Blanketed
I noticed yesterday that the rain coming down was a little more solid (and colder) than usual, but I didn’t really expect it to snow properly. We were going to do some work on the allotment, but chickened out because of the foul weather, and spent the day cosily inside, reading, listening to music, and in my case, writing installation and upgrade instructions for the next version of Tracks.
We closed all the curtains before it got properly dark, so it was a bit of a shock when I went into the kitchen at about 10.30, and saw an eerie glow outside. At first, I thought our security light had come on outside, but I gradually realised that the glow (I’ll you’ll forgive the rhyme) was coming from snow. It was at least 4 or 5 cm deep, and still falling, giving the sky a strange orange cast.
By this morning, it had mostly melted with remnants of greying mush, but the effect last night was quite magical because it was so unexpected.
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I read the title as blankete-dee. Time to step away from the console...
by Jon Evans @ 19/11/2007 10:24 pm • Permalink •
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The snow even reached southern Hertfordshire on the outskirts of north London - No wonder the Robin looked cold!
by Jonathan Briggs @ 19/11/2007 11:45 pm • Permalink •
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I came here from South Africa for many reasons (mostly political) in 1985, but I still have only seen snow on a handful of occasions. I'm hoping Bristol will be differnt, but suspect not!
by Bernard Knight @ 20/11/2007 12:49 am • Permalink •
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It was pretty amazing. I'd just got back from Finland the day before and the snow was deeper in Birmingham!
by Jonathan @ 20/11/2007 8:56 pm • Permalink •
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> the glow (I’ll you’ll forgive the rhyme) was coming from snow
I can't be the first to think that there's a "rain in Spain" parody waiting to be made from that phrase.
by DaveA @ 27/11/2007 3:31 am • Permalink •
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