Snowed In!!!! (by sarah)
Well we are not going anywhere!
Yep we are snowed in!
Unfortunatly we're supposed to be going to a Wedding on Saturday but we may not be able to get out of the vally to go :'(
Luckily we have (becuase I am paranoid) tins of baked beans, chooped tomatoes, spagetti, various soups, refried beans, bean sprouts, water cheshnuts, bamboo shoots, mushy peas, new potatoes and other sundres in the cupboard - not to mention cheese and jacket potatoes. We also have cooking plans for if the power gives out - ie jackets done in the fire and pastas and soups on the trangia!
The only problem is that without electricity we would be down to the fire (which we have plenty of coal for) and the parabolic gas heater - so we'd all have to sleep down stairs and put a blanket over the entrance to the stairs as all our heat tend to go up them!
As extra messures we have pegged a thick curtian sideways on over the kitchen window (pegged to the net curtian) - this is becuase the curtian rail still isn't up so we only have a net at the window - plus the curtains we do have for it are light summer ones - still need to make the thick wintre jobbys! Also closing the door to the office has made a great difference as has the insulating foam strips my Uncle got for us. The office is over the stable which is pretty open to the elements and its floor is basically floor boards laid over the beams so it gets a tad nippy in there. I am really not happy about how much heat we must be just pumping into the environment 🙁
Still we fixed the issue with the fire not burning hot enough and all the hot air going straight up the chimney - its called a tin foil sheet but more on that in a later post!
Here are some pictures of the grounds at the moment!
The crocuses are determined to flower anyway and the fur tree seems to be enjoying it!
The cows at the end of the drive didnt seem to bothered either - I couldnt beleive some of them where sitting down in the snow - mind due these are rare breed ones so are a bit more hardy.
Purely artistic this shot - I was looking for something that showed wintre and the forest in one.
I thought the stream looked a bit like it belonged in Narnia!
The Water garden looks so different from how it did in the summer!
We are starting to look like a packet of christmas cards I feel! - good job we made loads of fat and seed bird feeders last night with the scouts! I think the poor wildlife is going to need it!
Animals, Building Maintenance, Domestic, The Family, Vehicles | sarah | 
Thu 8th Feb 2007 9:56 pm
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By Charlotte, Thu 8th Feb 2007 @ 10:13 pm
Its all very pretty but I hope it melts enough for you to come!
By Becca, Thu 8th Feb 2007 @ 11:42 pm
We had 10-15cm of snow here too! Woke up this morning to this:
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and realised my car wasn't going anywhere!!!!
Had fun though - Cat (my flat mate) has never seen snow like this before so we took a stroll out in it though it seemed quite dangerous to be a pedestrian about town, a lot of vehicles were just sliding around almost like ice skating!
Good forward planning on your part -stocking up with tinned food etc. Perfect pictures can be taken now and used for xmas cards later on in the year.
By sarah, Fri 9th Feb 2007 @ 12:26 pm
Chaelotte we are going to try and get the bus out of the village in the morning but its still snowing heavily here 🙁 and I here rumours that the bus wont come into the village as its too dangerous :/
Will try though - am sending off your card in the post just incase!
Sarah
By Aunty Lizzy, Sat 10th Feb 2007 @ 3:19 am
Cows SITTING in the snow - surely must mean ICE CREAM on tap!!
Looks like you are all having fun though as we did here - Jessica fell over and kept saying 'Cold, cold' and Phoebe kept trying to brush the snow from the ground saying 'dirty, eyuck'
Luv,
A, Lizzy