Getting Ready

26th February 2018 - 14th March 2018

Not my favourite part of a trip away, but, it has to be done!

The weather forecast makes me wish we were away already, and bitterly cold airstream all of the way from Siberia, so we are told, means it is very, very cold, with snow showers all day on Monday 26th February.

The lawns are given a quick trim, despite the cold, to give our temporary gardeners (Claire and Phillippa) a head start.

A trip to Poundstretcher, to buy more storage boxes (which are cheap), but, as always happens, we end up buying something else (sandwich toaster).

On the night of Monday/Tuesday, 27th February 2018, we have an "amber warning: from the BBC about heavy snow fall, we wake to find about 7cm (3" to us oldies), of snow, absolutely nothing remarkable.

Trains are cancelled, schools closed, the country has ground to a stand-still, we do like a bit of drama, especially on a slow news day.

The snow lasts until Saturday 3rd March, which is a long time, compared to what we are used to!

Wednesday 14th March, bicycles loaded, plus the remaining "last minute" items. We are ready to go.