Now, if I had been gifted the benefit of foresight, I would have known in advance to pick up a couple of kilos of Lavazza filter coffee from the Tesco Express at the Top of Valley View Grove BEFORE the 12 inches of snow came on Tuesday. As it is, it is now 1500, and I need a caffeine fix. Also, I am becoming jaded at the making of snacks from surplus Christmas hamper goods, canned delicacies, and home-made bread. Not bad, but not healthy. Food tastes so much better when someone else makes it, or you take a break before serving the dish. Focusing on my coffee urge, I took the plunge, wrapped up for the Arctic, and and left the flat at about 15.30 with my camera in tow.
I was lucky to have a neighbour help me dig the SMART out of the standing snow. Also, I am grateful for the fact that the covering on the car was still powder and not solid ice. Took us about 10 minutes to get the vehicle onto Lister Lane. Empty. Not a soul in sight, spare the kids on sleds and snow boards in Peel Park. Did the deed in Tesco, and bought more than I should, plus a little bottle of Marsala, for the trifle, you understand. On the way back down the Grove, I stopped the car repeatedly to take photos of the park and the roads.
Couldn't wait to get back inside. I had that many layers of clothing on that I was sweating like a glassblower's bottom. The coffee was good, and I will be getting a taxi into the University tomorrow - Huddersfield University has been open today, and I took a taxi in this morning, whereas BC was closed, and all classes, including the one that I teach this evening near Bradford Uni at 1700 have been cancelled. Better safe than sorry.
Be careful out there - this could be the pattern for weeks!
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