Snow!

Day 20

So, we were forecast heavy snow today, and when we first woke up we had a gorgeous sunrise. The whole sky was pink, it was so beautiful. I do think the old saying, "Red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning" is accurate as at about 10am is started snowing, and didn't stop all day!

The weather gave us the perfect excuse to stay warm inside and do very little! Keith did venture out to Tesco when they first opened, but that was the only time any of us went anywhere, and it was lovely to stay in the house and watch the falling snow from the windows.

Very soon we had a decent covering and people started to go out sledging. It was great to hear the excited shouts of the children as they were pulled along on toboggans by their parents! We also saw photos of snowmen start to appear on Facebook, and I think the wintry weather was enjoyed by nearly everybody!

At around lunchtime, Sophie and I applied our weekly facemask, which this week was chocolate. It smelt delicious but we weren't tempted to lick it! As we now have the Sky Q minibox upstairs we were able to watch an episode of A Place in the Sun, and also record another to watch later. I think it's brilliant that we can record upstairs, and it appears downstairs as well!

I had a lovely soak in the bath later in the afternoon, and then I lay on the bed with Sophie while she was watching a film. The snow had stopped a bit in the middle of the day but by 5pm it was coming down heavily again and looked set to continue all evening.

I put our outside tree lights on and they looked gorgeous against the backdrop of snowy foliage:

Keith cooked a delicious roast chicken dinner this evening, and while we were eating we kept hearing loud thumps as chunks of snow fell off the conservatory roof. Mike is due back at work tomorrow for the first time in three weeks due to his broken rib, and I think he was hoping that he would be given the day off because of the snow. However, he texted his boss who wanted him in, but at the slightly later time of 8.30am. A lot better than 6am!