Just got Dot’s car in the garage in time. Neither of us went to church on Sunday because we still had bad coughs, and the next day it started snowing. Still Dot managed to drive to Brooke before it started, to take part in interviews for a new head. She was still pretty bad and had to come home early in the afternoon because of excessive coughing. I walked up to Morrisons to get in some supplies.

By then it had started snowing. Not too much that day, but very cold. On Tuesday Dot drove to Brooke again, to find the school shut, but eventually everyone turned up to continue the interviews – in fact only one candidate had been asked back, and he got the job. Dot is optimistic about him. II walked up to Swinton to renew our car insurances – got it reduced a bit – then diverted through the Close because it was sunny and quite pleasant, as well as picturesque. As I was doing so I got a call from Dot, who was about to come home at the end of the interviews.

That night and the next day it snowed a great deal, and we ended up with about a foot of snow. I walked down the shop in the afternoon, which was easy enough and the main roads were clear, but hardly any traffic and no buses.

Today much of the snow remains, and more is threatened. Very cold. Dot is quite a lot better, but I still have a cough, which is very annoying. I was supposed to walk up to the Maid’s Head this morning for a meeting with Paul Dickson and Rob Knee, but Rob could not get out of North Walsham: snowdrifts on roads, no buses and no trains. So we postponed the meeting. Dot and I checked Des’s house, which seems fine. He is in New Zealand.

I cancelled my blood test tomorrow, because it sounds as if things may be worse again. Could probably get car out, but it might be difficult to get it back again. Dot still doesn’t know if she’s going to Wales, but it’s very bad there at the moment and will probably be worse tomorrow. We’re rather hoping they’ll call it off.