The snowy weather

The weather has been so cold that the snow which arrived about a week ago is still lying around and being added to almost every day.  The nearby school closed for a couple of days and though it has reopened we do not see the pupils in the playground. I think the low temperatures have made it so treacherous underfoot that they are confined to the building.  It feels as if everyone has gone into hibernation – it’s so quiet.

 

The postman managed to deliver the mail to our front door - the evidence that I needed to check the letter box was left on the doormat.

The garden looks very pretty.

We have new neighbours and they have built a snowman in their front garden.  They have a two year old daughter so I think she got some grown-up help.

As the sun tries to break through and the temperature rises slightly, some of the snow from the roof is melting and trickling into our Heath Robinson overflow which directs excess rain into the garden borders.  Of course, as the temperature drops icicles form and we a wall of icicles forming on the end of the gutters and down the tree trunks. This photo was taken from the warmth of the kitchen.

Last night – Thursday – we travelled to Wallasey to take assorted goodies to B.  As soon as we left the estate the main roads and motorways were clear of snow but there was much evidence of the previous falls of snow.  The further north we travelled, the snow in the surrounding countryside got less and less.  For the last part of the journey, along the M56 there was hardly ant snow left and in Wallasey itself it looked as if they had had no snow at all.  Being near the coast the temperature had been less harsh and so the initial snow falls soon melted away.  On the return journey, the snow, and the colder temperatures were still waiting for us.  Today it feels bitterly cold even though the thermometer reads just one degree below.