Pippi’s pulling up her stripey-socks for the final sprint towards the Good-Life……………

Karmacat

I know, I was thinking about you being snowed in - not good for you (except when its okay to curl up and watch a good dvd ) and not good for my tootsies

Stay warm, stay well - you sound like you're missing the kids already, thank heavens for good communications.

Pippilongstocking

No indeed not good for feet, sorry - glad you're sorted.

Kids still here but off on Wed, bah. I'm glad they're happy but I often wish things were a bit different - oh well! x

More turkey for me

Lightning and thunder here with snow. Eek!

Cheery_Daff

Lightening and thunder and snow?? Eek indeed! :eek:

I've just got home Also eek

Anyway - get to leave for my holidays in 25 hours :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: And I'd quite like to get two night's sleep in there somehow :rotfl: best get cracking!

Karmacat

Enjoy the turkey but :eek::eek::eek: to the thunder and lightning with snow

And :eek::eek::eek: to Cheery too :rotfl:thats a good post!

I'm extremely boring this year - again :mad: - but I promise that next year I will have an absolutely *disgraceful* Christmas

chevalier

hi pippi
i got woken up yesterday morning to the biggest flash of lightning i have ever seen, and then the loudest bang of thunder straight after. it was so loud I got a head ache!

WOOHOO about the ombudsmen making them honour their offer. Also woohooo for paying off the last company creditor, that must be an awesome feeling.

we have had 3 days of torrential rain, and it is forecast to be like this on christmas day, so may have to rethink christmas lunch on the beach!

chev

Pippilongstocking

Chev, hugs - the lightening we had here lit up the whole house and the thunder was unreal!

Cheery - go you and your partying. We've had more snow - getting slightly alarmed - not only can't we get out - no one can get in - but its only a short snow tramped walk from the top of the road to the house.......................I'm assuming the roads are passable - winds dropped down a bit - but its snowing again. Temperatures don't look to be getting up to much until tues (kids fly wed) If we can't get out I might have to call on your services and try get a favour and get you to give us a lift to the airport (if your car is at top of the snowy road ) - they are flying via KW on Wed am to Glasgow-Paris I hope that its OK - glasgow doesn't look bad. OH went skiing yesterday and the road upto Inverness is clear - north of Inverness doesn't look bad either.



KC - I'm sure you'll acheive that next year - house sounds like its coming along perfectly!

I'm finishing a section off for a bit writing.

Karmacat

Good grief, this sounds like its getting really bad - I hope your heating is holding up, Pippi. My house plans have had a slight setback, as the carpet fitter's van has broken down - now its tomorrow, between sessions. I suppose at least I get today to myself - have to look on the bright side.

In fact, I'll go back and edit the post on my thread...

Pippilongstocking

KC heating is holding up!

Very sorry to hear about your carpets - nice to have a day to yourself though.

Its fine - I clearly need to think about either finding a place to park up the track by the road (but not much room) - or think about a cunning plan, dunno what that is at the moment! Our neighbour said that we're often snowed in down at this side of the island - they have winter tyres and a 4x4. I dunno what we'll do but we'll think about a better plan for next year!

small section finshed - now onto the next one (2 more to go til finished) stopped for a quick break.

Only real issue I think for me is that the kids get to see their dad - thats my most important priority at the moment, but I can't control the airport - we'll have to see what we need to do - if its open, we'll get there - I've already got family/friends on standby on mainland incase they get any problems in Glasgow (which doesn't sound bad at the moment) - if they get the Paris flight - their dad reckons it will be OK that end.

Of course it might all thaw and be fine all of a sudden!

Cheery_Daff

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

Cheery - go you and your partying. We've had more snow - getting slightly alarmed - not only can't we get out - no one can get in - but its only a short snow tramped walk from the top of the road to the house.......................I'm assuming the roads are passable - winds dropped down a bit - but its snowing again. Temperatures don't look to be getting up to much until tues (kids fly wed) If we can't get out I might have to call on your services and try get a favour and get you to give us a lift to the airport (if your car is at top of the snowy road ) - they are flying via KW on Wed am to Glasgow-Paris I hope that its OK - glasgow doesn't look bad. OH went skiing yesterday and the road upto Inverness is clear - north of Inverness doesn't look bad either.




I'm finishing a section off for a bit writing.

:j :j to finishing off a section!

I'm slightly alarmed too :eek: although we have at least decided that we ARE going to attempt the journey, and in the car too

I'm hopeful we'll get as far as inverness at least! :T Road up to Wick is looking a *little* ropey, but alright as long as there's not much more snow, so altogether pretty confident that we'll actually make it to Orkney this year! :rotfl: that's an improvement on last year! :rotfl:

All looking a bit insane actually *in* orkney though! :eek: Bit worried we might not make it closer than the ferry terminal! :eek: Will ring you this afternoon to sort out details and stuff - thing about airport ferrying is that we only have 2 seats in our car - wouldn't want to put anyone in danger sliding around with no seatbelts (or seats) in this mad weather... but will ring and chat to you once I've had another cuppa and a check of the weather forecast

We'll sort something out! Even if we have to leave the car in Kirkwall and walk to you! And then go on a sledging expedition to the airport or something?!?! :eek:

(hang on, back after I've taken Mr daffs' tea)

Pippilongstocking

At home awaiting a call

Tractor jcb came and dug our road out - car at top - that bit ok

Will have to hope everything OK be fun trying!

Public transport (bus) goes to 2.4 miles from here - we'll figure a plan - car at top - if nowt else I can slither to the bus and get you!