Not more!

The spinney this morning. Heavy fall of snow during the night and apart from a brief respite its still snowing. Compare with yesterdays pictures!

Our post office became an 'outreach' post office some months back. This means that instead of being open 5 and a half days a week it is now open for some hours on a Monday and some on a Thursday. There is a proper post office in the next village. However where that was sited was in the Spar/Petrol station which they decided to demolish and rebuild. So there have been gaps when there is no post office other than in Peterhead. The petrol station is now up and running, but still not the post office, due to 'unforseen circumstances'. Ours is staffed from Oldmeldrum which is miles and miles away so frequently, if the weather is bad the post office does not open. How on earth pensioners without transport manage to exist I know not. Bear in mind the buses have now stopped due to unsafe road conditions.

We bank through the post office, our bank being an internet one, and I really needed to be puttting some cash in to reduce the overdraft. Fortunately the good news was that today our post office was open.

So off I went.

Our road gets cleared by the farmer. So far so good. But that stops at the village, and from then on it was pretty scary, especially as pedestrians were walking in the road and if I moved out of the tyre tracks I was following, to avoid the walkers, I would be well and truly snowstuck! I made it. In the small car park there was a young driver revving away like fury and wheels spinning right down to ice. It took 6 of us to get him off, and a few bits of advice as to how to drive in snow.....They just arent taught this any more. Dont think it was appreciated, the advice, or acted on as he screamed off and began to swerve all over the road.

Came home safely and it began to snow again. The forecast is more snow for the next few weeks.....The gritters/snow ploughs are only clearing main roads...all good fun. Just very pleased I dont have to go anywhere.