7″ of snow fell on Tuesday, and last night the temperature fell to -14C. That’s what the car thermometer said at 7.30am, right next to the house, it would have been lower in the garden, but the outdoor thermometer is buried under the snow somewhere and it can stay there for now. Nearby Woodford recorded -17C.

Dave has set off in the 4×4 for a meeting in Oxfordshire where it’s -17C right now. I’m going nowhere in my old car – except online to window shop for a Land Rover…

Actual gardening is clearly out of the question, but with a new camera lens to play with I’m not short of things to do….