This is the latest aerial design specifically for Scottish digital reception, featuring the ‘ice muffler’ which enhances the digital signal.

With this aerial there is no need for a freeview box, just point it to your nearest transmitter. Presently only available in white. Not suitable for summer reception.

Only Joking! This is the aerial on the house next door, and thankfully Gordon only needs it if the cable connection goes down. It would be interesting to see if he can get a reception – do radio waves pass through ice several centimeters thick? This was taken on Wednesday of this week and even after a slight thaw yesterday, it’s still encasing the metalwork.

Just two weeks ago this was the scene not far from where I live. This week the snow has gone, the birds are back and so are over twenty caravans, cars, 4×4s, white vans and lots and lots of travellers. They broke through two gates and now have established a camp in the former industrial estate. Locals are on guard, and so too are the authorities. We await their next move.

The rubbish pile has started to grow and already the Community Wardens have scheduled daily visits to the site. Walking around the perimeter feels awkward, as if you are visiting the zoo. You try not to look through the gaps in the fence or wire but you just have to, to see what the ‘inmates’ are up to. Today, one came out and round the fence and then asked ‘”Does your dog bite?”.