Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

Snow Time in January 2013

Its early 2013 and the heavens have opened with a delivery of the white stuff. After a particularly balmy winter we were given ample warning and the excitement was palpable in our house. Friday morning involved a 6 am wake up call by both children, "please can we go outside". Made us quite happy that we have such intrepid explorers. Luckily I had whizzed past Homebase on the way home to buy a couple of tabogans. Its now sunday and we have been on the slopes of Hambledon twice a day. The good news is both of them are snow nutters, with a lack of fear that will do them well on the slopes of the Alps later this month. How kind of mother nature to supply us with the chance to test the cold weather aptitude of the children and give them a first hand glance of freezing feet and near vertical drops.

2010 View from Hambledon

1013 View of Child Okeford

I was particularly proud in the pub last night when a fellow father pointed out that my daughter had spent time working out the fastest sledge before requesting a go. I thought I'd share these pictures to show the difference between 2010 and 2013 snow form the top of Hambledon. It measured 4.5 inches on my car friday morning and I can't remember the depth from 2010. With any luck this will be here to stay. The way the roads have been cleared this year is fantastic so a big thank you to the council for sorting us out.

The real shame about a snowfall after a wet christmas is the feeling of something lost. There can be nothing more special than a white christmas it just makes you feel fantastic. The fact that you can eat and drink as much as you like "guilt free" because you have been out in the snow. As all fathers know the excercise is double because we have to carry and pull everyone everywhere but hen thats half the fun.

  

Dorset in the Snow

You don't have to go far to enjoy the great outdoors. This is taken from Hambledon Hill on the edge of Child Okeford in North Dorset. Funnily enough this is where I live and it rarely ever snows here. We run a bed and breakfast on the edge of the village where we like to welcome people from all over the world. Its such a nice way of meeting people, entertaining them and ensuring they feel at home. I have to say the other reason is purely selfish, its the only chance I get to have a cooked breakfast. I always make sure I buy too many sausages and bacon so my wife cooks the extra. Of course that is all great if the children don't get there first, they become bottomless pits when it comes to greasy breakfasts. Most of our guests are either here for weddings or on a long walk that passes through these parts from Weymouth to Kings Lynn. The whole way you are never further than 10 miles from an ancient burial site. Should be renamed the Skeleton way if you ask me. Occasionally people stay to check out the iron age hill forts and the roman fort on Hod Hill another steep climb but well worth it for the views.
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