I was lucky because I didn't need to go out. I waved them all off before it was light and then I sat in the warm and trusted they would all return tonight ... and thankfully they all did.
I listened to the reports on the radio . . . roads closed, cars abandoned, schools closed, staff sent home early. I watched the road outside our house grind to a halt, saw people getting out of their cars and walk around the road in yellow coats, then it all moved off again very slowly.
My plans for tomorrow suddenly thrown into doubt, a trip to Thetford and then to Norwich which probably won't happen now because I do have a choice and when I weigh up the risks against the gains it simply isn't worth it.
When the weather turns life becomes so much harder for all of us, a simple trip out to the dustbin becomes a major task, Andrew searches the garden for bits of wood to get the fire going and getting three cars cleared and running every morning means a very early start to accomodate the trips up and down the garden with kettles of water, but then I thought . . .
imagine you had to sleep out in it?. . .
. . . for some people that is their reality
and they don't have a choice
If you struggled in the snow today or, if like me you were able to stay indoors in the warm and gaze at the pretty pictures out of your window, and if you can spare a few pounds, anything, however small will be so gratefully received, please, please go to:
Madi and Viv's fundraising page at:
and sponsor us so that we can support Shelter
to help anyone who is out in the cold . . . right now!
Thank you
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