…from the East

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Icy walking and the collapse into chaos

The Beast from the East (with a side order of Storm Emma) turned my home town into a friction-free zone on Friday. Rain on top of snow, freezing on contact, left roads, pavements and driveways covered in smooth, clear ice thick enough to skate on.  Read More »

Why is ‘nothing ever simple’?  I find myself saying it often, frequently to my children, but I don’t believe it.  Some stuff is definitely simple – we’ve done it before, we know how it works, we can do it again.  Easy.Read More »