Odd that my first post in almost a year should be about the weather, or perhaps not. The weather has dominated life here in the North East of England for the past five weeks. We've had snow on snow on snow which has compacted into ice on ice on ice, then more snow and temperatures of minus 15 degrees at night, with a maximum daytime temperature of minus 1 degree, so the snow and ice has had no chance to thaw. Today we had to venture out as a family to get the obligatory two-trollies-for-two-days-closure-Christmas shop. I HATE driving on ice (anyone with half a brain would hate driving on ice) but today I had to. I've been driving for a little over twenty five years and have, somehow, always managed to avoid driving in heavy snow and icy conditions. Not today. Today I had to endure a ten mile per hour road trip for some six miles to our local Tesco superstore. On the way I slid off the road twice and, whilst in the store, roughly four more inches of the white stuff fell from the skies making the drive home even more treacherous. Never again. We made it back home safely thank goodness, but my guts took a beating from the adrenaline coursing through my body during the drive. Car and family are now safely holed-up until this cold snap ends - a thaw is forecast to begin sometime after Boxing Day - but more heavy snow is coming tonight and tomorrow making a very white Christmas Day on Saturday.
Merry Christmas.
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