40cm of snow and no power for 12 hours

Photo from 2010 - imagine twice this much snow

An amazing amount of snow fell last night but by this morning it had changed to rain and the temperature had gone up to 5C. We had to cancel the visit from the Boat School auditors - no way I could get out of the driveway. We spent a lovely day reading and the wood fire kept us nice and cosy. I am getting better at cooking on the emergency stove too. The sound of the snow coming off the roof was impressive as it comes down the A-frame with a big swoosh. even Nanaimo got dumped on and Michael had to stay home with no TV! I went down to the village at about 3pm - the store was closed and the whole place was really quiet. The post office was open and my close-up flash kit has arrived . Photos with it to follow.