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Grey this morning. Most of the forecasts are showing rain overnight tonight for us. Some of them say it will start off sleety/snowy this afternoon/evening before turning to rain. All show the temperature staying above zero C but "feels like" lower.

Which I just did for a few hours. 1c forecast over night again. But it’s out of its fleece coat for the first time after 12 days!

I've just found a bar of dark chocolate in the freezer.

Bloomin' Christmas interrupting the flow of essentials! If you have a Waitrose nearby, their own brand Belgium Fruit and Nut is pretty good. Comes in a 180g pack at a reasonable price.

Ah I'd missed the fact it was Sunday and nowhere was open. Even my aged car only has one of those skinny spares that is restricted to 50 max speed, better than nothing though. Dull and miserable weather this morning, at least it's not below zero for a change. I need to go to a Post office to...

I used the snow to see what had been where in the garden. I could see plenty of cat prints but not much else. I then went down the allotment and saw what I think are rat trails and more importantly I could trace where the muntjac were getting in. We have a completely open allotment site (I'm...

If my chillies get a bit leggy I just plant them deeper when they are potted on. They root readily from any buried leaf nodes and I don't remember ever losing one from this method. I don't use grow lights or a heat pad so I won't be starting them till next month.

A Geordie lass went to the hairdresser and asked for a perm......The hairdresser replied..... “I wandered lernly as a clood…..”