Still cold

Says it all really. Elanor is housebound too; there's a sheet of ice in the road outside her door, so although the main roads are clear, she can't get her car out there to use them. She's also a bit nervous about walking Sally, in view of the likely consequences of the 37 kg jumping forward as she leans back.

The forecast suggests we may see some relief later in the week, which would be good.

Meantime, we were getting all set up to do a bit of pumping out after lunch, but when Sheila went over to borrow the dedicated drums to use (well, you wouldn't want to use any general purpose ones, would you?), she was told that Dave the handyman was away for the afternoon, and that the drums were locked up in his storeroom to which no one else has access.

Good job we hadn't left things to the last minute, then – we can hang on until tomorrow, but we'll do it in the morning, in case Dave has another afternoon off.