Indeed. * rushes off with a gleeful glint in her eye.*

Tuesday already? How did that happen.

Fog all day at Plas Huws and a max temp of -1°C. An odd phenomenon and the reverse of what is usually seen is that the hoar frost (possibly rime) deposit is confined to the tops of hedges and bushes and there's none on the grass or on my car. I put this down to heat from the ground. Nothing else would seem to explain it.
(Jakutsk update) They still have fog, as they have had since before the New Year. The temperature is about -46°C and goes up and down a degree or two independently of time of day but more in response (probably) to the presence or absence of high cloud, which you can't see anyway ("sky obscured"). The sun does its best but at this time of year 4 degrees from the Arctic Circle it may as well not bother. No wind to speak of; they're probably breathing the same shitty air they were at Christmas.

Out in the sticks here in Berkshire, I don't think we got above -2C, and didn't witness any of the sunny spells suggested by the BBC's local weather site; just a mid-grey blanket of cloud all day.

-9C driving through patches of fog just before sunrise this morning, brilliant sunshine all day but below freezing because the consistency of snow on the ground is unchanged (although I was indoors all day) and now -8.5C through patchy fog all the way home. A clear view of the newish moon above. Lekker weer. (and a reasonably enjoyable Dutch lesson this evening - bonus!)

That's Rotterdam and the countryside to the south of the city, for dem dat don't know.

40.7 at 17:30

that's over 105

-12C this morn, and my car tried to overheat when stuck in a queue.

(Boolbar) They all do. I'm no fan of radiators.

Striking off at a tangent. My daughter would like to know why household radiators are so called, when they should really be "convectors" ?

Mrs INJ was woken up by our local earthquake (a whole 2.9 on the Richter scale). I slept through it.

My god, the weight of snow blanketing the country must now be so thick it's beginning to distort the Earth's very crust!

Appreciably less effort has gone into clearing roads of snow in the midlands compared to previous years. I blame the bankers.

Three things I am grateful for, in the snowy conditions.

1. I only live 5 miles from work, along gritted roads
2. West Berks council are well-funded and efficient
3. 5 or 6 young men that were pushing every car out of the village I work in on Friday morning, when the MD decreed we could go home. They were cheerfully jogging down the hill, pushing a car up it until they got some grip near the top, waving them on their way, and jogging back down again. I'd buy them a pint if I knew who they were.

(Phil) Not having to go to work is also very useful. But band rehearsal was cancelled tonite which I thought was feeble.
Jakutsk update - the fog has just cleared for the first time this year and they have a balmy -32° with light snow.

[Rosie] I did continue to work from home for most of the rest of the day. In theory I could probably work from home every day, and pop in for the odd meeting - maybe once a week for an hour.

Just made zucchini chutney. Yum.

[flerdle] And now you've made me crave Brie - yum!