innocent_lex

Oh come on, now you're just taking the piss. We don't do -9. And the snow is stupid and has really spoiled my week. If the Aussies would just send a few stamped, self-addressed envelopes, I'll post it to you. I don't want it. What's so good about a white Christmas when you spend half of it trying not to drive into other cars, people, curbs, lampposts, fences, houses, and anything else that's generally not even on the road you thought you were driving down until the snow got in your tyres.

Bloody white stuff. Go! Shoo!

After a week of seeing pics of snow-riddled landscapes everywhere else in the country except here, it's now snowing outside. So that's lovely. It's going down to about -6/-7 tonight and colder as the week goes on. I'll just have to see what the world looks like tomorrow to decide whether I'm going to the office - fighting both snow and still-effed-up-post-tube strike timetable? Doesn't meet any definition of fun that I've ever seen.

Thank goodness for the heating. And hot water - my frozen toes are going to be best friends with my bath when I get home tomorrow night.

I just went out to clear the snow off the bird table and the water dish. I hadn't seen many birds in the garden at all, but figured I should do it anyway. I'd barely got four feet away when the robin was there, followed by a dove who'd apparently both been waiting impatiently for me to do something. I've put out all seed I have left, so we're down to bread next time. If I can get into town at the weekend I'll pick up a stack more seed for them.

There's about 9 inches of snow here, and it's still snowing. Apparently there's likely to be one more dump of heavy snow this afternoon and then that's it until... well, tomorrow, if you believe the BBC, the day after if you believe the Met Office, and frankly I've kind of given up. What everyone agrees on is it's going to be well below freezing tonight and tomorrow, and will stay below for quite a few days (probably a couple of weeks). The snow isn't going anywhere, but it will be freezing solid. Delightful.

And it's settling. And it's chuffing freezing. I'm not amused.