Wednesday 6 January 2010

Snow Day!

As Dori mentions in her post today, we have had significant snow here overnight, and it has continued to fall during today too. The weather has been on a cold groove since a little before Christmas, but this week has seen it get even worse. Most nights have seen a very sharp frost that has made everything look like it has been placed in an ice-box. On Monday, which was my first day back at work since Christmas, our car refused to start and I had to call out the breakdown service. The verdict was that the car battery had met its demise and had gone to meet its maker. So, the New Year started with a £70 bill for a new battery, and a late start to my working week which was exacerbated by the fact that the delay meant that I was then driving into the office during the peak of the rush hour. Ho hum, things can only get better.

The snow started late yesterday afternoon, and the forecast was for anything up to 16 inches of snow in some areas of southern England. The reality was that we got about 3 inches or so where we live by the time I woke up this morning, but even that was enough to cause traffic chaos. With the snow still falling heavily, I was fearful that if I did drive into the office then I may not be able to make the return journey later in the day, so I rang to say that I would not be able to make it in – and by the sounds of it I was far from the only one in that situation. So, today is a Snow Day! Yay!!

Dori and I decided to have a walk out to see what the conditions were like around where we live, and to take a couple of pictures to share with you all. The wind was quite icy, and we both had our hats pulled down around our ears, and our scarves pulled up over our mouths. It was like a scene from “Scott of the Antarctic”! :-) I hope that you like the pictures.






The snow continued to fall quite heavily up until lunchtime, so it is now deeper than you see in the photos, and the forecast for tonight is for possibly more snow followed by a very severe frost. So the conditions tomorrow are likely to be even more treacherous than they have been today! I brought some work home with me yesterday, so I will work from home tomorrow if I can. At the moment there is no sign of this cold stretch ending anytime soon, and there may be another heavy snowfall at the weekend.

It may be time to barricade ourselves into the Yellow House and just wait it out until the thaw!!

7 comments:

Dori said...

I loved taking this walk with you :)

Mike Golch said...

thanks for taking me along with you on the walk,ala the photos.

jacqueline said...

Hey there...
I thought I'd left a comment but I guess it didn't save. Just wanted you to know that those photographs are awesome!!!! Thanks for sharing all that beauty with us.

Kicha said...

I'm so tired of the snow -- I'd have no problem if Spring popped it's head up and said, 'How are ya?' However, a walk with your Sweetums is always nice. Great photos and great blog!

Brit Boy said...

Dori
I loved walking in the Winter Wonderland with you too! x

Mike
I'm pleased that the photos were able to give you an idea of what our little walk around the town was like.

Jacqueline
I'm glad that you like the pics. Sadly we weren't able to get out any further into the countryside where we could have got some really stunning shots. Maybe next time!

Kicha
Thanks for the compliments. I am of a similar mind now. The snow is fun for the first day or so, but I am so ready for it to go away now. Of course it doesn't make it any better that the whole country comes to a standstill at the first sign of a snowflake!

Katherine said...

Lovely, thank you for sharing. Now the two of you get cozy and snog for a bit, giggle. HUGS!
( P.S. my family is Leicester anywhere near you?)

Brit Boy said...

Katie
I'm glad you enjoyed our trip out :-) We are in Wiltshire, which is about 80-100 miles away from Leicester.

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