Up here in the clouds there is a blizzard raging, the dog and the pup ventured outside earlier looking like a dog and a pup and returned looking like large 4 legged snowballs with eyes and wagging tails- total whiteout and yes its still mothersday - this leaves us with a dilemma do we venture out there against all common sense to deliver cards, flowers and chocolates to mum who we love so much or do we stay put and do so when the blizzards over! Mum advises to stay put and not to venture down the track to her home. She is fine and will see us all when it calms down a bit.
This all started to get bad about 4am when we were hit by a hailstorm, which woke the entire household. One by one the houses in the glen vanished from sight followed by our own outbuildings and now you cant even see as far as the tractor, the clouds arent going to lift today thats for sure.
No sign of any city dwellers today either - which is good news for the boys of HMS Ganet - unless there are some really silly souls out there and we just can't see them. Earlier there was no sign of life at the bothy (we checked) so theres no-one stuck in there taking shelter from the raging elements, just a few black faced sheep sheltering next to the walls, thank goodness!
Now good as this weather is for our roofing concern I am worried that we won't actually be able to effect any emergency repairs for a few days if this keeps up. The wind is howling, whenever the front door is opened the wind opens the hatch to the loft which bangs about, it is also having the effect of making our home sound like someone is tuning the bagpipes in the vicinity - never mind the fire is on and so is the kettle and we are going to have a pyjama day and relax
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