After several nights of sub-zero temperatures and days of around zero, we woke yesterday to snow! Not what we were expecting down here, but life’s full of surprises, isn’t it? By this afternoon most of it had disappeared, due to a beautiful, sunny afternoon; so I’m glad we got out and took photos yesterday.

We haven’t got back into work on the house yet, after our hols; largely because, apart from the kitchen, the house is unheated. It was only 3ºC when we came home, but achieved a whole 8ºC today – it felt positively tropical! So the temptation is to stay put in the kitchen, “looking after” the fire. Tomorrow is meant to be our return to work day, so hats, gloves and electrically heated socks at the ready – we’ll see!

The locals tell us the cold won’t last long and that February 15th is the end of winter here; I hope they’re right!