In the Lane Snow is Glistening

It's Burns Night on Friday - to those of our readers who are Scots or of Scottish extraction - have a good one.

It carried on snowing last night, and was still snowing when I left for work. I swept the path rather than shovelled as the snow was still quite loose. It snowed most of the day. The buses were running - mostly - but the timetables were shot. North Devon was worst affected. The moors were horrendous. The link road treacherous for drivers. East Devon was badly hit, too.

The weather was quite strange in Devon today. Heavy snow, settling on the ground, up in our area, but none at all in the city centre.

In Exminster (a village just outside Exeter) fairly steady snow, but not too thick on the ground. In Dawlish, a small coastal town 8 miles away from Exminster, the roads were treacherous and nearly impassable with thick drifts. In Starcross, a village on the same road, midway between those two - not a flake of snow to be seen.

Haldon & Telegraph hills were both almost at a standstill, heavy snow making driving a nightmare. But Newton Abbot on the other side had no snow at all.

And Plymouth had hail.

Weird.

They reckon it will thaw tomorrow - and they're predicting floods from the run-off. Great.

Some schools were closed. And yes - little Barbara was dead chuffed by the snow. And I did call round. And we did have a snowball fight. I was careful not to throw too hard - but oh boy, if the England Women's cricket team are in need of a bodyline bowler young Barbara has a future in the squad!! Even my bruises have bruises of their own.

I had a whale of a time!! *g*

See you next week, stay safe. Goodnight and may your God/s go with you

Ze

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