Some wry graffiti photographed while the snow falls on Brixton...It's snowing in the UK. We're having the coldest weather snap for 30 years apparently, and records for gas consumption are due to be set tonight - predicted to be the coldest night of the winter - as everyone has the heating pumped up to keep warm. It is really cold outside. We're covered in snow in Brixton, which did not melt by even a flake today, despite the sun shining weakly.
It's only a few centimetres, but having the predictable effects - banks were closing early yesterday due to "heavy snow" (!), and our Tescos shop couldn't be delivered, so we went and shopped in Brixton Market - which we should do more often anyway. Wandering around Brixton yesterday afternoon, it was amazing how empty it was - only one or two of the market traders had been brave enough to spend the day in the freezing cold trying to sell fruit and veg to the few people foolish enough to be slipping and sloshing along Electric Avenue...
(We're still on leave this week, and trying to 'make the most of Brixton', which in practice means having lunch in a different local café every day, and finding a variety of tactics to avoid sitting down and actually writing the article I have to send in at the end of the month. Sigh. Still, one advantage of the adverse weather conditions - no queue at Franco Manca! Gorgeous sourdough pizza just what was needed to warm us from the inside out...)
Keep warm wherever you are!
Photo taken by Nasa's Terra satellite on 7 January 2010, showing the snowy weather pattern over Great Britain
Photo: NASA/GSFC, MODIS Rapid Response, via the BBC
It's only a few centimetres, but having the predictable effects - banks were closing early yesterday due to "heavy snow" (!), and our Tescos shop couldn't be delivered, so we went and shopped in Brixton Market - which we should do more often anyway. Wandering around Brixton yesterday afternoon, it was amazing how empty it was - only one or two of the market traders had been brave enough to spend the day in the freezing cold trying to sell fruit and veg to the few people foolish enough to be slipping and sloshing along Electric Avenue...
(We're still on leave this week, and trying to 'make the most of Brixton', which in practice means having lunch in a different local café every day, and finding a variety of tactics to avoid sitting down and actually writing the article I have to send in at the end of the month. Sigh. Still, one advantage of the adverse weather conditions - no queue at Franco Manca! Gorgeous sourdough pizza just what was needed to warm us from the inside out...)
Keep warm wherever you are!
Photo taken by Nasa's Terra satellite on 7 January 2010, showing the snowy weather pattern over Great BritainPhoto: NASA/GSFC, MODIS Rapid Response, via the BBC
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Be careful what you wish for - we are promised 41 degrees C on Monday in Melbourne and higher fire risk in rural Victoria than of Black Saturday last February - where 173 people lost their lives and over 2,000 homes lost in bushfires.
Be safe wherever you are.
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