We have returned to the modern world today. BT open reach have finally gotten their act together after four engineer visits and a battle with health and safety rules to scale the pole and join two wires together. Kidding aside for the second time in the last year or so our phone line came down and the incompetent idiots at plusnet and BT have finally managed to arrange for it to be fixed. It's good to hear that even though we pay a premium as we live in the country and BT have a monopoly on the line, that the money can be put to good use and pay four engineers to do a half hour job.
As you can tell I'm a bit sore over this. But miserable old git moan over.
On a happy note, a fortnight ago it snowed like I've never seen before and it was magical!
This exciting event happened over a weekend and so we got to enjoy it with the children. Come Monday a tree came down and blocked our lane (and brought the phone line down) so we both missed work (v. exciting).
James got the chainsaw out, I moved the wood (next years heating) so we got to have an extra day making the most of the season. Without sounding too corny it was so much fun and I think we enjoyed it more than the kids did. We made snow men, snow angels, had snowball fights, went sledging and had lots of pretty walks. Here are some photos for your enjoyment (visiting here is like sitting next to an old lady on the bus with pictures of her grandchildren).
I was desperate to post the pics as snow is such a rare event but next time I post we've got some exciting news (no more babies before you get excited!).
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I love snow, and although we live near the Pyrenees most of it falls on the mountains so all we have here is the occasional dusting of snow, so I enjoyed sharing your photos.
ReplyDeleteWishing you and your family a lovely Christmas and hope that 2018 is a good year for you all.
Fantastic photos, BT dont gt me started after we went three months waiting for repair to a broken line, I recognise that hat :-)
ReplyDeleteA lovely post, full of perfect childhood memories, Merry Christmas
ReplyDeleteI will admit the snow is pretty, at first. We had our first real snowfall of the year this morning. The thing is, we get snow every year and this year it's a little late coming, but now that it's here I expect it will be here until March! I'm glad you got to enjoy it. Don't you just love it when utility companies have a monopoly on their service? It's the same here with heat, water, sewage (although if you live in the country you have to dig a well and you don't have the water and sewage bills they have in town) electricity, and we have very few options where we live for WIFI and phone service.
ReplyDeleteI hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!
Cindy
It seems like your internet company and mine are both about the same quality, which is to say, rock bottom.
ReplyDeleteSpectacular pictures. We've had a lot of snow here too, although it shut our county down and everybody went without power for three days.
I wanted to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Harry
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