Iceni

Not fit for purpose. Get some photos tomorrow... I'm loving it.

And another one bites the dust

Bad news for me. I'm going through a pretty tough time personally and my best friends moved to Dundee. Her texts and emails are keeping me on life support ATM so if there are power cuts in the area, they'll stop.... Oh well, I'll just have to weather the storm. East Anglia is as dull as ditch water literally. Mud everywhere. This sounds very self centred so I hope you all stay safe and don't have too much disruption. My poor friends whole house relies on an electric heating system with just one wood-burning stove, so if there are power cuts they'll have a miserable time. Perhaps they'll have to flee south and I'll have company - every cloud :-) PS As a vet of the 87 hurricane in West Sussex and if you live on a hill, the best advice is to fill your bath with water while you still have power. Your tap water is pumped uphill with electricity and if that's knocked out, you'll only have what's in your tank. Of course I didn't know that and like a dummy had a big hot bath after helping our neighbours clear the trees which had blocked the lane. An hour later, we turned on a tap and nothing came out of it. And didn't for another week. You live and learn.

Just vile... not in an interesting way. Even heard a bird chirping - probably a robin getting his mitts on territory for spring. Braved the mud and took the dogs for their walk, but even that wasn't much fun - the farmer has spread his fields with pig 'you-know-what' and it stank... Can't even get some fresh air here.

[That is very reassuring to hear. Thank you. Congratulations on the snow... Just see it falling is pretty exciting.

That looks very good. Relocating sometime this year and O&S is where I'm bound. Hope you'll be nice to me.

Dismal NewYear's Day. Think I'll just watch DVDs.

Thank you very much. The cava was probably responsible for the sun being in front of the pink clouds - which of course is ridiculous, but I didn't want to muck it up. Artistic licence etc

Cheer up everyone. This is what it was like on Monday... So lovely cold and clear I did a sketch - despite the bottle of cava we'd taken with us to toast the sunset.

Don't remember quite so many frosts. That's all I care about - so long As the mud is frozen mud and I don't get covered in it.

Technically snow HAS come it's what it did on Friday night didn't settle but it sure was snow.

Lovely lunch - roast beef Yorkshire puddings gammon ham roast potatoes and parsnips. Then noticed sun was going down fast, so off for a frosty walk to see sunset with a bottle of Cava - my friends live in Scotland so can't have a New Year with them - drank Cava as the sun set. Then home for Christmas pudding and brandy cream, coffee and chocs. Perfect day.... Cue Lou Reed.

Good time to defrost and clean out freezers. Put everything in the car overnight with the windows open a bit and when the freezers are defrosted and cleaned, put it all back again. What I'll do tomorrow night.

Sleety snow just blasting past my bedroom window horizontally. Yay!

Exactly. There was a slight frost last night. By 10 am I was getting in some more wood before it got soaked in a T-shirt.

So much for the 'weather bomb'. I can't take it seriously anymore. Bit windy and wet.

Well blow me down (literally) the wins's woken me up. Something just blew over with a crash outside - probably the wheel barrow I used for the logs. Dogs barked. How am I going to get to sleep again? Probably head over to the models thread and see whether their squabbling bores me enough to get some kip.

That is a thing of beauty and a joy for.... A few weeks? Omega high. Mmmm.

Are the fells snowy yet. Keenly anticipating my move next year. Got to live somewhere where there's less mud and I can use my toboggan. Any photos appreciated

1963 started just the wrong side of Christmas. Boxing Day at 6pm. I remember looking out of the dining room windows and seeing the first snow flakes of that legendary winter fall.

Big fat ZERO of a day here. Days like today are why I want to live in Nelson, Canada. Which.... umm is exactly the same as here, but colder - 4C today

I can't wait (moving). What's Furness like today?

Still frosty in the shadows - maybe not 2010 yet, but looking good. Yes I'm OTT, but remember autumn 2010 was mild and wet too. I reckon we'll get the goods in Jan-March.

Wonderful frost tonight under a perfect full moon. It's good to be alive again after a rank week of wind, rain and the dreaded mud. This will be frozen tomorrow so I'm a happy bunny. Suffolk mud is like no other... It's almost like being snowed in.... you know a trip down to the shop will have the car covered in it and that's £8 for a car wash (I do it myself in summer, but winter's different... Frozen fingers and soaked jeans. Yuk.

Me too! I was taking the doggies for a walk around sunset and one of them loves stick throwing. By the end of the walk I was really wishing I'd worn gloves and telling him to "Pick it up" - just couldn't take my hands out of my pockets. Wouldn't mind betting there's a slight ground frost overnight or morning. It's been clear as a bell and sunny all day here, so I'm quite surprised by the reports of rain in Dover.