Alfie enjoying his first white Christmas

Alfie, our Great Dane puppy enjoyed the snow - he tryed to catch snow flakes as they fell on the patio! The weather has been great over Christmas - sunny days bringing the frost to life and making the snow covered hills glow pink. It has been very, very cold. Minus 7 during the day and probably minus 10 at night. The ski resorts are all open and we may head up to the hills tomorrow. We spent a lazy Boxing Day recovering from too much food and drink on Christmas Day - just the one walk around the field for the dogs and then back to the fire. It was a lovely day and even better as we went out for lunch so no washing up!

Still some late vacancies for Hogmanay - and we intend to bring in 2010 with gusto. I for one will be glad to see the back of it as it has not been the best year for me health wise. Hopefully next year will be far better - it starts well with my 50th birthday bash at The Barn. I'm looking forward to it already.