Thankfully not the 50-70cm predicted for over night, but snowing again now. At least there was sunshine briefly this morning when I walked the dogs and fed the horses, in fact it was looking like the worst was over - not so I fear.
The Boss reported big drifts up on the flats where he's feeding the stock, and what gets really hard is opening and closing gates. Everything will get a good feed this morning, then possibly more to the ewes again later in the afternoon.
The big green machine coming back from feeding steers, the blade on the front is invaluable in this sort of weather, for dozing through the drifts over tracks. Even though we know the farm well the Boss puts markers out for the winter, marking creek crossings, as the last thing you want is to be a metre off and getting stuck. And an added bonus in this tractor is the heater works, so the snow and ice on the windscreen melts. The Fiat windscreen is still iced up from yesterday morning and it'sdoor seals aren't so good, so the Boss was complaining of being snowed upon in the cab yesterday - some people never happy are they!!
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