Whats up with winter

. I just do not know where the days and the winter have gone. I hope you have had reasonable mild weather like we have. We have only had a couple of days of snow, and maybe 10 occasional days with temperatures below zero, so really nothing to complain about. The winter has also not been very wet so guess we have been lucky.

Christmas was rather quiet. W e knew we would not be able to be with all the family ( we usually have a full house on Christmas day ), so it was a very different day for us. Mark and his girlfriend Anna came to stay on Xmas Eve, had breakfast with us and then went on to her family in Birmingham. It was lovely to see them, and we managed to have a walk around the fields in our silly Santa hats.

So Christmas day was rather quiet, but on the positive side we just ate leftovers and had Christmas pudding.

Michelle and her boyfriend ( confusingly also called Mark ) had Christmas with his family, and then came and had a few days  with us in January.

Then I went off to visit Mum and Dad and had Christmas number 3, so that’s enough Xmas for now.

New Year in Wales was rather different as well. When we lived in Southampton  we could watch the fireworks over the docks, from the decking outside the lounge.