05-02-2012

View from my windows.... at the front is the extremely icy Berberisstraat ( -4C feels like -9C):

while at the rear ( I managed to keep my balcony doors open for a few chilly moments ( no sitting out here for a while!):

Down the street there are signs of the cold spell, with the ice crystals growing on the bicycle windshields in Volkenboskade:

Also at the Tramhlate - Goudenregenstraat ( the trams are still running, but not quite to their regular timetable as we experience these extremely cold conditions that look set for the week ahead, with further snow forecast:

** Important update Ireland 21 - Wales 23 Result from the Aviva Stadium Dublin this afternoon .... Well done boys [report on the match]

Leigh Halfpenny strikes the winning penalty on 79 minutes :-)

Day 2 of the Great Snow!!
Today the majority of staff managed to battle the weather and make it into school this morning. I arrived at about 8.45am and was the last teacher to arrive (17 miles of snowy hills and valleys!!). School was closed to pupils today, and the staff spent a few hours catching up on Staff Meeting business before we closed the school at 11.00am. I managed to take some quick photographs around the school before beginning the journey home. ( I finally arrived home on foot at 2.30pm having left my car at the bottom of our hill which was only passable in a 4x4 today). As I thaw out I thought I had better post these pictures...

SNOW STOPS WALES !!!

Wales woke up to 3-8 inches of snow this morning ( it was forecast so we were ready with our boots and shovels ). Schools began to close from 6.30am this morning and it was 7.45am when my Headteacher rang to let teachers know that they shouldn't travel - we are working from home today ( so I will be out taking more photographs of the snow ( and working honest!!!!)
Here are some early pictures of the views around my house this morning ( not as impressive as Chris Harbeck's snow I know ).