Now, I know, in the scheme of things (especially for North American readers) the snow and cold we have here in the UK at the moment, isn’t such a big deal, but it is unusual for the whole country to be so snowy and cold at the same time, so forgive us for going on about it, we like to talk about the weather at the best of times.
There has been a flurry of discusion about ‘bad winters’ past, of 1947 and my fathers adventures (and I came across a tragic bit of local history about the winter of 1947 the the other day, lives were lost).
I can even dig a photo out of the shoe box of some serious snow in 1901
I was around for the winter of 1963, in my fetching knitted snow suit.
But given that we know there was a house on here, as far back as 1606,
which was during the Little Ice Age we can only try and imagine how tough it must have been to keep warm and fed.
On that time line, our 26 year living here, is but a blip, but with a new roof, (so good not to have scrabble up there to dig out the snow that had blown under the slates) ground source heat pump, double and a dash of triple glazing and a new door that both keeps the snow out and is thicker that a single piece of plywood. Trust me we are very, very grateful for our warm and snug home.
Uphilldowndale 
February 28, 2018 at 10:38 pm
Snow? What snow? It’s not the whole country yet!
March 1, 2018 at 8:27 am
You can have some of ours, be careful what you wish for!
March 1, 2018 at 9:04 am
We’ve got some now. Lots scheduled for later. It’s exciting because we last had any decent snow in 2010!
March 1, 2018 at 9:13 am
The chickens don’t think it is exciting
March 1, 2018 at 8:22 pm
We,be got plenty now!
February 28, 2018 at 11:54 pm
I am very envious of your ground source heat pump. I am old enough to remember that the winter of 1963 meant not playing hockey at university for the whole of the season after Christmas.
March 1, 2018 at 8:30 am
I’m convinced the heat pump is white magic, although we won’t be so smug if the electricity goes down!
March 1, 2018 at 2:10 am
The photos are great. The light in the first and last is a light I remember. Different weathers come with different lights, and snow’s is unmistakable. You’re certainly cute in your little snowsuit — I have a couple that are similar. We did have fun, didn’t we?
March 1, 2018 at 4:06 pm
We did indeed, probably because we didn’t have to worry about the grown up stuff.
March 1, 2018 at 11:55 am
A good, if rather chilly, post and pictures. It’s nice to see one of Spud, who I trust has fully recovered. I vaguely remember the winter of 1963. Good to read that you’ve now got a nice, snug home. xx
March 1, 2018 at 12:28 pm
Spud is enjoying being allowed off the lead again. His elbow has healed well, but his hip is causing him some discomfort 😦
March 1, 2018 at 1:17 pm
I’m very pleased to hear of the healing. Will he make a full recovery?
Doug’s enjoying the snow but collects ‘snow cling-ons’ on his trousers.
On a Facebook spaniel group it was recommended to rub olive oil on their fur to prevent this but I applied horse mane untangle spray and that did the trick.
One of my siblings was born in 1963 and my father picked up the midwife in a 4×4 he borrowed from work to get her to my mother at home – but couldn’t get through the snow to to take her home after the delivery so she stayed with us overnight.
I was also discussing with Doug’s mum how winters were always snowier and summers were always sunnier when we were small.
March 1, 2018 at 2:20 pm
i’m very glad i insulated our front door – the people before us moved out because the rain used to flood under it into the living room and it never worked as a door as you had to kick it really hard from the outside to get it to open. so i sealed it up and insulated it behind tongue and groove. we use the back door now and the living room is useable in the winter!
March 1, 2018 at 4:02 pm
We did like wise, we managed with just a backdoor for many a year.
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