Snow.

Although there was much talk of snow on the radio in the morning when I looked out all I could see was rain blocking out most of the view. It was as we were eating breakfast that I noticed there was snow mixed in with the rain and eventually large snowflakes fell but did not settle. 

In the distance there was snow on the mountains, in Snowdonia, the Cambrians and across the water on the Llyn. While here it continued to rain. Not a day for going to the zoo.

 

It must have carried on snowing over the high grounds as by the end of the day they were considerably whiter.

I've had quite a constructive day at home, mainly cleaning. My initial intention was to clean the windowsills in our bedroom. That was a job which led to another and another and another. I began with the windowsills, the stuff on them and the venetian blinds before going to wipe down everything else in the bedroom. From there I carried on to the bathroom. Peter does the day to day cleaning in the bathroom while I do the 'blue loo' but he misses things like woodwork and mirrors so I do those once in a while. I finished off by doing the preparation for our Welsh lesson.

I had to have a longer rest afterwards as I've been trying some new exercises which set off my bad knee. I won't be doing those again. One good thing today was at last getting through to the orthopaedic consultant's secretary to talk about putting me back on his list for the removal of the cyst on my toe. I found out that they don't take you off their list until you actually have the surgery done privately (if that's what you're doing) so I haven't lost a year of waiting time. I still need to talk to the admissions secretary to find out what happens when the two years is up if they are not doing minor orthopaedic surgeries at all. Will they refer me to another hospital such as Lampeter and could they not do that now? I find it exhausting making these enquires so I'll start that process on another day.

The skip was collected this afternoon and this is the much improved front of the house.