Wednesday 29 October 2008

October Snow



It is amazing how the weather can change. Just over two weeks ago, it was a warm 19C. I n fact it was too warm for Alison's running the Ridgeway 10 at Tring. And I walked up Coombe Hill in warm sunshine.
It all changed this week. Temperature plummeted with frost overnight and a maximum of 7C in the day. And last night the snow arrived. Here it was little more than a light covering, but other places nearby had a lot more. Football that had started in the evening at Wycombe, Luton and Northampton all had to be abandoned. The South of England had it's first snow in October since 1934.
At lunchtime, Alison and I went for a walk in Wendover Woods. There had been at least two inches of snow and it made for a great sight, although it was starting to melt.

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