No snow yet here, just implacably dark skies and rain. We're told it's only a matter of time before it finds us. Rats. I hate driving in snow. My Goa-going daughter arrived back in London Saturday which was lucky, a day later and she might have been landing somewhere quite different. It must have been a shock making such a rapid transition from 39 degrees to -2 but mostly she mourns the lack of light. It's difficult to believe that the days are in fact drawing out with such heavy cloud cover and the electric light constantly on. Very gloomy. Never mind, I'm off now to a local pub to buy a friend a beer I've been owing him for some time, and I think I'll have a whisky with Crabbies green ginger wine. There are still good things to be enjoyed!