Snow in December 2009

Here in Suffolk we hardly ever get much snow, especially in December.  Usually we get a light dusting in February or March, so it was a real surprise to get a heavy snowfall this close to Christmas.

18 December 2009 by Derek

This morning we woke up to a wonderful blanket of snow covering the ground.  Here are some of the photographs we took while walking around our local area:

This first picture is of the end of our road; to the left is a sports field that borders on open fields.  It was all very picturesque and dramatic with the sun breaking though the clouds.

This big old tree looked stunning covered in snow.  As you can see some cars had already
(bravely) made their way through the snow.

The car park to the sports filed has not been used, all the disruption to the snow was from children playing and dragging sledges.

A park area in the centre of our village, we didn’t stop and sit on the bench.

Another dramatic picture, with the sun breaking though the clouds.

You can see how icy the roads got quite early on in the day.  We didn’t risk taking our car out, it stayed safely locked up in the garage.

19 December 2009 by Derek

It is very novel for us to get enough snow that it lasts more than a day before it starts melting, so it was a real shock to wake up and find the snow was still here.

The snow had been trample down along this footpath making it very slippery to walk on.

More snow covered trees…