We were supposed to delivering presents to Wigan this weekend but cancelled the trip on Thursday after looking at the weather forecast. Quite glad we did now after hearing tales of people being stuck on the M6 all night. No snow here when we went to bed last night, but it was almost 5 inches deep when we woke this morning. At my parents' house in Wigan they have had about 10 inches of snow.

We walked into town to get a few groceries which gave me chance to use my new Russian-style 'fur' hat, a freebie courtesy of the snow sports federation in the next office to mine. And very warm it was too!

Hopefully UPS will be delivering the pressies on Tuesday for me!

We're not completely sure how to hang the wreath on the new front door yet, but this will have to do for now. So, we're now fully Xmas decorated and I've worked out that we've got at least enough ingredients in the 'fridge/cupboard for at least 10 main meals (and that's excluding the 2 pheasants for Xmas Day that are currently residing in the freezer) before we're forced to live on soup, par-baked bread rolls and some really weird food combinations. Next door's cat and I also keep eyeing-up a couple of really plump pigeons in the garden so, if the worst comes to the worst, I can always lay a trail of bread crumbs to the back door...

So the weather can do its worst really.

Happy Christmas!