2009-01-07

- 17°C

It is horribly cold here. - 17°C according to my car last night. That is, -17°C after a minute or so, when the LCD display in my dashboard finally lit up.

Coldest temperature recorded in Belgium was not far from sugartown, -21.9°C. Of course these are the official temperatures, taking from a shielded thermometer. When I took Harpo out in the fields yesterday evening wind chill forced us back in the car in a matter of minutes. Afterwards at home he almost refused to go outside to pp. Maybe he doesn't like yellow snow.

Driving in these conditions, with frozen snow on every B-road and on my favourite highway lane, is a bit challenging. Too challenging apparently for most other people out there - I haven't had this much road rage in ages.