. . . Probably the rest of the house too, though I only had two cats on the bed this morning. I had set the central heating to come on when it dropped to 14, so came down to warm radiators. It had probably been colder in the night and our coldest night yet. (It was minus 7 in Brecon, which is 20 miles south of here). We are still in a yellow warning area for snow/ice. I can't see me getting out today as a bit more snow has fallen overnight and the partly-melted lanes will have frozen, although several neighbours were out gritting the hills yesterday, so they could get to work. Should have gone to Llandod last Sunday - the benefit of hindsight! It doesn't take much snow to bring things to a standstill round here and I don't have a four wheel drive. Hey ho though, it doesn't snow very often or last very long. Usually. So let's hope I haven't just tempted fate and we are in for another winter like 1962/63! I rewatched the programme about that again last night and had forgotten quite how deep the snow drifts were in places. The West Country got it bad. Drifts up to 20 feet deep there (6.1m). Probably the same in Yorkshire. Someone suggested in the past it would be a good idea to move into the town so I could get to the shops in my dotage, but then in weather like this it would be daft to go out for shopping on foot, so I'd be no better off really in bad weather.
I shall stay indoors and sew today I think. I am getting on well with the Pippi Picture.
It's slow stitching with a single thread for the puss cat though.
I may do some patchwork too, but need to check out how cold the craft room is first as it has a large south facing window (so should get the sun).
So, not a great deal to report. Still watching Crusoe, Annika, History Hit, Time Team etc. I think I shall make a pan of soup now. Definitely soup weather.
Update - been along the very snowy track. Next door's car tracks when he went to work first thing. A white car abandoned by the lane, when they couldn't get up the hill above me. I could do with some lorries and tractors going up and down the track to break the snow up a bit. Slightly warmer out as the snow is melting off the branches and wires. I found my sink pipe was frozen so have been out pouring hot water on the pipes which has done the trick, and some boiling water down the sink too. I had to empty the several inches of water in the sink though, using an old saucepan . . . Just having a late breakfast of cheese on toast.
