Longing for the snow to go so I can get out with mine

I'm waiting for a thaw

This could take some time . I've actually no more space to shift my snow to , so I can keep the place clear . I've now got a narrow path to my gate , a path to my wheely bins and that's all.

Don't suppose the paths will be there tomorrow

Correctly is a dog described as man's best friend.

Last year was bad - but this ??

It's started much earlier

A foretaste ?

that sky has again dumped on me

This is really getting beyond a joke. I hate snow - always did even as a child.

Last night , about 6pm , after I had 'shut the shop' for the night and set my alarm I was sitting watching the TV when the door bell rang !!

Went through to the kitchen , turned off the alarm unlocked first door , then the porch door and discovered

an OXFAM 365 collector !! She looked really cold Had I heard of them ? - well you can guess how the rest went .

I returned to my warm room and she went on her merry way .

Surely elfin safe tea would have something to say about a girl collector on her own in these dreadful conditions after dark.

well - I loved the little Gem - and I can't see this being vastly different .

I'm just longing to put it on and get it into use BUT I'm just going to have to wait

So far , after I have removed the nasty white stuff I've scattered a total of almost 5Kg of salt [ granular variety ]

I live at the top of a road that's a 1 in 8 gradient [ about 25% I think] That road gets gritted - but the pavements aren't and nor are the side streets. At the moment I have approximately 12 ins of snow on the pavement outside my gate . Though I now can get the garden clear enough to get the Freelander out of the garage but I can't get her out onto the street. I've had enough injuries in the past to be afraid of walking on the slippery pavements/roads , so I'm more or less confined to the house till the weather eases . I'm on my own for this - no-one to help so I just have to do what I can .

Prize for you HG and Colin

You and Colin [ Weldingblues ] are the only ones who have spotted the change in my siggie

No I hadn't announced it - it was almost a spur of the moment thing . I realised I was having problems with the teeny 40mm Ltd because of its physical size.

As far as I can see I'll get almost the same results from the 35 but this should be slightly easier for me to handle . I'm looking forward to trying it - maybe tomorrow ?

Please please turn the snow off - I'm tired of shovelling . If these keeps up for long I'm really going to have problems with my hands , and then I won't dare to use the K-x till they have recovered and I have feeling back.

I can see I'm going to be asking for compensation over this non-delivery that had a guaranteed delivery time of before 1pm

They can't say it's because of snow / road conditions / wrong snow / the-driver's-grandmother-was-ill-so-he-stayed-home --- I know they'll try.

Parcel Force is part of the same group and they managed to get a package placed in their tender care addressed to me from SRS yesterday in my hands this morning.

Gimme a chance please - I'm just back in after another shovelling session and my arms are tired and my back is complaining .

I'm longing to use it - and I'm happy I got it - but the 40mm Ltd has not yet reached it's new user and it should have been with him by 1pm