Hockley Heights Gazette

Mitch almost made it to the end of the term, but yesterday his cold got the better of him and we stayed at home nursing the flowing nose and sneezy head for the day. Interestingly, we were able to get an appointment with the local clinic (about 100m from the door), and then Mitch's antibiotics, peak flow meter and ventolin were all FREE on prescription. Very cool! Speaking of cool, the attached pic shows what we are seeing most mornings when we go out to the car. This morning for instance, it was -2 degrees when I drove Kym to the station. The boys and I are on two weeks holiday from today, and we are going shopping to get some warm gear for Denmark. I have been slightly alarmed by the information that Denmark is almost completely closed up for the first three days we are in the country - and the tourist bureau has advised us to bring food from the UK! Quite bizarre - we really cannot imagine that there will not be a single shop open for three days, but we'll let you know! Maybe we'll need to fly out every day for supplies! This is probably the last blog before Christmas - so from all of us over here - MERRY CHRISTMAS! We miss you all and hope you have a great festive break.