Postkat, as seen on the previous post, got lost and travelled around Europe for a while, visiting Athens, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Venice, Rome Paris and other places.

This is Sergei, Aleksander’s head of IT.

I was wearing the same shirt and tie as Sergei is when he arrived! Were we separated at birth? hehehehe

People have been telling me off for not updating my site since Christmas. Sorry Gina.

Got a new them which makes it easier to display my photos. I’ll be adding the pictures a few at a time.

Got to make some tweaks to make it look not quite so bright and maybe add a new picture at the top. Hope you like it.

John x

Saturday morning, there was a light sprinkling of snow left over from Friday. Gina and I took our usual walk into town for a coffee and shopping. Lovely and pleasant walk. Last week we sat outside Costa coffee saying it was probably the last one this year. We’d sat outside since April, sipping our coffee, watching the world go by and taking the pee

Saturday, we said we’d sit inside. It was too cold. We did sit inside. Watching the snow fall. Gently at first then heavier.

We finished our shopping then braved the elements.

The roads were chaos! Unfortunately, us Brits, not being used to driving in the snow, can’t cope. Most don’t think ahead and try to get round corners when there’s nowhere to go because the drivers in front don’t know how to drive in the snow and get stuck part-way up a hill. Can’t go up or down, so they stay put or slide backwards. Either way, traffic jams. As is usual, most people don’t leave space at roundabouts. The result? Chaos, gridlock and accidents. All the way home, on foot, Gina and I were hearing sirens. Police and Ambulance. And the ones that drive at speed! Shame on them.

The walk home is quite nice. Mainly downhill. The freshly fallen snow didn’t make the journey any more treacherous, but it did make it harder. I was pulling a shopping trolley. Yes, it had wheels. But they were small and didn’t rise above the snow. Should have got a sled! It would have been easier

We went again on Sunday.

24 little hours, like the song says!

Harlow, despite what some people say, is pretty. It’s even prettier in the snow.

And we got to see R2D2!

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He will be making full sized stilts for the adventurous, experienced stilt walkers.

For little people and those, like me, who need to stay close to the ground, the ones in the video are perfect.

We set off near to the McDonald’s in Waltham Abbey. No, we didn’t go there first! Can’t even stand the smell since my gastric bypass last year.

According the the MapMyRun app on my iPhone, we walked nearly 5 miles.

The place will look stunning in the snow!

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The before pictures are below. This me today. Getting all teary but oh so happy.

They’re a bit dark, but I’ll Photoshop them when I get home.

The trousers I was wearing in these pictures are 60″ waist and they were too tight! A few weeks ago, I bought a pair of 42″ jeans from Primark! Not been able to get into jeans for ages.

Tuesday, I went to get some birdseye chillies from Tesco on my way home form Greek Dancing class, and got myself a pair of trousers as well. This time, 40″ waist. This is amazing.

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