Not quite Blackpool!

We were a bit delayed in putting up our yearly tacky fest with our next door neighbours, what with the snow and Arctic temperatures.  But today we had the weather and time to put up the lights.  Then this evening we switched them on with the usual fanfare and mulled wine.

Christmas cake

I decided to bake my Christmas Cake early this year, as I usually end up making it the Christmas Eve and icing it Boxing Day!  Hope it turns out OK as I thought I try a different recipe this year so I used Delia.

Ilkley Moor - Cow & Calf

Baltic!

Our thermometer at about 7am this morning -10 degrees!  

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

The snow's been pretty bad here over the past few days and its not forecast to stop at least for the next few days.  Luckily I can still work from home, which is great as apparently the roads were jammed up and the buses and trains stopped running.  Stu was back shovelling and gritting again at the school as it looked like it would be OK to be open, but come mid morning the snow was so bad that the school was closed.  At the moment it's stopped snowing, but there must be at least 6 inches lying, so we will have to see what it's like tomorrow.  If it's still here at the weekend we might have to build a snowman!