Ferrets started back this week and since our planning meeting was just after a large quantity of snow had dumped itself over West Lancashire we decided to have a go at building a snow hole. By the time we met on Monday evening, the snow had started to ice up and the plan was looking considerably more ropey. Not to be put off we grabbed a large cardboard box, some spacehoppers and started shovelling. The results were far more impressive than I imagined!
Not only was there enough space in there to crawl through (getting very wet in doing so) but it was able to take a bit of weight:
It held under direct pressure for a while before finally giving way:
