It all started with the first heavy frost of the year, early on Thursday 8th December. The same on the mornings of the following Friday, Saturday and Sunday. With increasingly cold temperatures when on Sunday it didn't get above freezing during the day. Then overnight on Sunday/Monday it snowed. A decent couple of inches which is still with us today, the 18th December.
After Sunday, the frosts have been getting harder and harder until on Thursday it was -9C overnight. On Saturday the 17th it was still -7C when we woke up. Still below freezing on Sunday the 18th. So that is ten days of frosts in succession. The spiders webs do look lovely in the early morning sunshine.
Fortunately the last two days have been sunny. Here is the mock acacia tree at the end of the garden.
After the frost of Sunday morning, it only managed to get up to 2C at 1pm. But then the milder weather we had been promised a week ago started to arrive. By 8pm it was up to 7C and then 11C overnight. This morning, Monday 19th, it was up to 14C by midday. All the snow had disappeared and I was able to walk on the pavements. Amazing.
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