The pears are ready at last - me and Ben harvested them then patched over the balding bits of the lawn that hadn't taken this year. Then we planted some crocuses and snowdrops. Alan Titchmarsh eat your heart out!

Gah, will this coldness never end?

A snowy day with a crystal-clear Winter sky, so a couple of photo opportunities in the back garden before a trip to Heywood to pick up a couple of servers.

A bit heavy for our side of Wakefield, but it's going to make it fun getting up Pollard Street...

Snow at last! Ellie insisted on going outside and playing football in the snow; Ben was a little less keen but still had fun.

A couple of inches of snow fell overnight: Wrenthorpe Lane suddenly got a bit slippy.

More memory in courgette, a meeting in Wandsworth, and meeting Marcus who programs Symbian software. And some snow.

It's customary to leap on the first snowflakes and take loads of photos, so here's some taken from our front door down Wrenthorpe Road when the snow began to fall.

Typical isn't it, a little bit of snow and the whole city comes to a halt. There was really heavy snow in Fulham, so I took some pictures while it lasted. Anyone for a snowball fight?