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Good morning from Gloucestershire. I was supposed to be off to Kent today but have been warned off by my Bro' that the place is pretty well snowbound and getting worse. Seems incongruous because here it is bright sunshine, a lovely day. But if anyone should know what Kent is like, he should so I am taking his advice and staying put.

Might just partake of a FEB having got up early and psyched myself up for a days driving. Ah well, that's life.

Socs, we have snow in Hastings and its still snowing and I just heard that the M20 is closed in Kent near Maidstone so its probably pretty bad there. Strangly although Kent does not get bad snow very often there have been several times over the years where when it has had snow it has been very bad and the army has had to be used to rescue people.

East Anglia is similar and if the snow approaches from a certains North Easterly angle they both get major dumps, not very common but it does happen.

I have to drive up to Sevenoaks later so I hope it gets better during the day.

Derek, as a frequent traveller to the US you could try registering Daisy with http://www.animalattraction.com she probably wont get together with Mr Snuffles but you never know.

If Emily's ears are anything like Andrew's I shouldn't bother, MM - just give her a shout.

Not much snow here in Bexley, just a very light covering overnight. So Sevenoaks might be OK.

cheers Jef, its melting here in Hastings now.

Socs
No snow here but my cousin flew back early yesterday, lives near Maidstone and was worried re snow and getting home.
Lives in some god forsaken tiny hamlet,Easterfield near East Malling;
just rec'd email they got back ok last night but this am they have a lot of snow, 2" and as he was writing the snow was still falling.

Anyone want 32 degrees, no clouds, nil humidity, gentle breeze, warm pool,
cold beers, chilled champers & sauvignon blanc by the bucketful?
This would cure Jessies cold.

NB. And Hickey wants to go skiing!

LW
Wifes favourite saying at the moment "no wonder people move abroad"

Beautiful day on Anglesey. COME ON YOU REDS!!

No snow here in deepest East Berkshire. I used to think it was because we were in the Met office triangle in this area -- so the weather mysteriously disappeared . . .

lw
I'd rather have the snow and the variable climate.

Nice of Gerrard to help out his new team mates

can't seem to shake off the guinea pig theme... My children had two liitle gunea pigs called ranaldo and and leonardo , and our dog decided he wanted to play with it after chewing off the lock of the cage... poor Ranaldo dies of a heart attack, and the dog was mortified.... not a wound on the guinea pig so buried it. i went immediately to buy another one, who was black and named Pele (you guessed it , the kids like footy...sigh). Dog wants another playmate, so jumps to the high point I put the cage, ingeneously opens the door and takes Leonardo out... you guessed, another burial. I am quite distraught after the second death so take Pele off to my friend who has two other guinea pigs. She loves him but at a barbeque lunch, her dog found a way to open the cage and ..... funeral number three happened...... Don't think we are meant to have guinea pigs!!!

Jules, your friend could have bbq'd the GP? would have save the burial?

Jules -- so funny -- our guinea pig belonged to my daughter until a dog arrived in her household . . .

Spacie, should have thought of that one, after all I suppose it is a delicacy in South America.
MM... dogs are such family creatures.... as long as the home has on GP'S:-)

Jules - it's just the way it is.
We had Bertie and Sooty - hasten to add, Sooty was a perfectly formed dwarf Dutch jobbie - stayed tiny, if you know what I mean, as rabbits go - they frolicked together for many a year, until Mr & Mrs Fox came along.
It was one of those days today - with all the snow, it would have been a giggle to watch Bertie getting half-way up the ramp...only to slide back down again (yep, he was a fat-boy). Talk about Cap'n Oates - he was intrepid, in the guinea-pig scheme of things, plus he always somehow managed to avoid Sooty's amorous advances.

I have found this site which those of us who have been involved with guinea pigs that have sadly left us, may want to use. I am not sure if it caters for anyone guilty of the GP equivalent of manslaughter like me !

http://www.guineapigsrainbow.org/

I like the look of that guinea pig, I might get one of them for my daughter Tatyana Matilda, they dont eat lambs do they?

Have you ever seen such a useless creature