We both hope that everyone has a lovely Christmas.
It seems everywhere in Europe is having cold wintry weather this December and Vellano is no exception. We had around 2 to 3 inches during Friday. On Saturday we awoke to a very beautiful scene indeed. Fortunately we did not need to drive anywhere. Many cars have put on their snow chains – a wise move when roads are hilly and twisty and one wrong move could send you 100 metres down a mountain side. For us keeping warm is a little more challenging when we use a wood burning system. Getting the burner ready, the wood cut and finding enough paper, cardboard and kindling to light it everyday. However, there is a lot of joy in providing ones own heating and seeing the flames burning merrily away in our big orange machine. (more…)