A quiet old day....

This morning the sound of the alarm passed with little notice. We had already guessed that school would probably not be happening, we were of course right in that.

There were drifts up to 3 foot deep everywhere.

We had not reckoned with the water of course and a pipe had let go, yes yet another one so that was a fine mop and bucket start to the day.

Still it took little time and soon we had the system up and running.

The log stove was a complete boon delivering plenty of warmth for drying clothes socks and gloves.

The day was given over to things that children remember for life like sledges and snowmen.

Then of course the drama started.

Luckily I had left Gloria on extended low voltage charge and once I had realised the choke was stuck fully out we soon had motion.

Quick reccy of the drive reveled that nothing else was going to do.

We soon found out for sure as Biker Phil came to call and ended up abandoning his jeep a mile from the house.

Gloria took the drive in it's stride and soon we had the jeep on the hitch.

This is where it got complicated. Gloria was fine on the move but once parked up it sunk into the snow and it was only an hours digging that got us free.

Once on the move though the Goddess soon dragged the hapless Jeep free.

Great new footage for YouTube though!!

Then it was back home and the AGA was out.

This we really could manage without so after a brief pause I tried to relight it. This was the beginning of an unequal two hour battle featuring occasional smoke clouds, flare ups and one real live honest to goodness blow back (not me fortunately but management) so now it is impasse. I am going to strip the aga down in the morning.


Of course the talk of fires brings up the days real annoyance. A car caught fire in the valley today and the trumptons could not turn out. No one thought to give us a ring with the 4 wheel drive Green Goddess, how cool would that have been??

Cooler than the weather even!!!

Looking ahead, we are resigned to having the children home for another day, well actually I cannot see the schools opening for a few days.

Lets try and add a few images

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