Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Happy new year and surviving the weather

So tis the time of the year when we all, well many of us say Happy new year to each other. I hope you all have a really happy new year and that it continues through the whole year of 2010.

It's snowing really hard here today, like 2" this morning and the likes of which we haven't seen for many a year but then I can just about remember the last really bad winter we had in 1963. Admittedly it is only by photographs of me playing in the snow as a toddler but the family stories of having to dig the house out of snow drifts are still well remembered. Digging the house out was in fact a truth. The snow was so hard and fast in laying and drifting that it was up above the downstairs windows so when we opened the curtains we could not see anything as the light was blocked out by the snow. Aparently my brother was able to open the front door and had to shovel snow into the house just ot get started to dig his way upwards and outwards.

Probably a bit of a long story but it still does the rounds.  It will pay dividends to take a bit of thought to your health and safety whilst we have these difficult weather conditions with us. I say difficult because we in general have not had to endure bad weather in theUK for many a years except for short 3 day jobbies.
Still, as many of us work many miles away from home and transport is a necessity whichever form you use  it becomes relevant to tae a few minutes to think of your H&S. My website has some tips on it if oyu are stranded so click on the title of this post to be taken to the site.

I hope it is og some help.
 

The Pig of Happiness