Snow and sombas

The first snows have powdered the peaks of the high mountains of the Lefka Ori. These mountains are about 1000 metres higher than Ben Nevis, and even the mountain behind the village is 300 metres higher than Britain’s biggest mountain. Fortunately it is still too low for snow for the time being.

The weather is starting to get colder now and today the MINIMUM temperature was below 10 degrees for the first time. However it still managed to rise to 15 degrees during the day in spite of a spot of rain. Nevertheless, once the sun sets the temperature cools and we have had to light the stove (“somba”) in the evenings for the first time. I am warned to watch out for scorpions when bringing in the wood, but so far none to be seen. It will be interesting to see how we cope without central heating during the winter!

Actually off to buy an electric blanket tomorrow if we are lucky…..