Tuesday - another white morning

Tuesday, a bit early, and another restless night.

Could not sleep again so up and wandering about. The road outside is now white instead of black, so I suspect that traffic chaos will ensue as the dawn breaks and folks try to get to work. Young RGB's bed lies empty so I assume he has had to spend another night in the City.

Yesterday was supposed to me my quiet day but I headed out,made it to Sainsbury's at Loanhead where shoppers appeared to be stocking up for a siege of some description !! But being such a big store I did bump into friends.

Onwards to Bonnyrigg to see Grant @Photogenix, where it was a case of "talk of the Devil, etc" we had just mentioned Andy McKeen ( man in photo with shirt tail out) and within literally ten seconds he walked through the door -.

Headed home to Penicuik where it was only the untreated side roads within the housing estates that were treacherous - worst being outside my friend "the rat catcher's house ( GM Pest Control) which at the top of the town was kind of bad. Hopefully his daughter out in Italy is not having to cope with these conditions, although the weather report for her area is just as bad as here.

Looks like the whole of the UK is slowly grinding to a halt, planes cancelled from north to south; a Eurostar train which is incapable of running when the sun is not shining; roads blocked and treacherous with fatalities being reported daily. The figures we do not hear about are of the elderly who are suffering in their homes with no contact.

Later in the evening, between showers I headed down to our local Tesco store, where the local numpties were having a hey day, snowballing passing cars, shoppers, etc. The Police warned a group of them but within minutes they were at it again so an irate, grumpy old man (me ) took a serious nippy at them to the extent that I thought I might burst a blood vessel !!

Just where do these types come from , where are their brains - just firing snowballs into the windscreens and sides of moving cars a few yards away ? One van driver stopped and they fled as he was intent in wringing a neck. Police eventually arrived again, three in a van, but seemed powerless.