Bah, the festive fun couldn’t last forever. I’m almost certainly not the only one who struggles to adjust when returning to work after Christmas. It’s that nagging sense that the party’s over and it’s time to get serious again. 

But before getting bogged down in the January blues, how about that for a snowy Christmas? I can’t remember having so much white stuff around at this time of year. And it has hung about for ages, too. Here in Peebles, we’ve had about a foot of snow in the back garden for a fortnight. And with clear blue skies, icicles dangling from cars and roofs, plus deep snow clinging to every tree and hillside, it’s been more like Norway than Scotland. Absolutely magical. I’ll take a hard, snowy winter over grey skies and dreary rain any day.

We hope the return to work isn’t too much of a shock and wish all our readers a happy, healthy 2010. It’s going to be a good year. I can feel it.

Bye for now
Richard