A Scottish woman who set out before Christmas to purchase a turkey finally made it home on Monday, after being cut off by snow for a month. Kay Ure left the Lighthouse Keeper's cottage on Cape Wrath, at the very northwest tip of Great Britain, in December. She was heading to Inverness on a shopping trip.
However on her return journey heavy snow and ice prevented her husband, John, from travelling the last 11 miles to pick her up. She was forced to wait a month in a friend's caravan, before the weather improved and the couple could finally be reunited.
They were separated not just for Christmas and New Year, but also for Mr Ure's 58th birthday. With no fresh supplies, he was reduced to celebrating with a tin of baked beans. He also ran out of coal, and had to feed the couple's six springer spaniels on emergency army rations.
"It's the first time we've been separated", said Mr Ure in December. "We've been snowed in here for three weeks before, so we are well used to it and it's quite nice to get a bit of peace and quiet."
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