so the winter lifestyle is really starting to become the norm here in Norway. We now have about 4 inches of snow on the ground permenantly in Gargia and much more up in the mountain. The tempurature is hanging around -3. It was told this was the worst tempurature as it is when everything is most slippy as the snow melts a bit and re freezes as ice and there is a lot of slush about, and it is so true! On Saturday i took out the quad to have a play with it on the snow without snow chains and oh my god! It had absolutely no grip, going from 2 days before we could drive down Bascades Mountain pretty fast to being unable to stop! And walking around, even in my awesome Sorel Boots (designed for expeditions to the arctic where temperatures can drop to -75!!) i was still slipping around! However the next morning, temperatures were at -6 and the difference was amazing! You could walk in normal shoes and run without any slipping, the quad could actually turn corners! It was amazing that just -3 degree temperature drop and everything changed!
Well yesterday i also finally got my Pigs on the Deck!!! Its my winter tyres for my car! The reason the Norwegians called it that is in Norsk it is "Vinter Dekk Med Pigg" direct translation - Winter tyre with stud, so i had my first drive yesterday and it does make such a difference, they tyres are very impressive. They dont clear the road here (it is nearly impossible so they dont bother) so you are driving on top of snow and ice, not on the road which is very strange, although my practice drive was a lot slowly that Trond who took out my car! A mechanic from the this area really knows what a car can do in these conditions and it is a lot more that you would expect just by having these excellent tyres on!
This week has also seen the first few trips with the huskies with the sleds! Very exciting and the dogs adore it! They dont have anywhere near as much weight to pull so they are very happy. We are waiting a bit for me to go out on the sleds first time with 8 dogs as we dont have quite enough snow to break properly, so we just need to get a bit more!
I am also learning why Norwegian people have a bad opinion of the British, becuase they get all the worst tv shows you could imagine! From America they get Friends, Project Runway, Letterman, Sex and the City, some pretty good american TV Shows, from Britain they get Holiday Reps to Ibiza, Justin and Colins Home Make Over, Aggie and Kims how clean is your house and some TV so bad, it didnt even make it onto British TV!!! TERRIBLE!!!
Anyway, im off to see how Bartie and Finnie are getting on, Connie very kindly gave them a Moose Leg each this morning! Oh my god they were so excited! Sat there just chewing away on this monsterous bone!!!
Har Det!
Ally
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