No additional snow last night, but freezing temperatures and high winds mean that the local roads are extremely hazardous – icy and covered in drifting snow. My wife leaves the house to drive to her workshop in Hevingham, but 10 minutes later she has returned – apparently the main road is closed at Aylsham. She spends the day cleaning and tidying instead of making the curtains that she really wants to be doing.
I really don’t like this weather, so my aim is to stay in the house as much as possible, preferably close to the fire. I do venture out a couple of times to walk the dog (with my wife), and again to fetch a basketful of logs from the back garden. I light the fire at 11.30am – the earliest that I have lit it this winter, but then this is the coldest that it has been this winter.
I read The Metro online, and then spend the afternoon researching subjects for this week’s vlog.
My voice is still much stronger than it has been for weeks, although it gets progressively weaker as the day wears on. Tremor isn’t bothering me at all. Muscular weakness and stiffness in my right arm is most uncomfortable. My walking and balance are both pants today, although they have both been fairly rubbish for quite a while.