December 20th:- Its started to SNOW! The first of the season & the
first weve seen for years. The wife & I took our hot toddies & sat on
the porch watching the fluffy soft flakes drift gently down clinging to
the trees and covering the ground. Its so beautiful & peaceful. How
lucky we are to have moved from the south to the Highlands of Scotland
.
December 24th:-We awoke to a lovely blanket of crystal white glistening
snow covering the fabulous landscape. Just what we always dreamed
Scotland would be like. What a fantastic sight, every tree and bush
covered with a beautiful white mantle. I shovelled snow for the first
time ever and loved it! I did both our driveway and our pavement. Later
a snowplough came along and accidentally covered up our driveway with
compacted snow from the street. The driver smiled & waved. I waved back
and shovelled it away again.
December 26th:-It snowed an additional 5 inches last night and the
temperature dropped to around -8c.Several branches on our trees &
bushes snapped off due to the weight of snow. I shovelled our driveway
again. Shortly afterwards the snowplough came by & did his trick again,
much of the snow is brownish-grey with yellow patches!
January 1st:- Warmed up enough during the day to create some slush,
which soon became ice when the temperature dropped again. Bought snow
tyres for both our cars. Fell on my arse in the drive, nothing broken
but £100 to a Physio. More snow & ice expected.
January 5th:-Still cold. Sold the wifes car and bought her a Landrover
to get her to her work.. She slid into a wall and did considerable
damage to the right wing. Had another 8 inches of the white shit last
night. Both vehicles are covered in salt, iced up slush, locks are
frozen solid and wiper blades are stuck to the screens. More shovelling
in store for now. The bastard snowplough came by twice today.
January 9th:-More f----ing snow! Not a bush or tree on our property
that has not been damaged. Power was off for most of the night. Tried
to keep from freezing to death with candles and a paraffin heater which
tipped over and nearly burnt the house down.. I managed to put the
flames out but lost all my eyelashes and eyebrows and suffered second
degree burns to my hands. (Car hit a f----ing deer on the way to the
hospital and was written off.)
January 13th:-F----ing bastard white sh-- keeps on coming down. Have to
but on all the clothes we own just to get to the post box. If I ever
catch that arsehole that drives the f----ing snowplough Ill chew open
his chest and rip out his heart with my teeth. I think he hides round
the corner and waits for me to finish shovelling and then comes down
the road at 100mph and buries the f----ing driveway again.
