Brrr!

On the subject of cold, we happened to go away for the weekend at a time when a record low was set 20 miles away from us in the Brecon Beacons.

It was really cold.

And we broke down on the way there, and had to get towed by a passing gritter (VERY lucky he was there!)
And we didn't actually get to the cottage the first night - had to hole up in a hotel
We couldn't even drive right there when we did get close - had to park up and trawl through a mile of snow with our bags
When we got there, there were dead animals in the house and it SMELLED.
Then the pipes froze, so no running water
Then the car got stuck so we had to spend hours gritting the way out by hand!


We really felt we'd 'got away' for the weekend....