Fire and Snow

More snow again overnight - "snow on snow" and my car is, once more, firmly stuck in the drive. Fortunately, Sara has been able to keep hers on the main road and so it was she who went into town today to take Mary to the doctors' (Mary had a lump behind her ear which, thankfully, was simply a swollen gland connected with her sore throat and general cold). Tom and I stayed at home and the morning hum-drum was disrupted by the site of three fire engines in Weaver's Close and smoke pouring out of our neighbour's (the Biggins's) house. Apparently a tumble dryer had exploded in their integral garage and the whole contents of the garage had caught fire destroying, amongst other things, their boiler. They have had to evacuate their house and will not be spending Christmas there. What a horrible situation and it makes any problems we have seem very insignificant. This afternoon I went for a short walk up to the top of Gunville Hill and delivered Christmas cards on the way including one for Petra up on Red Lane. The snowy views looking across the village from up there were magnificent. There can be no doubt that the golf tournament tomorrow will be cancelled and I expect I shall be spending another day at home. More and more work, however, seems to be coming in so I certainly have plenty to do.