The Snow Is Back
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It was very surreal here yesterday afternoon.
To the north the skies were bright blue whilst to the south big grey clouds loomed dark and ominous.
And then with the sun still shining brightly, with that harshness that it only seems to give in winter, the snow started falling heavily.
The wind blew it around in swirls, great big fluffy powdery flakes and the landscape resembled the inside of one of those snow shakers you win on a caravan holiday to Skegness at the clubhouse bingo.
The snow didn't setlle, just blew round in circles on the floor and melted under the sun.
Really quite odd.
Bright blue skies and sunshine today, think I'll take a stroll round Greenwich Park, maybe brush up on my ornithology skills to impress Mucks.
Or maybe just catch a duck for lunch
To the north the skies were bright blue whilst to the south big grey clouds loomed dark and ominous.
And then with the sun still shining brightly, with that harshness that it only seems to give in winter, the snow started falling heavily.
The wind blew it around in swirls, great big fluffy powdery flakes and the landscape resembled the inside of one of those snow shakers you win on a caravan holiday to Skegness at the clubhouse bingo.
The snow didn't setlle, just blew round in circles on the floor and melted under the sun.
Really quite odd.
Bright blue skies and sunshine today, think I'll take a stroll round Greenwich Park, maybe brush up on my ornithology skills to impress Mucks.
Or maybe just catch a duck for lunch
Taffycat
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We woke to a light covering. It was hard to tell, at first, whether it was a heavy ground frost, or snow. When the Postie called, he told us that the roads were very bad, very slippery, with some impassable because they were so icy.
He went on to tell us that when he was a few miles from here, he had to get out of his van to stop traffic, because a car (and its driver) were sliding down a hill sideways on the ice. Must have been quite alarming, but happily, the vehicle eventually slithered to a stop without anyone being hurt.
The birds were very busy at the feeders, so we began to watch them from the window a wee while ago..... but then a dirty great Sparrowhawk suddenly flew-in and frightened them all. Cannot be certain whether he caught anything, because his arrival was so quick. Doh!
He went on to tell us that when he was a few miles from here, he had to get out of his van to stop traffic, because a car (and its driver) were sliding down a hill sideways on the ice. Must have been quite alarming, but happily, the vehicle eventually slithered to a stop without anyone being hurt.
The birds were very busy at the feeders, so we began to watch them from the window a wee while ago..... but then a dirty great Sparrowhawk suddenly flew-in and frightened them all. Cannot be certain whether he caught anything, because his arrival was so quick. Doh!
Abarbarian
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Yep half an inch in Blackpool , Kirby Stephen and Kendal this afternoon. Only just made it up the hill on me way home.
