26.01.2026 No new snow.

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  Monday 26th 30F/-1C [8.30] Overcast with snow promised. They are calling it a snowstorm because of the NE wind. Expected to gust to 15m/s. Over 30mph.Which is very likely to cause drifting or driven snow. Up to 20cm is possible in total. Currently no new snow lying. The trees and hedges are moving.

 Just under 58F/14C in the room. So the curtains around the open stairwell had a more limited effect last night. It was 2C colder outside overnight than the previous night. The stove was going well at bedtime at 11pm. I have enough logs for today. I could get some briquettes from the supermarket to last a couple more days.

 The snow is not supposed to arrive here until lunch time. I can fetch a trailer full of logs before the snow arrives. The small amount of snow on the drives shouldn't hinder me too much.

 Up at 7.50 after a fairly quiet night. The sweep will be coming early tomorrow morning. If he can get through the snow! 

 10.00 Back with a trailer full of logs. The roads were fine. Now I just need to get them into the greenhouse. 

 10.40 28F/-2C. 59F/15C in the room. Half of the logs are dumped in the greenhouse. I can stack them neatly after I recover. The remainder in the trailer is safely covered and in the carport. Along with the car. A huge relief to have enough logs again.

 It is horrible out there! My eyes and nose were streaming constantly in the cold wind. The fitted trailer tarpaulin blew away until I had it fixed down. No new snow yet. Though it seems to be limited to a southern strip of the island. Morning coffee and then I'll drive into the village. To stock up with essentials. In case I am snowed in. Nobody clears the drives and I am no longer fit or strong enough to do it myself.

 Back from the shops. I bought some thick wool socks because it said "Wool" on the cardboard sleeve. After I came home I discovered that "Wool" meant only 30%! The rest is micro-plastic waste.  

 14.10 63F/17C. Still no snow. The snowfall area is sliding westwards just south of my location. It is supposed to head slowly northwards later.

 7.45 30F/-1C. 66F/19C in the room. No new snow yet. Just  a dusting on the car inside the carport. The radar shows the snow clouds sliding to the SW but evaporating before they reach me. Dinner was one of my ugly omelettes. The sausage was cut into small pieces and slowly fried.  The mushrooms added after a while. Then the whipped eggs poured over the cooked contents of the frying pan. It was fine. I washed up while it cooked. I suppose that make me a domestic robot. Just better looking.

 

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