Snow!!

Have had a fantastic day! Steve and I decided to go to Leeds to the last day of the German Christmas market, still plenty of snow left over from earlier in the week and it was freezing but cold and crisp not grey and frigid so lovely. Parked at the railway station in Huddersfield and got the train to Leeds. The market was fantastic, next year am going to go earlier and buy myself a wooden manager they are so lovely. Got some hot chestnuts, which tasted of wee a bit, not sure why so only ate one but made a great handwarmer! Also got a birthday pressie for Tom for January, how organised are we?, some massive marshmallows for the kids and a bar of marzipan for Mum - sweets she wont have to share because marzipan is disgusting! Steve hadn't seen much of Leeds so we went for a slice of pizza and a coffee and then walked down to the Victorian Quarter, it was wonderful and the fact that it was snowing on and off added to the whole festive feel. Got the train home and were amazed, clearly Kirklees gritters had been caught napping - about 2 inches of snow had fallen and the roads were in chaos and frankly flipping dangerous, slid towards the traffic lights coming out of the railway station which luckily turned green as I got to them. It was clear we weren't going to be able to get home our usual route so had to find an alternative, bumper to bumper with it snowing heavily and the last half hour of daylight and it was no joke, didnt see a gritter the whole time either. Anyway made it home safely - Em and Tom were outside having a snow ball fight! I nipped out and grabbed a couple of photos in the last of the light.