Snow, and deep snow at that, has finally hit us.  We battled out of the cottage this morning to get into Hereford to buy a turkey at the turkey auction there.  Our drive is long and on a steady upward slope and with a good 18 inches of snow now lying on the drive getting back up was quite imposable and now the car is abandoned just one quarter of the way up the drive and looking at Met check it could be there for some time.  Oh well happy Christmas to you all!

We are having a bit of a lull in the weather.  The amazing frosts have passed giving me one final opportunity to get some daffs into the woodland garden.  I had quite expected to have to take a mattock to the ground to get a big enough and deep enough hole/s so that I might plant the bulbs.  However, to my great surprise, I got the job done with just a garden fork!  The woodland is now tidy, and ready for the spring bulbs to put in an appearance but right now that feels like a long, LONG way away.