A new working week, dared to look out the windows at 6.45am wondering what my chances were going to be like for getting to work today...
Spent an age de-icing my car, but as I ventured out I felt reasonably confident I'd make it in to Cheltenham. Well, how wrong was I !
After half an hour I managed to get as far as Swindon Village, with what looked like chaos at Kingsditch. Indeed, according to Radio Gloucestershire it was, and, it was!
Cheltenham and surrounding roads gridlocked and not much moving. This coupled with the forecast of more snow midday/mid-afternoon convinced me to turn round and head for home.
Good choice! This afternoon more snow, about 2 to 3 inches I'd guess.
So activities today included; calling out the double glazing company to fix a door that decided of all days not to close and lock. This was quickly fixed, so well impressed.
Managed to update my ageing laptop with all relevant patches etc.
Sorted out some firewood and chopped up a goodly supply in time for Christmas. Then, was inspired to put together a bird table out of scraps of wood. The poor birds had been fed this morning, as I'd cleared some ground and put out some bird seed and a few apples. But, now it's all covered with snow. So, tomorrow sees a new creation in the garden and hopefully it'll do the job. I'll get a picture uploaded soon.
Plenty of birds in the garden today; some we don't normally get to see very often; a wagtail, a flock of red wing birds, a small bird looking similar to a black cap. Plenty of sparrows, black birds (fighting over the food as usual), blue tit, great tit, robin - quite a selection. Most seem to be ok, eating the snow for water I guess.
Tomorrow looks like it might be a repeat of today weather wise; will have to check with Radio Gloucestershire first thing to see if the roads are clogged up again...
Thoughts of getting to the allotment before Christmas to pick sprouts - looking more unlikely.
Still, it's good to be inside, warm in front of the fire.
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