Christmas Day with The Biggest Twitch
We thought we'd had our fair share of snow in Llandudno as our road still remains incredibly slippery and icy. But as we drove up the Conwy valley to our Christmas lunch destination, we found ourselves in a real winter wonderland.
However, with a bit of careful driving, we found ourselves at one of our favourite places to enjoy really good food, The Princes Arms in Trefriw.
Outside, the snow was still pretty thick on the outdoors tables and chairs and temperatures were at -4 even in the sunshine. It was amazing to see the River Conwy frozen over - technically, it's still tidal up to this point and we'd never seen the river covered in ice and snow like this before.
But within seconds of going inside, we were given a very warm welcome by landlord Lindsay and were toasting ourselves by the fire with a glass in our hand.
Several hours and many platefuls of delicious food later we staggered back outside and slithered our way to Ruth's sister Sue who lives down the valley. In this sheltered spot, there hadn't been a breath of wind to blow the snow off the branches, and the scenes looked just like a Christmas card!
It may look nice but the appeal is wearing rather thin for poor Sue and Rob who have not only had to dodge the icicles hanging from the gutters but have had frozen water pipes since the big freeze arrived.
Wildlife is really struggling in this weather though, and we've done our bit to help where we can. We have a large sack of birdfood in the boot of the car, and have been liberally scattering piles of seeds wherever we've come across birds looking for food in cleared patches. Hopefully we've been able to save a few lives around the area.