Domestic family day building a huge snowman and then preparing for my meetings as Geoff Boycott returns to Yorkshire Cricket Club and bad weather disrupts and kills in Scotland and Northern Ireland
We awake to a full covering of snow and continuing cold weather. I lay abed until breakfast, writing notes and reading The Sunday Times. In it news from yesterday of Geoffrey Boycott’s return to Yorkshire Cricket in his benefit year which is amazing, and the sacking by no-confidence votes of the two Yorkshire cricket committees. All of which I am much glad of. Reports also of the talks held secretly in December by the government with China and the concession of the Honk Kong Colony under Chinese terms. Down to a fine fried breakfast of duck egg, bacon and bread and after to quickly dress and make ready. Daniel and Debbie are keen to make a snowman and I help them make the Biggest Snowman in the World.
Sitting with arms, legs outstretched and huge. Then to clear out the ducks when I find another three eggs to prove that they are starting to lay in numbers. A lunch of pork and vegetables and afterwards to relax a while. Out again to clear the paths and put the ducks away with Debbie and after tea to prepare my Board presentations and slides. This evening some louts knocked over our snowman’s head and I chased them but could not catch them this time. Later to bed with papers well prepared against tomorrow morning. Forecasts tonight of more bad weather to come and news of terrible disruption in Scotland and Northern England with deaths as a result.