Snow

The week after Jackie and Theo left for NZ we had our first proper bout of snow. There were lots of warnings about disruption to travel and school closures etc.

There is always some uncertainty as to whether the snow will actually arrive but the forecasters were very certain this time. So much so that some train companies were running an "adverse weather timetable" before the snow even started.

On Thursday morning, when it was all supposed to hit  I woke up to brilliant sunshine. By the time I'd got off the train for work though it had clouded over and before long light snow was falling. By the time I got to the office the snow was really coming down and it snowed most of the day.

The snow starts coming down on my way to work

Some people spent most of the day trying to get me to suggest we should all go home. We did leave a bit early because it is always a bit dangerous getting home in the snow.

Pendle St, just around the corner from home

In front of our flat

On the Sunday I went for a jog in the snow which was good fun, a bit slippery in parts but more like running in sand because the snow was still powdery. I went for another run on Monday night, the clouds had cleared and it was quite a full moon which reflected off the snow, making it very bright despite the sun being well and truly set.

The bowling green at the end of our road

The river out the front of work

It snowed some more on Friday and we've had some snow on and off over the past week. It hasn't got much about 0 degrees so the snow stayed around for a while.

Over a week after the main snow fall this igloo made in Tooting Common  looking as solid as ever