Well, what have I been up to for the last couple of weeks? Shovelling snow, defrosting water pipes, consuming huge amounts of fuel in an attempt to keep warm, much the same as the rest of you, I imagine. Of course, I took a few photographs just to look back on in the future. I have continued making Christmas gifts and have just about completed my list.
For the most part we coped with the last cold snap quite well, the one persistent problem was the freezing of the waste water pipe. It is routed on the exterior of the truck under the floor and therefor I don't really see that lagging it would serve much purpose in temperatures below minus five degrees Celsius. Defrosting was 
not an option and so we just took to using a bowl for washing etc. and emptying it in the normal place. Pretty as the landscape may have been I am pleased to have sight of green grass and tarmac once more. For a couple of days we had to return to the house, each day the children board the school bus just a few metres away from where we park up. The pick up point is on a corner and for the safety of the children there is a tubular steel safety rail to stop exuberant children from spilling into the road. Six of our eight grandchildren catch the bus here each day, one of them being Anabelle, aged nine. Now "B" as she is often called, is the kind of child that if you tell her not to do something because of inherent danger she has to find out if it is true. One day last week the temperature locally reached a piercing minus ten degrees and "T" (our grandson) warned all of the kids "Do not touch the rail with your tongue because you will stick to it" So, you guessed it. "B" did no more than walk over to the rail and licked it like a lolly. You can imagine her panic, when she tried to call for help with her tongue stuck firmly to a length of scaffold type railing. Her arms and legs flapping as she tried to attract attention to her plight. Unfortunately all of the supervising adults, myself included, were unable to assist due to incapacitating laughter. Poor little "B" eventually broke the bond and dripped a trail of blood in the snow back to the truck for some first aid by her Nan. Like a true hero she boarded 
the bus to school, a little embarrassed and with advice not to eat any salt and vinegar crisps for a day or two.The evidence was clear and visible for the next 24 hours and not just on her tongue. Oh "B", sorry for laughing but it did look funny.
not an option and so we just took to using a bowl for washing etc. and emptying it in the normal place. Pretty as the landscape may have been I am pleased to have sight of green grass and tarmac once more. For a couple of days we had to return to the house, each day the children board the school bus just a few metres away from where we park up. The pick up point is on a corner and for the safety of the children there is a tubular steel safety rail to stop exuberant children from spilling into the road. Six of our eight grandchildren catch the bus here each day, one of them being Anabelle, aged nine. Now "B" as she is often called, is the kind of child that if you tell her not to do something because of inherent danger she has to find out if it is true. One day last week the temperature locally reached a piercing minus ten degrees and "T" (our grandson) warned all of the kids "Do not touch the rail with your tongue because you will stick to it" So, you guessed it. "B" did no more than walk over to the rail and licked it like a lolly. You can imagine her panic, when she tried to call for help with her tongue stuck firmly to a length of scaffold type railing. Her arms and legs flapping as she tried to attract attention to her plight. Unfortunately all of the supervising adults, myself included, were unable to assist due to incapacitating laughter. Poor little "B" eventually broke the bond and dripped a trail of blood in the snow back to the truck for some first aid by her Nan. Like a true hero she boarded 
the bus to school, a little embarrassed and with advice not to eat any salt and vinegar crisps for a day or two.The evidence was clear and visible for the next 24 hours and not just on her tongue. Oh "B", sorry for laughing but it did look funny. 
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