Waving Santa

The welcome thaw continued its dramatic transformation overnight, and I was well able to assure one of the Music Group guys that conditions were "fine" around my place and that he'd have no problems coming along.

As usual, I was in a bit of a flap with last-minute tidying and cleaning in preparation for the arrivals. We had a good session, with an exchange of snow stories alternating with some great musical choices.

We retired to the local hostelry afterwards, which is where this waving Santa showed up, perched above the off-licence next door.

The rest of the day wene quietly, with some food and more music and a bit of meaningless TV. At least it had been no problem walking home from the pub, and we were all agreed that the thaw had been remarkably quick to clear away all but the most stubborn clumps of snow.