Beast from the East arrives at Kensmyth, Clay Meadow

Farmers always prepare for the worst and hope for the best of the Weather. However,  circumstances here dictate that when the Beast from the East threatened, we knew it would be bad. Open fronted Barns at the top – well we all live and learn how to do it differently next time don’t we – meant that the Beast was coming and would get in everywhere, combined with literally a deep freeze.

The canal froze:

I have not seen that in over six years of being here…

The snowdrifts on the Cirencester Road were literally an incredible 5ft high in places…