Snow in Finkle Finkstead

Yes it snowed.

Mr Fink and Little fink were jumping up and down while it was falling. In the morning Little Fink almost went out in the snow with her pyjamas on! The school was closed so LaraCroft kindly took Little fink while I headed off in Laura across the 8 inches of snow! We made it almost to work (which is on a steep hill) and all the way home with no drama, it wasn't until I tried to put her back in the garage that i got stuck. However, I learned a trick from Ray Mears, I took out the car mats, placed them under the wheels and Presto, we were unstuck. Thanks Ray.

As I walked up the steep hill to work this morning, I caught up with one of my colleagues whose physical condition causes her to walk with 2 sticks and a rolling gait. She was more than two thirds of the way up the hill when I caught up with her. I jokingly said, "Alright Zoe, you been out skiing?" As she turned to reply, she lost her footing and slid to the ground. I caught her and helped her up. "You were doing OK before I turned up weren't you?" I said. She was very gracious and saw the funny side. However after an hour or so one of the girls from my department stopped me and said, "I hear you've been pushing disabled people over in the snow."

Oh dear!

Little Fink's Birthday Day Out

Mr Fink and Little Fink about 30ft up a tree about to jump off the platform into a cargo net. And she calls this a treat??

Little Fink asked if she could visit Go Ape for her birthday treat with some friends. she missed it when the Cubs went as she was unwell. We took, Mrs Glum, Bambi, Bambino and Marsha, J1 and his mum Lara Croft (she is fearless and will have a go at anything, must be the Aussie in her?)

They were fitted with harnesses and had a safety talk, after all, they were going to be 30 feet up in the air walking on wires, jumping off platforms and whizzing down zip wires.

Then they were off, they were so brave and careful and full of fun. None of them chickened out and all of them enjoyed it. The zip wires were quick and high, some of the landings were pretty hard but the men soon managed to brush the dirt off their backs (and their pride) and carried on! All in all everyone agreed it was a great excursion, several of them claiming it was good value for money and the best day out they had had for ages - and that was just the adults! We'll definitely go again.

It's Little Fink's birthday on Sunday so we can expect an early start in the morning. We've got Silver Surfer and Astral, Nanny and Shouty Grandad coming round tomorrow for dinner and cake.

(Hopefully next door's dog will have barked itself hoarse well before then!)