Well it is now Friday and we are into yet another day of not being able to get out of our street let alone the village!
Essentials were getting very low and we had only enough milk for one more cup of tea this morning when we decided that we needed to don our boots, coats, hats and gloves and see if any deliveries had managed to make it to the local shops.
The walk to the local Spa found us in a still depleted shop with no milk, bread or other essentials. the fact that the authorities had put a diversion sign making sure nobody entered our patch of the village had not helped! But we kept going and walked towards the outskirts to the local Coop store.
And as we approached I could see a delivery lorry in their loading bay...
We raced inside and we split up to make the best chance of success. I went for the milk and T for the bread. We made it, a good sized 4 pt skimmed milk and a loaf of bread. We would now survive for a few more days. We would have skipped home but that would be dangerous, so the slow walk home was undertaken as the snow started again. Will it ever end? As we are just a few miles from where it got to -18 degree the other night we might have to believe the locals who are predicting this to stay until way into February! "Ooo Arrr" they explain "when the cows start snuggling the sheep we know we're in for a long one". Strange these country folk!
And so we sit here, working away at our computers, keeping the British economy going, whilst drinking nice hot tea whilst the cats lay asleep adjacent to the radiators.
Tis an interesting life we live...
Andrew xxx
