Chauffeurdrive Ireland says no let up in weather.

Our hard spell of freezing weather is still with us and there is no sign of a let-up for at least another week. My area of the country has been blessed as we can still get around without any great difficulty but many roads within twenty miles of me are impassable. The unexpected length of this crisis has caught the authorities compeletly unprepared and at this point in time we are set to run out of salt within a couple of days. Just where they will be able to get more from is anybody's guess as Great Britain has the same problem. If you were to try to find a car and driver in Ireland right now you could have a real problem.The main roads are being looked after but that could change very soon if we do run out of salt and grit. The only comfort right now is that some experts are predicting a really good Summer for Ireland this year. Lets hope that they get that right. Despite the cold today i spent a lot of time outside and it was really bright and sunny and the air was so fresh. I had to break the ice in my pony's water tank and he was in a real playful mood pushing me around the place. He loves his carrots and bananas and i do tease him a little. He tries to root in my pockets and he is very funny. He really is a lovable little fellow and he loves attention. Don't we all. He is a Welsh pony.....very like a Shetland but completely black. His mane and beard were completely white with frost and he looked like he was made up for Christmas. He has a nice warm stable but he likes to be out in the fresh air. Of course he has his coat on this weather and that keeps him extra warm but i do not think that these little guys mind the cold at all. The wind is what bothers them... and you will always notice how they turn their backs to the wind. We call him Taffy and he is roughly fourteen years of age now. They can live up to forty years so he is still a young pony. We also have a cat but we feed about ten of them as our neighbour has about fourteen cats. She also has chickens and they spend half of their time wandering around in Taffy's field. He seems to like them and never bothers them. We have plenty of birds and feed them all the time. We have finches and robins and thrushes and sparrows and wrens and collar doves and pigeons. We have plenty of crows and some magpies but i chase them away as they kill a lot of small birds. The wren is the smallest bird we have and they are cute. You can see that i have a full time job....and they do cost money to feed them all.
Tomorrow i have to entertain our local senior citizens at their annual dinner. I do play keyboard and sing so i am never really idle. I look forward to this function as you can never find nicer people than your seniors. I will let you know how i get on.
Talk to you soon.

Dave

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