Weather Breaks into Snow

Monday
Today got off to a rather disconcerting start. When Judi got up at 6.00am, it was still dark and she turned on the kitchen lights to put on the kettle. One of the downlight globes blew immediately which in turn blew a fuse plunging the whole house into darkness. A slight sense of panic ensued, before Judi started to ascertain what was and was not working. It seemed that power points were unaffected, so all of the occasional lights worked. Luckily, the kettle also worked. There then followed an extensive search of the house to try to locate the fuse board. It was nowhere to be found, so a call the the landlord was necessary as soon as it was a reasonable time for phone calls. No wonder the fuse board was hard to find - it was behind a sliding door at the back of one of the wardrobes. However, once located, it was just a matter of putting the trip switch up and all the main lights came on (except for the one where the globe had gone of course).

Lloyd gave his second seminar at 11.00am while Judi got on with correcting the page proofs from the book chapter that was recently accepted. The proofs are due back to the publisher on Wednesday which is the day Judi is travelling down to Birkenhead.

After the class we went to a local pub for lunch. On several occasions we had noticed a special offer on 'Bangers and Mash' at this pub from Mondays to Fridays. The weather was ideal for the meal as the warm sunshine had been replaced by cloud and a rather cold wind. The 'Bangers and Mash' fully lived up to expectations and was served with a rich gravy and pickle - delicious! After a brief time at the house, Lloyd went off for the afternoon 4.30pm seminar and Judi returned to the page proofs.

Tuesday

Snow on Patio

At about 5.00am we were both woken up by a strange noise, which we determined was a howling gale blowing around the house. All the time since we had arrived, the forecast for Tuesday had been bad with the possibility of snow. We had tended to take it all with a grain of salt until we got up later to see snow definitely falling in the garden.

Snowing at Cobwebs

Judi in Snow

This afternoon we went to the 'local' Sainsburys' to stock groceries up for Lloyd up before Judi leaves in the morning tomorrow, and the drive involves slightly higher ground. We were astonished to see fairly thick snow beside the road and over the countryside, so we could not resist photographing each other in it as a contrast to the photos taken only a few days ago in bright warm sunshine.

Lloyd in Snow

Snow Covered Countryside

Sadly, Judi will be packing tonight and leaving St Andrews tomorrow. However, luckily we have organised for her to return at the end of May.