Today we set off about 11 am for our trek to the pub. Just myself, Dave and Batty. The boys teased me about the layers that I had on. Leggings and trousers, 2 pairs of socks and wellies, but I surpassed their expectations with the top layers. Underwear (yes, it counts it was long enough to cover my tum), a t-shirt, a long sleeve top, a jumper, waistcoat, hooded sweat shirt and then my coat! I wasn't taking any chances in getting cold!. It was a lovely walk through the park. Wading through the snow was good for the calf muscles. The snow also looked deeper when walking like this as it wasn't getting compacted under foot. The swans and ducks at the lake were hungry. We were wishing that we'd thought to take some bread. There was someone else there feeding them already so I'm sure that they won't be starving. It only took us an hour to get to the Hoodener's Horse. One of our favourite stopping places. I opted for the omelette. I've got a tough decision now. Which pub makes the best omelette? This one or the FILO in Hastings. I'm going to need to sample both again to make a decision. Tough job, but someone has to do it!!
On the journey home, a quick stop on the swings at the park. Well, that's what you do when you've been drinking! We were thinking about a drink in the Singleton Barn but they were really busy and didn't have a beer on that was worth stopping for. Batty was tempted by the smell of steak and wishing that he wasn't already stuffed. The little shop only had one croissant left so we didn't get anything for the birds to eat. Back home again past Singleton Lake. Most of it was not frozen just deep slush. We were surprised to see the fountain in the park working today. It did look good with the icicles hanging over the edges in places. Dave and I didn't go straight home but went on to the shops in search of sledges and essentials. B&Q was closed, Halfords didn't have any sledges left. On to Asda, they had lots of milk and bread too. There were more people walking in than normal but still surprisingly busy in the car park. Some of the shoppers on foot were using sledges to carry the shopping. This seemed like a good idea, until they got to crossing the roads which were completely clear.
Back home in the warm now, pizza for dinner and then off to Brian's to watch films. It's too far to walk to Chris's and neither of us want to risk driving our cars down the hill on his estate.
Kat came home soon after we did with her mate, James. They set about making snow “things”. A snow-woman in the front garden with big boobs, and a snow ball tower in the back garden. Kat was climbing up it to put the top ball on. The snow ball tower fell soon after they came in. The snow woman either fell over during the night or was “helped”.
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