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!