. . as warm as it looks on our Weather Site. You may think we've been enjoying the dizzy heights of plus zero temperatures. Not so. Everywhere is still frozen and it takes till mid afternoon to thaw out the pipes and water troughs in unheated buildings. We've been leaving electric heaters switched on in the parlour overnight for some time now, but today we've started to leave one on during the day. Our Weather Station is exposed to the elements - which in some ways is as it should be. But if the sun reflects off the snow and bears down on the thermometer it can give a higher reading than the air around. What we should do, is house the instruments in a Stevenson Shelter of course. We've got as far as getting the raw materials (louvre doors from a car boot sale) and one day it will be done.
And we're doing our bit to look after wildlife. While we were sitting warm and cosy by the fire, watching television, we were also watching a shrew scampering around by the bookcase. I don't like mice in the pantry - but a cute little shrew just coming in to keep warm? That's different.
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