Escape to the Country

On my arrival back in Farnham (otherwise known as The Farm or Farmham… so wittily named by the one and only Hollie Poole) for one night only, and for an extremely mundane trip to the Doctors tomorrow, there are some key points to notice:

1)      It’s wetter

2)       It’s darker

3)       It’s colder

No wonder farmers have a reputation for being moaners!

I can’t believe that it’s less than an hour on the train away from my house in Clapham and yet it seems to have dropped about 10 degrees.

Whilst packing for my little stop over at home I did think back to my last frostbitten trip and try to remember to pack warmer pyjamas and an extra couple of layers, but apparently that’s not enough. Last time I was also confronted by a mummy crouch that was still refusing to put the heating on. According to her this is something that she has finally relented on but I can’t say that I believe a word of it. I’m tucked up in bed wearing a hoodie & fleecy PJ’s with not only my duvet, also snuggled beneath 2 more blankets & I can safely say that the only thing keeping me remotely warm now is the heat coming off my laptop.  It’s chilly. How it takes me back to the uni days of paper thin walls and constant shivering *sigh*. If only I had my wooly hat, gloves & hot water bottle to hand.

I am quite pleased that this fact of freezingness is also scientifically proven, as according to the padre “they had a frost this morning”, so clearly it’s definitely winter now. I’m pleased we haven’t had one of those yet. My poor tulips that I planted the other day probably wouldn’t stand a chance (now who’s the country bumpkin hey!?).

Hopefully soon it will start looking more like this...

The pretty way to do freezing.

I’ve speant the last couple of months saying ‘well it’s definitely not cold enough for the time of year yet’. I guess I forget that that the last couple of winters were in Brummy land & that I only really did a half winter last year as come January I was off sunning myself in the lovely Mexico. Only downside to that was that I had the Bertram with me. That’s enough to taint any sunny day. Hmmmm come to think of it, maybe I should be relishing my evening  in the cold. A welcome break from Montana… And if anyone has seen her latest blog idea you will know why that is a relief. She got mean. www.bertie-retaliation.blogspot.com will make a delightful read for any of you that would like to hear Han’s responses to my blog.