Since we moved to this village, we have been holding a pre-Christmas drink round at ours on Christmas Eve - it's a chance for neighbours and friends to occupy the children for a while, effectively shortening the evening, and for parents to unwind before the big day, and perhaps escape their relatives for a while (!) Entry by invite, or membership of BAS (!)Yesterday we had Minnie scanned, and as expected it was negative.
We've escaped the heavy snow, but on sunday we had a very heavy hail shower, like polystyrene balls, late in the afternoon, which froze and has left a layer of ice, persisting in all shady areas. It's fascinating to see the different weather conditions and their effects around the country - but it's frustrating for a country that's renouned for talking endlessly about the weather, that there is so much ignorance about why our weather is so variable, what causes the variations, how geography determines the consequences, and why it's impossible practically and economically to beat the weather - and the greater the possibilities for all modes of travel in good conditions, the bigger the disappointment when it is thwarted, and the greater the consequences at the bottlenecks.
Well, rant over,
Christmas Greetings to you all!
Pity you are so far away, or we'd be there!
ReplyDeleteHave a good Christmas, hopefully we will meet in 2010 somewhere!
ReplyDeleteHave a great Christmas. No doubt we'll meet again at some point in 2010. Enjoy your evening :)
ReplyDeleteHave a great 2010 and here's hoping for an expansion of the Apple Vale herd. We are eagerly awaiting the naming of crias... Bramley? Can't think of any other B apples!
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