It's all very quiet

The cold snap seems to have done more than stop boats moving; the canals list has become comatose, and many of the regular bloggers are posting less frequently.

I'm not surprised; there's not much to report from here either. When it's seriously cold like this, all our energies are consumed by the need to do the routine jobs in a timely fashion, like refilling the coal scuttle and getting stores in.

Meantime, on the other side of the world, Waiouru blogger Tom Jones is being attacked by blood sucking leeches. I quite often wonder why people live in Australia ;).