More snow!!

Up early this morning to fetch the sheep more hay from the Paul's barn. The power was off and as it had snowed all night long there was now around 18 inches of snow. Outside the silence was only broken my the snapping of tree branches under the weight of snow. The tractor ploughed and skidded through the snow but halfway to the barn it nearly skidded off the track, threatening to tumble down the bank with me on it. Fifteen minutes of delicate back and forward manoeuvres, digging and skidding and I was back on track. The journey back up the hill to the road was a similar affair more sideways than forward but eventually I got there with the hay.



Le matin je me suis reveillé tôt à ramasser du foin de la grange de Paul.  Il y avait un coupère d'electricité et il neigais toute la nuit - presque 45 cm de neige. Dehors les branches qui cassent sous le poids de la neige rompre le silence. Le tracteur est défoncé et glissé dans la neige, et mi-chemin de la grange il est tombé presque du chemin avec moi à bord!  Après quinze minutes de manoeuvres délicates j'ai pu continuer. La continuation etais une affaire pareille - plus contournant qu'avancant - mais enfin j'arrive.  J'ai emmené Paul à l'aéroport de Toulouse. Entre chez moi et St Girons une dizaine d'arbres sont tombé sur la route, heuresment ils ont degagé déja. Je suis rentré à 15.30.

                                                                                
I took Paul back to the airport in Toulouse. Between the house and St Girons dozens of trees had fallen across the road but fortunately they had been cleared earlier in the morning. I got home at about 3.30.

It is still snowing, but the weight of snow and a slight increase in temperature has allowed the snow pack to tamp down a little. The electricity is back on.