to do. Really can't think.
Very nice fella walked down from the garage today and took my car away - there aren't really any cars going along the road, the odd one and a tractor or two, so he didn't worry about clearing the snow off it, just puttered it along the 500 yards or so to the workshop. Windscreen wipers don't work and therefore it's not legal to drive on the road when I can eventually get out - which has to be on Wednesday as I have a hospital appointment, xrays and consultant. Hopefully the roads will be clear enough then to get into the city. That'll be my first proper drive.
Other than that, all is... ya know, k, except for a leaking shower - well, I think it's the shower, could be a pipe, there's water been running down the garage walls - but I can't do anything about it, so, will just need to leave it until I can someone here to investigate. Ah well, nem'mind.
BEAgle... can see you trying to msn me - my messenger and hotmail are all kaput - if I use them I keep getting a nasty pop up window which slows my laptop down - something about a script which I have to keep 'stopping' or cancelling, both which then stop me writing anything for a while - so I'm avoiding using them at the moment, just checking my email every so often. Thanks to all who have emailed me, will reply when I can.
Keeping busy with my camera... click click click
Off to make a brew - thinking of you all and thanks to everyone for not giving up on me whilst I've lost my sea legs. <sigh>
Lovin y'all x
Hope your mother can make it tomorrow. Saw lots of reports of the snow up your way and feel sorry for the many people stranded at Heathrow airport unable to fly home before Christmas. Have a nice day.
