Canterbury - 17th November, 2005

We woke this morning with the cars covered in a very thick layer of frost. Every window required a good scraping. The skies are blue but this means sharp frosts. We are also very exposed being right on top of the downs. Everyone says we can expect a severe winter this year. One of the ladies at school (who drives a 4 x 4 - actually alot of them do and for proper reasons too) says that the school was closed last year for 2 weeks because of the snow. There are no refunds of fees if this happens.

The school is right at the bottom of the downs. To get there you have to negotiate some fairly steep roads. Rear wheel drives (Volvo) are just not good enough. Only a front wheel drive (Saab) or 4 x 4 will manage the task.