At long last ...

 we've had a gorgeous Alpine day - not a cloud in the sky, not even for a minute. And my batteries now have some charge in them - although not a lot.

Mind you, we earned this day today, for last night the temperature fell to the lowest ever figure that I have ever recorded - an unbelievable MINUS 13.5°C and my water butts are frozen absolutely solid. But I'm glad I decided to sort out a pile of really dry wood from out of the barn. That's been burning for all of the day and the temperature has been hovering around the 18-19 degree mark which, given the temperature outside, has been pretty impressive and I'm pleased that I have this little stove.

So it's still holiday time so all I've done is to watch some DVDs and to watch some sport on the computer - Boxing Day is all about sport after all. But I didn't manage an evening meal again as it's absolutely taters in the verandah. But I'm not complaining as I don't mind the temperature dropping to -20°C mark as long as I get some sun for my batteries.

So when I've finished watching the Houston Texans play the Denver Broncos I'm off to bed. Tomorrow is also a day of rest as I catch up on my Sunday day of rest which I missed due to Boxing Day intervening.