Well the snow at the front obediently more or less melted off the step by the time I got up, but a load dropped into the back instead. It's staying there and can damned well thaw! I have shovelled my last for this batch of snowfall.

I went about 60 miles down Newcastle way this morning to go to Ikea and get some small storage items I needed, plus a rug for the back end of the hallway. I found a green one that tones in very well with the green/gold oriental style runner in the main part. I was glad to get away from the city area into the countryside again!

The thaw has well and truly started, but there is now a lot of lying water on the roads, and once the run-off comes from the fields, it may get a bit wet!

Andrea