Cosy beast

For the past three days I've been knocked off my feet by a severe dose of flu. Usually I'm sceptical when people refer to bad colds as flu but this is a different beast altogether. No nasal congestion but fevers and shivers, aches and pains, swimming head and almost paralytic weakness. And the house has been battered by gales for 24 hours, every crack and crevice (and there are many) letting in blasts of cold air.Fortunately I have no appetite so I don't need to do more than stagger between my bed and the sofa with blankets and hot water bottle.

So I just crept outside the once and poked my camera over into next door's cow shed where the neighbour's cattle are tucked up safely out of the wintry blast, this one just giving me a quizzical glance mid-munch.

Thank you to everyone who posted comments on my last two blips. I'm sorry I haven't been able to keep up and return the favour.