Saturday 1.

Very cold this morning. Minus 5 degrees. At 10.30 we met up with the Salvation Army Band (well, a few members of the band) and sung carols in The High Street for an hour. A good many friends stopped to thank us, and the general comment was along the lines of "What a lovely sound from such a small number". Fairly well balanced though (in terms of Soprano, contralto, tenors and bases) which always helps. Afterwards Ann and I went off and wrapped our hands round a very welcome mug of coffee. Towards the end of our singing it started to snow and was still very cold, but I noticed that it didn't feel nearly as cold as last year, when it rained throughout our performance. Snow didn't settle. Went to scrabble club this afternoon. It started to snow again at about four p.m. and now (at around seven p.m.) there is a good three inches of snow, and it's still snowing. More in a minute (blog, not snow, although there'll probably be more of that, too).