Just when you thought it was going another 5-6 inches topped it up. Add the cold snap (yeah i know it sounds crazy, but extra cold) the ice made the roads some days undriveable on.
The above picture is of Roundhay park on 24th Dec 09. It really is hard to see whats happening as the fog/mist was so strong you could not see the hundreds of people sledging on the famous park slopes. You could hear a huge buzz of voices and kids playing but only see them within 200 yards. The snow at this point was about 10 inches deep, pretty hard to walk about in.
The lake at Roundhay was for the first time I can recall almost frozen solid, a layer of snow covering its top. Not sure how thick the ice was under the snow. Really beautiful scene's and it was good for baby Emily to experiance.
The above picture is a walk around Eccup Leeds, running along side Sandmoor golf course. Not one single person playing golf today! thats a suprise. This was taken about the 18th Dec 09, the first couple of days we had snow. I had taken the day off work and went for a 8mile walk. Tiring but fun.
The only problem with walking on fresh snow is that it covers up the really deep puddles covered with ice. So a good job a had a friend with wellys test the ground in front of me on the walk.
England for the two weeks after Christmas pretty much went to a standstill. There were days when going out was not an option, people starting panic buying provissions from shops! (lol always makes me giggle). The most annoying aspect of the bad weather for me was the absolute fasination with every news station about gritting the roads and running out of salt. Leave the small roads and grit when icey, case closed.
So the last snow we had was two weeks ago and it seemed a distent memory for us, until today. More snow has laid and the weather is unpredicatble for the next week or two. Let the games begin!
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