We’ve had a second bout of very cold weather over the last week, with a good few inches of snowfall, and blizzard conditions.
Friends living in a caravan a few miles away whilst they self-build their house have found their water tank and pipes frozen over these last few days.
It takes me right back to our caravan days in the last really cold snap a few years ago with husband heading out into the snow in his dressing gown and wellies, clutching my hairdryer to try and thaw out our frozen water pipes. Unsuccessfully.
It makes me doubly grateful that we are warm and dry in the house in comfort now. In the evenings we fire up the woodburner and enjoy the sound of it crackling away cosily in the corner.
Some of my seeds have started to germinate. The cucumbers raced up, and we have a few chillies, lettuce, tomatoes and beans starting to show.
I think that they’re all a bit perplexed at the moment though. Bright sunshine through those big windows, lots of solar gain and warmth, but snow flurries just a few feet away!
Winter still has us in its grip. Cottage pies, warming breakfasts and slower days.
It has to be done. We don’t take any of this for granted.
Ravencroft Skye 
Gloating is good, in a kind way!
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Ha ha! We definitely feel we’ve done our time! X
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You worked so hard in the cold of a building site to insulate your new home and put up with the the limitations of the caravan. You really have earned the comfort you can enjoy now. Looking out on snow from the comfort of a warm room is one of life’s simple pleasures
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Thank you. It’s making it all the more worthwhile now, having gone through that. Modern living does make you take so much for granted ❤️
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Love your wood burning stove – so glamorous! When we lived in Scotland we had a coal range in a lovely 70s shade of mustard…
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Retro-chic! I’ll bet it’s back in style by now..😊
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LOL!
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The joy of recent hardship, now that it is over, you can be very grateful. I think that is the thing that drives us most here in our little shack in the bush; the fact that we have so much, we are so rich, and we are grateful for every little gain. I love that feeling.
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