The promises of heavy snow overnight did not come to pass here, but just over an inch caused plenty of problems on Wednesday morning. It started snowing heavily in the afternoon about half an hour before I left to see Isobel, picking up some shopping for Iona en route. The A2 was a tricky prospect and great care was needed on the road from the Bluewater turnoff to Greenhithe. It was a relief to park at Greenhithe ASDA and enter the store which had very few customers. Fifteen minutes later I came out to find that the snow had stopped falling and the roads were wet, a dramatic change. I dropped off Iona's shopping. The back road to Darenth which I had thought might be impassable was no problem at all. The heavy gritting yesterday resulted in the sloping entrance drive to the Centre being no problem at all when I arrived just afte a quarter past five.

I was pleased to find Isobel sittng up in bed watching one of the detective programmes she used to watch at home. She was cheerful and alert. She still had the congestion on her chest but anti-biotics are being delivered for her early tomorrow morning by Boots "however deep the snow is". Her speech was very much improved on the two previous days although not quiet back to normal standards.

I fed her tea consisting of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, followed by strawberry mousse. Instead of tea she had a beaker of fruit juice. We chatted for a bit and discussed the snow. Isobel had two shortbread biscuits, a banana and some grapes before I left at twenty to seven. It was a great relief to find her so much improved, even though the chest problem was still persisting. The nurses said that Isobel had still been very sleepy in the morning and had also slept for part of the afternoon but seemed better all round. On the drive home there were no problems at all with the roads. There has been no further snow up to the time this blog was written, 9pm.