This is my first post, ever, and it's not exactly novel as a heading but it is snowing here and I'm stuck in it. Well, not stuck in the snow exactly. I couldn't move the car more than a few yards out of the driveway this morning, which took about an hour, and then another hour to move it back into the driveway. Sons and neighbours helped while the cats watched idly from the windowsill in the lounge. As it turned out my work was eventually closed and I would have been sent home anyway. Hope my wife makes it home safely. The city buses have stopped running and the trains are only every hour, if that. What the enforced leisure has allowed me to do is catch up on Radio Three's CD Review of the Year programme. Very good it is too. I particularly enjoyed the 'Golgotha' cd by Martin and the Jordi Savall magnum opus about the Cathars 'The Forgotten Kingdom'. Having spent the summer in that part of south-western France, it was good to be reminded of the historical and cultural legacy, especially the music. How much the 'Cathar Route' is becoming too much of a 'tourist trail' with a wilful disregard, or at least over simplification of the history, is a moot point. Not that I didn't enjoy that part of our trip. Apart from the weather, which was shocking at times, I thoroughly enjoyed renewing my acquaintance with the food and wine of France. It did, for example, make our visit to Montsegur atmospheric if a little chilly.
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