A cold-front comes to The Common...
Showing posts with label Snow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Snow. Show all posts
Sunday, 5 February 2012
Thursday, 30 December 2010
Christmas in the Capital...
Things have turned distinctly frosty this festive season!
London is usually enveloped in a deluge of dreary drizzle come the yuletide, but 2010 has seen a double-thick duvet of snow draped across the city. The weather has (for once!?!) performed beautifully - the Siberian-sharp air and treacherous pavements feel oh so right when Christmas is just around the corner!
The scene from our roof terrace...
So what if the city grinds to a halt, transport ceases to run and the retail sector is faced with a cataclysmic loss of foot-fall!?! It is supposed to be cold during winter and so I for one am thankful for the freezing conditions...
Not my handiwork I must confess...
On the big day itself, we even managed to go sledging on Parliament Hill – too Disney for words!!! Kept looking at the ground in wonderment, as my Hunter-clad feet crunched through crispy snow. In London! At Christmas-time!!!
Here are some of 2010’s festive flourishes direct from the G-M homestead...
Boat drinks snowflakes!!!
London is usually enveloped in a deluge of dreary drizzle come the yuletide, but 2010 has seen a double-thick duvet of snow draped across the city. The weather has (for once!?!) performed beautifully - the Siberian-sharp air and treacherous pavements feel oh so right when Christmas is just around the corner!
The scene from our roof terrace...
So what if the city grinds to a halt, transport ceases to run and the retail sector is faced with a cataclysmic loss of foot-fall!?! It is supposed to be cold during winter and so I for one am thankful for the freezing conditions...
Not my handiwork I must confess...
On the big day itself, we even managed to go sledging on Parliament Hill – too Disney for words!!! Kept looking at the ground in wonderment, as my Hunter-clad feet crunched through crispy snow. In London! At Christmas-time!!!
Here are some of 2010’s festive flourishes direct from the G-M homestead...
Boat drinks snowflakes!!!
Saturday, 20 March 2010
After A Wintery Pause...
Goodness, it has taken me an age to finally get down to posting my first instalment! Classic case of my getting a brief burst of enthusiasm which quickly dwindled once faced with the brutal tedium of the set-up process (see Facebook, Twitter etc. for similar lapses!) . Not the most auspicious or endearing of openings, but since I have (eventually) done all the leg work, I promise to be a dedicated correspondent...
So now that I have finally ‘arrived’, will the opening salvo be a rant or a love-note? The grey skies and endless drizzle seem to quell both urges. On a Saturday such as this, it’s probably best to forget there is a damp city outside and to bunker down with a brace of box-sets (Mad Men still rules my heart) and the occasional G&T.
Boat Drinks one and all!
So now that I have finally ‘arrived’, will the opening salvo be a rant or a love-note? The grey skies and endless drizzle seem to quell both urges. On a Saturday such as this, it’s probably best to forget there is a damp city outside and to bunker down with a brace of box-sets (Mad Men still rules my heart) and the occasional G&T.
Boat Drinks one and all!
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