Snowed in

It’s stopped snowing but our lane is now like a sheet of glass. I’ve had to cancel my duty on the helpline this afternoon as I think it would be risky to try to get the car out and we may not get it back up the hill. I really don’t want to risk having to walk up. The last thing I need is to fall and break something, I have enough health problems to deal with. I woke with an oncoming migraine anyway and, although the medication has stopped it developing, it leaves me a bit unsteady and un co-ordinated.

I’m still getting the pain in my thigh. I was refered to a physiotherapist last autumn and he said it wasn’t Piriformis or sciatica but a hamstring problem. He gave me exercises and it did get better for a while but got worse again over Christmas.

In spite of the cold and the inconvenience I do enjoy the snow, it’s so pretty and everywhere is so peaceful. We usually have a lot of noise from the traffic on the main road but there is hardly any today as most people have stayed home. Typical Britain, a few inches of snow and everything closes, schools, businesses, airports. There are headlines in the papers talking of arctic chaos! I remember when I was a child going to school in thick snow and at playtime we made slides in the playgroud. That wouldn’t be allowed now – Health and Safety. If I was younger I would have got to the helpline, but I have to accept that I am not as young as I used to be!