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Tuesday 17th 25F/-4C. [10.30] Overcast and snowing lightly.
Up at 7.00 after a reasonable night.
9.30 I wasted half an hour trying to get the car up the gentle slope to the main drive. My 100m of snow clearing hadn't helped. Mostly wheelspin. Even in third gear. Once I finally reached the junction to the main drive I discovered it was drifted over. The tire tracks left by an occasional neighbour were gone. I managed to reverse back down to the house but no further. The car is stuck at the boundary. I was too exhausted to do any more digging.
10.30 It is snowing steadily. The car is already white. 62F/16.7C in the room. My English friend is now coming to visit me. Instead of my going to him. I have lit the stove, washed up, mopped the kitchen floor, brought in two baskets of logs and had a shower.
12.00 My visitor has arrived. Bringing cakes and an oil fan heater. The temperature immediately soared to 74F/23C and climbing! He is parked half way along the main drive because drifting has blocked it beyond that point. It must be 30cm deep over most of its length! We had to do some digging so he could turn around. It is exhausting to walk on it. At first there is some resistance but then my boots sink deep into the snow.
The temperature outside won't get above freezing until Saturday. So the snow will hang around. I am going to ask the neighbour on the back field, with a JCB [digger] if he can clear the drive for us.
My neighbour, at the rear, has promised to come around with his digger later to clear the drives.
And has! My nice neighbour came around for chat about setting up something permanent. For drive maintenance and snow clearance. We had a nice chat about everything under the sun. His English is excellent.
Dinner was fish fingers, pasta and peas. I only discovered the lack of tinned tomatoes once committed. The larder needs attention.
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