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I was driving a buses at the time when we had a very bad winter, ice & snow and very few roads gritted. The worst part for me was driving my Fiesta getting to the bus dept. I can remember getting the bus stuck and eating my turkey sandwich along with a flask of coffee.

Good afternooooon!!We had a glorious sunny day yesterday so I did a load of washing and heated the hot water (from my production of solar panels).Today is dismal with the threat of rain, but none so far. Forecast for this sort of weather through to and maybe after Christmas. It isn't cold...

Wind is really picking up around here now, the rain is more or less non stop, its not even warm, I guess its the wind but need the heating on. 10c.

I haven't got a Kindle but a Kobo which at the time could magnify the text which the Kindle couldn't do. It was handy when I was working to read whilst eating my lunch, I could prop it up and my hands were free. I still use it daily and you can download free books from the library service.

This is my current moan. BT keep pestering us to disconnect our landline and to migrate over to Digital Voice (which operates through broadband and is therefore dependent on your router and hence an electric supply). We have told them that we have no mobile signal here which leaves us with no...

Oh sorry to read that, it is sad when you lose a favourite. My garden is not clay so when we have seriously low temperatures it is not quite such a disaster with the soil being free draining. Even in 2010 when temperatures here went down to -18oC I don’t remember loosing anything apart from some...

If it's Christmas then spring cannot be far away and happy gardening everybody.

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If you like the Shipping Forecast on Radio Four, tune in to this morning’s version in the style of Jane Austen. 7.26 to 7.28, the time.

Came back from our walk this morning and Ben jumped out the back of the car, in the front garden, straightaway nose in the air running in circles and hurriedly wanting to get in and out the back garden. When I got through to the back there was a Heron on the grass with one of my biggest...

Goodness, @shiney, that's a big extra expense ... especially unwelcome at this time of yr. Still ... should all be ready for you in time for the spring rush.