With it so close to Christmas and not much can be done outside, we decided to go to Carmarthen for our last shopping before Christmas. It was cold but dry with no sign of any further snow until we came back home. It was a little late for us getting back at around 3.00 pm, but all was fine until we got to Red Roses and bits of snow started falling, the nearer we got home the larger the flakes.
The roads were covered in the village and the car had a bit of a slide without mishap. Then we entered our track. The first part has a bit of an incline, but it proved a difficult. The wheels span badly, even though we had two bags of heavy grit in the boot positioned over the wheels to improve traction. We thought it was going to be a shovel job, I had put one in the boot just in case. But as we were still moving, even though in tiny increments, I kept the car going.
It just managed to reach the top and we were on the move. If we kept the motion going we would be fine. Turning the sharp corner we have half way along, we met an old lady who regularly walks her dog along the track. Her dog who is a bit of a car chaser roared up to us and she is so slow moving I had to stop the car, on another bot of incline. We thought this is it!
After some minutes she got the dog on the lead and out of the way. The best we thought was I would have to reverse to the flat and then move forward, but first a try from the position we were in and could not believe it, we moved forward. So the car just powered on and kept going right though our gate, which is pretty steep.
The snow kept falling and within minutes had covered our tracks.
Looking down from the front gate, our incoming tracks only just visible.
Snow falling quite fast.
The day was getting dark fairly early because of the heavy snow clouds overhead. But Ma Goose still needs her bath before going to bed.
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