In the Bleak Mid Winter..

In the Bleak Mid Winter
Frosty winds made moan.
Earth stood hard as iron
Water like a stone.
Snow had fallen snow on snow
Snow on snow.
In the Bleak Mid Winter
Long Ago.

Quite an apt description for the allotment today: the first visit of the new year. The snow may have mostly gone, but the earth was certainly hard as iron. All we could really do was clear away a few weed heaps left from before Christmas.

The forecast for the next week or two is very cold as well.