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Tbf it did sound a bit 'questionarre-y' when i read OP. It felt like having a load of questions fired at you one after other about how we are coping with weather etc not like a little chat with friends-so i can see where Hazel 193 was coming from.

The pipe feeding my standpipe has been frozen for 8 days so can't fill tank. Using bottled water for cooking and washing. Thankfully have plenty of coal so keeping warm. I am knitting socks...on second pair. For groceries there is the village coop but have Tesco click and collect on Wednesday. One has to get on with life. Biggest problem is pipes frozen at toilet cassette emptying point. I bought another cassette on Amazon to get round that problem...delivered next day.

PS Oh another recent hobby has been making Christmas cards. I have enjoyed that. Never thought I would have made cards, but it’s fun. Does anyone else on here do it? By the way, I love Gransnet!

Quite a bit of snow and ice where I am. Was too scared to go out at first, but having a little dog made me be a bit braver and don my mountain boots.

In the house I keep busy with hobbies and general tidying up. I have acquired a second hand portable dvd player so can watch while I cook.

I bought a shower curtain reduced to £2 in Wilko to cover the windscreen and most of the bonnet to save all that scraping. I tuck it into the front doors and hold it down with some heavy plant pots. Not elegant but serviceable.

I try to make contact every day with at least one friend, even if it's only a chat via text.

1. Paper online since lockdown
2. Food shopping as usual, but driving on gritted safe roads
3. Crochet, knit, play musical instruments, bake, cook, journal, stay in touch through WhatsApp, read. However, still value seeing people and miss company dreadfully if confined for any length of time
4. Fortunately no medical emergencies

I just said to my husband 'Remember when I was 60s chick? Now I'm talking about Lidl veg'

Gagajo. Yes indeed. 1.5k of potatoes 19p. We also bought sprouts, parsnips, carrots, swede all 19p. I think Aldi will be doing it next week and probably other supermarkets.

We also live on an old single track access road without gritting so have been out each morning since the snow first fell ( sunday) in our boots to help the stuck cars and delivery vans, who have come off the main gritted roads and got stuck on the local ungritted one outside our house! Its kept me fit! The sainsburys van managed the deliveries to our little hamlet on Monday. The access track has got more treacherous through the week as the snow on the track has got compressed and frozen over. We and neighbours shovelled quite a bit of snow off the road, and the local offices bought some sand and grit for the worst hilly patches. Today I also cleaned out the drawers in the hall as by today, we could only find one complete pair of man-sized gloves (our learning disabled adult son lives with us so 2 sets were needed for car pushing/ snow shovelling- he always seems to lose his right glove)- we have 6 lonely left hand gloves! All the female gloves were in tidy pairs. Im hoping some of the right gloves will re- appear once the snow melts!
We still have about 3 inches of icy snow on the ground. I got out today to pick up our sons prescription ( and buy milk and bread) and the paths in the village were mostly dry and snow free but I still slipped a few times in the icier parts. I have an elderly pair of furry lined snow boots that kept my feet toasty and a decades old huge and rather heavy fake fur coat that only gets worn in very cold conditions ( its too warm in milder weather).
Apart from that we've been watching the birds taking rather impatient turns on the fat balls on the feeders in the garden, as their usual sources of food are covered in snow. A pair of green parrots have appeared and are helpfully messy with their feeding so larger birds ( too big or with the wrong beaks to access the feeders) gather under them to mop up what the parrots and tits drop.

midgey

You can still put the washing out on the line…if you can cope! It will freeze but freezing takes some of the water out, washing will be softer too.

I've been trying but it comes in quite damp. Had to shake the snow off it today!

Binge watching NCIS and Law and Order and Strike. Add great rail journeys and back episodes of Sewing Bee...

You can still put the washing out on the line…if you can cope! It will freeze but freezing takes some of the water out, washing will be softer too.

GagaJo

Lidl have bags of 19p veg???????

They do, Christmas veg is all 19p, my vegan niece is very happy.

We went out at the beginning of the week to deliver some cards. We live on an’unadopted road’ so no gritters . Some places were like glass so DH and I struggled back home hanging on to bushes. We have been out just once since in the car. It’s a4x4 so great in bad weather and we felt quite safe. We are very rural, the roads narrow and twisty, and even in this weather we were being overtaken on bends. Some people are just idiotic. Have to go out tomorrow so hope it is not so slippery. Take care everyone.

Lidl have bags of 19p veg???????

We've been out and about. I went to lunch with friends today but had a lift there and back. The pub car park was clear. We popped to Lidl on the way back as I wanted to get their 19p bags of potatoes and 19p veg. We will make soup. We have a Tesco delivery every 10 days and are fortunate enough to have shops we can walk to for fresh stuff, weather permitting.

I got a new pair of boots a couple of months ago and they have been a godsend as they have great grip and fur to the toe. I have been able to get shopping and then dropped off cards and presents to friends and family.
I've also been collecting bedding, newspapers, etc for a local animal shelter, but this week it's been cardboard to try to insulate their kennels against the cold conditions.

Our bit of snow didn't last long so I'm out and about as usual, doing Christmas shopping etc. My car just had a new battery so it's raring to go now.

I've not been on my usual long walks - just a few quick trips (and slides) to the shop - so I feel under-exercised. The dog refuses to go out.

Still, plenty of pottering and little tasks to do. I know the weather will change on Sunday here (London) so I don't feel too cooped up.

There was a partial thaw earlier today and I didn't like the look of the ice sheets across the road - so it was Uber Eats to the rescue - by Merc instead of scooter. A bit of extra expense, but better than risking a broken hip!

I haven't been out since Friday night. It's more than manageable, as I have cupboards full of food (that people refer to as stockpiling ) that comes in handy at times like this, Sainsbury's is bringing me top-ups tomorrow, and I've had no real need to risk it. It's icy here rather than snowy, which is worse, IMO. I have boots with great grips (Doc Martens) that are more than a match for snow, but nothing can stop you falling on the ice.

I cancelled an event I was going to go to on Saturday, but it was a bus ride away, and the thought of getting to the station and then to the venue at the other end (and the same in reverse) was too daunting. My knees aren't great and the cold weather affects my asthma, so I decided not to risk it. The road at the back of my house is so slippery that neighbours have parked elsewhere to avoid using it, and Mr Dog has only used the car when absolutely unavoidable, in case he also had to find a space away from the house.

I just wish there was something decent on tv, as I would quite enjoy a few days on the sofa with my feet up.

I’m still going out, but not as much. Christmas meet-ups etc.
I have rubber pull on snow grips for my shoes and lessen the fear of ice.
The freezer is full, including semi skimmed milk, bread and long life milk in the larder. Prescription delivered 🤞
I’m enjoying the excuse to switch on the heated blanket and hunker down.
Strange reaction to a perfectly ordinary question Hazel93?

Don't laugh but I am reading all the ghostly children's books by Penelope Lively which I could never read properly before because I was working. Lovely to be carried away to a magical world.

I only go out when I absolutely have to.
GP, vets etc.
Mixture of mobility, mental health and husband’s health.
I’ve been dealing with it for nearly 3 years.
It’s more than do-able

We havent had much snow at all here, and it didn’t last long, but the frosts have been severe and we set out for our walk in -4 degrees this morning. I wore soooo many layers and my lined boots which i think were originally designed for cleaning out stables, but recommended on A….n for dog walkers. They have better grip than wellies even!
I do find that I don’t have enough light to do any crafting after 3pm though.
Roll on the lighter afternoons😊

I see the surgeon in January, Charley. If he says no, so be it. I doubt if it’ll be suitable driving weather anyway😊.

Have to walk the dogs and my husband and I are preparing for a Christmas event on Saturday at the library I help to run. My husband is catering and I am the general dogsbody .
Norah I envy you your two Parsons terriers, our Jack died two years ago, he was such a bossy, demanding little character we miss him so much. We have two rescue terriers now but he was a one off.