Frosty

The temperature at La Basse Cour is usually a couple of degrees warmer than the south of England, but that doesn't mean we don't get frosts. At the weekend we had the first real hard frost of the year:

Gérard has been telling me since September it is going to be a hard winter starting by getting very cold at the end of November. Since he spends all his working week on a roof exposed to the elements he has an interest in these things. 

Despite my scepticism he has proved accurate so far ....