The more it snows, tiddly pom...

Having dug, scraped and gritted our way out for the weekend, we are now blanketed once again with two and a half inches of fresh snow.  Fortunately it seems to be a warming trend and the ground temperature has definitely risen, giving hope for a thaw in the coming week.  Still, with farming activity having to continue, and the valley once again inaccessible to non-4x4s, the new snow brings the same old challenges afresh.

Fortunately bird food supplies at Iford are strong, but we were amused to note the high-brow nature of the blue tits as regards their alimentary proclivities.  Failing a ready supply of breadcrumbs, we put out the last of the Christmas stuffing and some 'high risk' pâté which we weren't quite prepared to eat any more.  Half an hour later I returned to the plate: the chestnut stuffing had been picked at here and there; the pâté had been completely cleaned out.