Life goes on

We're still amazed by how little snow there is here. There are pavements which look as though they've never even seen snow, yet I don't believe they've been cleared. Pavements along the prom, where the shoppers are, remain white & icy. Our biggest problem is ice.

On Tuesday we went to the Pub with PD. We took him home as usual. He lives halfway up a hill. We stopped & let him out. That was a mistake. We nearly didn't make it up the rest of the hill. PD's just rung, cadging a lift to the Pub today. I've already told him, if we're taking him home, we're going up the hill above his house, turn in a side road there, & dropping him off on the way down. That way we should be able to continue down the hill with no problem at all.

We had similar problems yesterday when we went to our village pub. We came out off the car park onto a narrow one way street. When that road joined the wider road, we tried to turn left up the hill, but didn't have the traction to succeed. Instead we turned right, down the hill & came back along the clear main bus route. No problem. It makes us realise how lucky we are living on a level street adjoining a main road which is always well salted & gritted. It's the sort of thing you don't think to look at when you are house-hunting.

We also went along to yet another bathroom showroom locally yesterday. They were very helpful. We came back with an armload of brochures, all to be waded through.

Tomorrow, hopefully, another company is coming round to draw up some designs. We weren't very impressed by those the first company came up with - too clinical. This is another company recommended by the Occupational Therapist for design & provision of disabled bathrooms.

I already feel overwhelmed by it all. I'm beginning to question if it's worth the effort. But I suppose it has to be done. If nothing else I will be relieved to see the present avocado green suite go. I can't see us actually getting anything done until the new year & hopefully better weather.