Good morning to you all on another f***ing freezing morning in beautiful downtown Byfield. I had hoped that last weekend’s snow was going to be gone by Monday morning and, in the early part of the week, it looked like that might be a possibility. If not gone by Monday perhaps Tuesday or Wednesday? The temperatures in the early part of the week played their part – a few degrees above freezing which turned the snow into a delightfully slushy, muddy quagmire. Thursday evening, however, brought another round of plummeting temperatures and another fresh provision of powdery snow. Friday night was, apparently, the coldest this winter at -18 C (0 F in old money) which I know isn’t much to you in the great frozen Northeast but temperatures that cold are somewhat unusual for the UK.
The weather forecasters are predicting at least another week to ten days of Arctic conditions. Children and dogs seem to enjoy the snow and while I enjoy looking out on it for a day or so, any more than that is just not necessary, thank you very much! Thank goodness for my flannel-lined trousers! Continue reading “12 February 2012”