Darren Beale

This morning at 7AM the two 4 years olds that we share a house with came in to tell us that it had BEEN SNOWING and according to them this was very much A Good Thing. Also, apparently, it was in my daddy job description to make a snowman for them RIGHT AWAY.

Knowing that the snow probably wouldn’t last long I shrugged off sleep, wrapped up and promptly set to making a snowman whilst the rest of the household watched me from the (warm) kitchen whilst they had their breakfast.

It turned out alright if I do say so myself.

Organic Snowmangirl with Leeks for hair, mud for eyes and a carrot for a nose, all from the garden. Those of you with sharp eyes can see that she is indeed wearing a Leyton Orient scarf

Anyway after snowball fights with the kids and other snow related mirth it was back to the real world with a bump. Turns out that as expected a light dusting of snow has brought the area to a standstill. To be fair it’s a lot more rural then we’re used to so a lot of the smaller roads are dangerous to drive on but it does mean that - exciting for the kids - SCHOOL WAS SHUT. Great, this meant that Cathie couldn’t come to the office today, cancelling a meeting.

My walk to work was pretty. I still have to pinch myself now and again when I rememeber how lucky I am to be able to have a 10 min walk to my office every day.

Iain made it in, good man.