Winter Weather

We are having a wonderful seasonal winter with skating on a completely frozen lake being the highlight albeit armed with a drill for testing ice thickness, a chart showing the water depth and a ladder for rescue; just wish some of the other enthusiasts were as well prepared. We have, as a family, skated on the lake for nearly a century. On the downside our rubbish bins weren’t emptied for 5 weeks (today was the first collection since the collection before Christmas) and we saw no sign of any salt on the roads until the thaw started, when we had 2 visits in 18 hours! This is the worst service that we have known although not the worst weather by any means.