A dull cloudy day with cold winds. 1 ton of coke last night. A.P. X. Painted gates in the calf pen. Took the stands off the walls. Cleaned silage labs out. Cleaned both the jets.

Another day of cold winds. No sunshine at all. Finished cleaning the lab windows last night. All done again now. W. Finished white washing in the calf pens. Brushed them out.

Some sunshine but wind still cold. Doing some more white washing in the calf pens. Not much in the lab today. Knocked one burner off at 10a.m. Window cleaning tonight.

A frost first thing, sunny during the day but wind still very cold. Car washing again. B.A.S. making 69 to date. Cleaned both jets. Cleaned the copper. Working on the lab windows tonight.

More heavy frost again this morning. Got up 10 a.m. Finished digging one side of my garden. Put a new clothes line up. Ron and Dot came for tea. Went to the Wheat at night.

Went to Shrew with Alf last night. Got tight. Still cold today with frost. Day off. Had a good lie in. Went to P in the afternoon. Tidying up in the wood. Burnt a lot of rubbish.

Another day of cold winds but not quite as bad as yesterday. Car cleaning again. H.S.D. making 66 to date. 600 galls of oil came. X. Loaded some rubbish on to trailer. Gall. Paraffin. New sponge.

Another day of cold east winds. No.1 burner on red this morning. Trouble with No. 2 making smoke and carbon. Left filter out. Seems to have done the trick. Finished H windows last N.

Very cold again today and a frost first thing. White washing in the calf pens again. The maintenance man came today. Took him to the Lydiate. Nothing renewed. Windows tonight. X

A sharp frost last night. Nice and sunny until noon then heavy snow shower and very cold wind. White washing in the calf pens. Len had a day off today. Cleaning windows tonight.