Not half cold this evening. -7 C; and it was -6 C yesterday afternoon at 3pm. I haven't known cold like it for a long time.
January 2nd. At 6.30am it was -8 C and perfectly clear.
January 4th. Bit more snow in the evening, 1/2 inch, if that. Everything nice and white though.
January 5th. Grey clouds speeding from the East.
January 7th. Fine snow in the afternoon.
January 9th. Fresh snow in the morning, about an inch or a bit more.
January 10th. Walked to town in that sort of post-snow quiet.
It was very cold in the first ten days... Some places in the south did not rise above -3C on the 1st and 2nd... The first 100 hours of the month in the south were a continual frost. [...]
January 11th. On the way back the thaw had begun, slush everywhere and water dripping.
'Thaw on the 11th'
