Andrew who I do some work sent me a picture of this bar football table that was getting thrown out of a house his company are refurbishing at the moment to see if my kids were interested in it.Look at the top right of the picture, absolutely priceless!
The teachers at George and Harry's schools didn't have enough time off during the snow and ice, so they had Friday off as well to prepare them for half term next week. Consequently, I had the boys for the day, so I took them down to see my Dad, and to my surprise my elder brother was there too. Dad treated us to lunch then we took a bracing stroll down the front of Milford where my Dad lives in a little micro climate that has seen no snow or ice ...
The temperature gradgually lifted today giving a slow thaw accompanied by heavy rain which started the flood process. The sheer amount of snow melting has turned roads in to rivers and fields in tp quagmires. Don't read in to this wrong, there is still no heatwave on the horizon with temps down to -4 or 5c at nigh all this week and only rising to what now seems a balmy 5c by day.This winter is going to be one to remember, or perhaps forget, ...
Went to football yesterday with George, and saw Reading struggle in a turgid draw against Preston. Not promotion form, though defeat for Wolves and a draw for Birmingham means Reading are still strong contenders, but the top three are all faltering, leaving the door open for a late charge from the Welsh contingent of Swansea, and Cardiff.The pics below are from Beacon Hill on Sunday morning, it resembled an Alpine resort in the winter sunshine. ...
I wrote in a blog today that the biggest snow threat has now receeded. Silly boy. After a two and a half hour journey to work today I drove from snowless Reading in to what can only be described as utter mayhem. Basingstoke got hit smack on by a snowstorm bigger than any other this week, it hammered down. I couldn't really get any good pics as if I had stopped I would not have started again, it was horrendous but exciting. This pic is of me ...