Well you must be happy Oggy - all that snow and cold. You may even have to put long trousers on for a change - or was it you I saw on the BBC news yesterday scraping the snow and ice of your car in a t-shirt and shorts?

I had no problems loading the second one, which I actually quite like.

I prefer "dark style" on the first site, though it seems to only work if you know Latin .

Well it warmed up to a windchill of -15 this afternoon. I was brave and went for an hour long walk.
It took me another 2 hours to thaw out again.

We have missed the worst of the snow thank goodness, though more is forecast for tomorrow. It seems to have gone either side of the Netherlands, especially my bit in the middle.

My daughter-in-law is now on a flight to Brisbane. Sensible girl.

Whereas the Renault Kangoo is just hopeless. Great for carrying dogs, but that's about it. Give it a bit of weather to cope with and it is a nightmare.

My sister-in-law lives in a small village at the top of a hill in Kent. Horrible roads at the best of times, but in winter truly terrible.
She had a 2CV until a couple of years ago and would go barrelling around in it, no matter what the weather - and could often get through when others couldn't, snow ice and floods held no fears for her.
Now she has a modern car she is more often than not stuck at the first hint of snow or ice or flood.

Press the remote once to open the shutter and a second time to close it.
If you keep your finger on it it opens and closes immediately.

Thanks for asking. I'm getting there. I still miss Silke terribly. She was my dog, and my shadow. Timber is my husband's dog and he doesn't always appreciate me.
He still sleeps in Silke's bed. I want to take it away but feel bad about it.

It was really sad yesterday - as I was entering the woods, with Timber still on the lead, he suddenly got very animated - his ears pricked up, his tail was wagging like mad and he was making little yelping noises. In the distance was a dog with similar colouring to Silke. It even moved like her, though it was in fact a different breed entirely. As we got closer he realised it wasn't her, and his ears went down, his tail dropped, and he let out a little howl. I was in tears. The owner of the other dog didn't get it - and I couldn't explain it.

One of the hardest things is explaining what happened when I meet people.

The worst was someone, a fellow dog owner, who said for heavens sake it's only a dog! I replied you wait until it's your turn and then tell me it's only a dog, and walked off.

Timber got a record short walk this morning. With a wind chill of -16 I'm afraid he only got to do the necessaries and then I was back to the car and home.
He didn't object though.

If it's warned up a bit this afternoon I'll make it up to him.

Wouldn't want your heating bill Bret .

I'd rather they heated the roads than my drive tbh.

Salt will have do for me for now.
Good job I stocked up a couple of weeks ago. Haven't got enough for if it turns into a long cold winter but for the odd week or two I'll be OK.

Hi, welcome to the forum.

What camera do you have?

I'm looking forward to seeing your photos.