Monday, February 2, 2009
Snow in the United Kingdom is unusual, and a heavy one is very unusual. This week's snow surprised and disarmed many people. Some are amused, many are inconvenienced, some are annoyed and some are enjoying the enforced time off since trains and buses are not moving and driving is almost impossible with streets nearly impassable because it snows so infrequently that there are few industrial-size plows.
The Guardian reported that the snow "led to school closures and a widespread outbreak of snowball fighting" which is going to be my favorite caption for a while. Their photo album is fantastic - or, as they would say, brilliant - replete with pretty pictures that will be collectors' items since U.K. geography is so rarely blanketed by the white stuff to which we are all somewhat accustomed this year.
An outbreak of snowball fighting
posted at 4:20 PM |
Permalink |
 |  |
| Westminster Bridge and Big Ben | Scottish sheep |
 |  |
| Snowball fight in Parliament Square | A |
Snow in the United Kingdom is unusual, and a heavy one is very unusual. This week's snow surprised and disarmed many people. Some are amused, many are inconvenienced, some are annoyed and some are enjoying the enforced time off since trains and buses are not moving and driving is almost impossible with streets nearly impassable because it snows so infrequently that there are few industrial-size plows.
The Guardian reported that the snow "led to school closures and a widespread outbreak of snowball fighting" which is going to be my favorite caption for a while. Their photo album is fantastic - or, as they would say, brilliant - replete with pretty pictures that will be collectors' items since U.K. geography is so rarely blanketed by the white stuff to which we are all somewhat accustomed this year.
2 comments
http://www.caitlinginlondon.blogspot.com/
She's having a grand time experiencing snow for the first time, other than playing in snow already on the ground in our local mountains. Yesterday she went sledding and they slogged through limited Tube service to go take pictures of snow-covered Big Ben. (She hasn't blogged that part yet.) She's also got a mini video of snow at the Albert Memorial taken on Sunday.
Best wishes,
Laura
< home >