I don’t believe it. More snow. 9:00Am wonderful day, sun shining etc. 9:15 snowed and didn’t really stop till 13:00. We have had another 3.5 to 4 inches of snow. Far too much to clear from the drive and we are running low on salt/grit again. So I decided that I would clear the bottom of the drive (to make it safe) but leave the main drive. This would let the people from our peak district cottages, that were going today, to get away. There is never a problem going down. But the people arriving this afternoon would have to park at the bottom of the drive and I would ferry their luggage up in the Discovery. This is what we usually do in this situation. The min road is always kept clear as it is a Bus route and alternative route for the A6 if it gets blocked.
Peak District Cottages - A Gray Day
[Just an aside - The discovery is rather old and has now been 'off the road' for 2-3 years. It still runs well but things do keep dropping off or stop working. The back door doesn't work anymore, the breaks are not good and now the clutch is starting to play up. However, it still does a sterling job of carting wood around or getting stuck cars unstuck. ]
Any way I cleared the bottom of the drive just in time to get everyone away. It then snowed some more and covered all my hard work. At this point I gave up. As Sheepfold is booked for most of January and February I decided I would get the new blinds installed in the Lounge. As normal it took a little longer than expected but no real problems.
At about 15:00 the first guests arrived. As expected they only manage to get half way up the drive. So I went down with the Disco to help ferry the luggage up. By the time the second cottage arrived the weather had deteriorated and the fog/mist had come in. So it was all a bit unpleasant but still managed to get all the luggage up and pull one of the cars out to enable them to go out if they want to.
Chris Swaap
