When Algy woke up on Easter morning he thought that perhaps he had slipped back in time and in fact it was Christmas rather than Easter Day, for the hills and islands around him were all completely whiteā¦
A storm called Dave had swept over northern Britain on Easter Saturday, its friendly name belying its ferocious nature, for it had brought many hours of snowfall and icy temperatures to Scotlandā¦ including to Algy's home on the supposedly "mild" west coast, where snow was relatively rare, even in the depths of winter.
But although the bitter north wind remained strong, bringing further torrential showers of white hail and snow at times, the blanket of snow at sea level soon began to melt as the day advanced, although the temperature remained close to freezing. And when Algy flew over to his assistants' house from the beach ā where he had spent the night curled up in a sheltered sand cave beneath the dunes ā he was surprised to see that much of the ground around their home was free from snow, although there were still large white patches in places.
Wishing his assistants a very Happy Easter, Algy proceeded to look around their garden, as he wanted to know how far spring had advanced while he had been away, and he was surprised to see that the early pink camellias had been flowering unusually well this year, although many of their petals had now fallen.
But when he flew over to inspect the flowers more closely Algy got an even greater surprise, for no sooner had he paused to rest on a chilly but very pretty carpet of pink petals, than not one but two Easter Bunnies hopped out of the nearby bushes and presented him with decorated papier-mĆ¢chĆ© Easter eggs full of tiny, brightly coloured, sugar-coated chocolate eggsā¦ it must indeed be Easter Day, and not Christmas! š
So Algy sends you all lots of fluffy Easter hugs, and wishes you all a very happy and peaceful Easter Day š£šøš„ š¹
Happy Easter Everyone!
