NOV. 25TH
It's starting to snow. The first of the season and the first we've seen
for years. The wife & I took out hot toddies and sat on the porch
watching the fluffy soft flakes drift gently down, clinging to the trees
and covering the ground. It's so beautiful & peaceful.

NOV. 26th
Woke to a lovely blanket of crystal white glistening snow covering as
far as the eye could see. What a fantastic sight everything covered with
a beautiful white mantel. I shovelled snow for the first time ever and
loved it! I did both our driveway & the pavement.
Later that day a snowplough came along & accidently covered up our
driveway with compacted snow from the street. The driver smiled & waved.
I waved back & shovelled it away again. The children next door built a
snowman with coal for eyes & a carrot for a nose and had a snowball
fight - a couple just missed me & hit the car so I threw a couple back &
joined in the fun.

NOV. 27th
It snowed an additional 5 inches last night and the temp. dropped to
around minus 8 degrees. Several branches on our trees & bushes snapped
due to the weight of the snow. I shovelled our drive again. Shortly
afterwards the snowplough came by & did his trick again! Much of the
snow is now brownish/grey.

NOV. 28th
Warmed up enough during the day to create some slush, which soon became
ice when the temp. dropped again. Bought snow tyres for both our cars.
Fell on my arse in the driveway. Went to physio but nothing was broken.

NOV. 29th
Still cold. Sold the wife's car & bought her a 4X4 to get her to work.
She slid into a wall & did considerable damage to right wing. Had
another 8 inches of white ****e last night. Both vehicles are covered in
salt & iced up slush. That ******* snowplough came by twice today.
Where's that bloody shovel?

NOV.30th
More f***ing snow. Not a tree or bush on our property that hasn't been
damaged. Power was off most of the night. Tried to keep from freezing to
death with candles & a paraffin heater that tipped over & nearly torched
the house. I managed to put the flames out but suffered 2nd degree burns
on my hands. Lost my eyebows & eyelashes. Car hit a f***ing deer on the
way to casualty & was written off!

DEC. 1st
F***ing ******* white ****e just keeps on coming down. Have to put on
every article of clothing just to go to the post box. The little ****s
next door ambushed me with snowballs on the way back. I'll shove that
carrot so far up the little pricks arses; it'll take a good surgeon
hours to find it. If I ever catch that arsehole that drives that
snowplough I'll chew open his chest & rip out his heart with my teeth. I
think the ******* hides round the corner & waits for me to finish
shovelling & then he accelerates down the street like Michael f***ing
Schumacher & buries the f***ing drive again.

DEC. 2nd
16 more sodding inches of f***ing snow & f***ing ice & f***ing sleet &
God knows what other white ****e fell last night. I am in court in 3
months time for assaulting the snowplough driver with an ice pick. Can't
move my f***ing toes. Haven't seen the sun for 5 weeks. Minus 20 & more
******* snow is forecast.

On Dec 20, 9:52*pm, Dave Cornwell wrote:
NOV. 25TH
It's starting to snow. The first of the season and the first we've seen
for years. The wife & I took out hot toddies and sat on the porch
watching the fluffy soft flakes drift gently down, clinging to the trees
and covering the ground. It's so beautiful & peaceful.

NOV. 26th
Woke to a lovely blanket of crystal white glistening snow covering as
far as the eye could see. What a fantastic sight everything covered with
a beautiful white mantel. I shovelled snow for the first time ever and
loved it! I did both our driveway & the pavement.
Later that day a snowplough came along & accidently covered up our
driveway with compacted snow from the street. The driver smiled & waved.
I waved back & shovelled it away again. The children next door built a
snowman with coal for eyes & a carrot for a nose and had a snowball
fight - a couple just missed me & hit the car so I threw a couple back &
joined in the fun.

NOV. 27th
It snowed an additional 5 inches last night and the temp. dropped to
around minus 8 degrees. Several branches on our trees & bushes snapped
due to the weight of the snow. I shovelled our drive again. Shortly
afterwards the snowplough came by & did his trick again! Much of the
snow is now brownish/grey.

NOV. 28th
Warmed up enough during the day to create some slush, which soon became
ice when the temp. dropped again. Bought snow tyres for both our cars.
Fell on my arse in the driveway. Went to physio but nothing was broken.

NOV. 29th
Still cold. Sold the wife's car & bought her a 4X4 to get her to work.
She slid into a wall & did considerable damage to right wing. Had
another 8 inches of white ****e last night. Both vehicles are covered in
salt & iced up slush. That ******* snowplough came by twice today.
Where's that bloody shovel?

NOV.30th
More f***ing snow. Not a tree or bush on our property that hasn't been
damaged. Power was off most of the night. Tried to keep from freezing to
death with candles & a paraffin heater that tipped over & nearly torched
the house. I managed to put the flames out but suffered 2nd degree burns
on my hands. Lost my eyebows & eyelashes. Car hit a f***ing deer on the
way to casualty & was written off!

DEC. 1st
F***ing ******* white ****e just keeps on coming down. Have to put on
every article of clothing just to go to the post box. The little ****s
next door ambushed me with snowballs on the way back. I'll shove that
carrot so far up the little pricks arses; it'll take a good surgeon
hours to find it. If I ever catch that arsehole that drives that
snowplough I'll chew open his chest & rip out his heart with my teeth. I
think the ******* hides round the corner & waits for me to finish
shovelling & then he accelerates down the street like Michael f***ing
Schumacher & buries the f***ing drive again.

DEC. 2nd
16 more sodding inches of f***ing snow & f***ing ice & f***ing sleet &
God knows what other white ****e fell last night. I am in court in 3
months time for assaulting the snowplough driver with an ice pick. Can't
move my f***ing toes. Haven't seen the sun for 5 weeks. Minus 20 & more
******* snow is forecast.

And that was by Dec 2nd! What you must be feeling like now
defies belief.

I am now finding it tiring and very depressing, trudging instead
of walking or being effectively under house arrest because the roads
are too slippery, and being a social individual living alone I need to
go out. The only pleasure left is malicious glee at the misfortunes
of others (everybody, don't ask) and anything that makes you do that
is not a good thing, you could say.

At least there was a lot less snow than forecast this evening
(hardly any, actually), a small mercy. Anyway, it'll all be over by,
er, Easter?

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.