My Mother almost didn't make it to the hospital as the ambulance was skidding on ice. She had the same with my Sister when she was born in the big freeze in Jan '47
I remember that big freeze @Hostafan1 ... my parents bought me my first pony at the beginning of the easter holiday following ... he'd been kept inside all winter and was 'very lively' ... too much for a not very experienced 11 year old to handle ... he tended to 'take charge' fortunately a friend was a stronger rider than I was at the time and eventually he remembered his manners ... he was not the wisest purchase they ever made ... they bought him from a farmer they knew who kept horses and ponies ... I think he sold him cheap 'cos he was running out of hay as they'd used it all in the winter and it'd been so cold that the grass hadn't started to grow yet. The friend who rode him a lot for me was his wife's younger sister ... she'd ridden him lots before ... I'm beginning to sense that maybe there was a plan ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Woke to sun, and relatively calm in the garden, apart from a steady roaring background sound. It’s clouded over now, and the trees are all waving like mad. Most of he flights in and out of Exeter Airport cancelled today. A day at home for us. Plenty of painting and house jobs to distract us. Keep safe everyone. Sounds like you had a great nights sleep, @Hostafan1 That will do you the world of good.
BL, used to live in Redhill and Earlswood. The tea tray in the snow, downhill on the slopes on the edge of Earlswood lakes. Got a picture somewhere of me in late parents garden in 1963 Snow about 4 feet deep.
The wind has arrived ... OH has to go to work around 10.30 ... I'm taking him in the car ... don't want him knocked off his bike by a whirling wheelie bin!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Poor chap ... but tell him just to hunker down and wait it out ... that's what we had to do when we were in the worst of the Great Storm of '87 ... He's safer where he is at the moment. At least Devon isn't Kansas 😱 his house won't take off.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning. The storm has stopped for coffee somewhere, as it's late. I've taken boy to doggy daycare - they are very quiet, as there have been many cancellations. If it's really bad out there later, I don't have to pick him up at 1. The boiler is being serviced this afternoon, but apart from that, no commitments. Going to put a batch of bread on. I remember 63, too. Stay safe, peeps
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She had the same with my Sister when she was born in the big freeze in Jan '47
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
A day at home for us. Plenty of painting and house jobs to distract us.
Keep safe everyone. Sounds like you had a great nights sleep, @Hostafan1
That will do you the world of good.
Wind has not got up yet, but we are at serious risk of flooding, stream overflowed 2 days ago and the rain continues. Nothing we can do except wait.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've taken boy to doggy daycare - they are very quiet, as there have been many cancellations. If it's really bad out there later, I don't have to pick him up at 1.
The boiler is being serviced this afternoon, but apart from that, no commitments.
Going to put a batch of bread on.
I remember 63, too.
Stay safe, peeps