Thirty minutes ago, I went out into the kitchen to make a coffee, and was startled to discover that is is snowing heavily in Beetley.
Then Julie came back from a hospital appointment and told me that much of the neighbouring county of Suffolk has had heavy snowfalls, necessitating school closures in some areas.
Fortunately, the snow here is not settling on ground that is still too wet from yesterday’s rain. And that snow is set to depart the east of England by the time it is dark later.
But it gave me a shock. As most of you know, I don’t like snow!
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We had a sprinkle in Essex and then it was gone as soon as it appeared.
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It only lasted until 1 pm here, fortunately.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Boston and around us is getting snow! I got my boots out just in case. bbbrrrrr
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We were lucky it didn’t last here. But it’s -2 today. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Tons of moisture here today vacillating between cold rain and wet snow. I expect this evening as the temperature goes down it will be all snow. Fortunately our town does an excellent job at plowing. Unfortunately we have nowhere to go!
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It didn’t last, luckily. Tonight we have -1C and thick fog! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Snowy images or just laid virgin snow is where my love of snow stops…good to hear it was short-lived 🙂
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I’m the same, Carol. Great to look at, but a nightmare to get around in with the failed infrastructure over here.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Our temperature is supposed to be 30°C (86°F) today.
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Well it is summer in your upside-down world, Peggy. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Goodness!
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It didn’t last long, only until 1pm. Replaced by very cold rain, which wasn’t much better. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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OK! Just dull and rainy here
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‘Tis the season….let it snow…let it snow….sorry just could not pass it up chuq
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Luckily, it didn’t last long. I hope that’s the last snow we see this winter, chuq.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Will it? LOL chuq
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Price of carrots will go up but at least the snowmen will have noses 🙂
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It stopped at 1 pm, Bobby. Hope that’s the only snow we see this winter!
Cheers, Pete.
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Nothing like the first snow of the season! I can’t wait to get a dusting here in the Northwest! 🙂
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You are more than welcome to any snow we might have, Susanne. I don’t care if I never see any again. 🙂
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Yep, send it in over! ❄☃️
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Wishing it all your way now!
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(1) “There’s no business like snow business like no business I know.” (snow plow showman)
(2) I heard they’re throwing snowballs in Hell. What are the chances?
(3) Most snowflakes in Beetley fall neatly and discreetly, but not completely.
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And all that from some light snow that was gone by 1pm. Well done, David! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Not a cloud here in the Pacific North Wet. indee, it is likely if this keeps up we will loose our wet designation. 🙂 Warmest regards, Theo
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Be careful you haven’t spoken too soon, Theo. When I do that, I jinx it! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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You are right, I will deny ever writing that. Warmest regards, Theo
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Well Pete it seems that winter has indeed arrived!
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It certainly has, John!
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I was shocked, too, Pete, to wake up to see a covering of snow. The cat came in and shouted at me as if it was my fault! It didn’t stay for long but it’s really, really cold and rainy.
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Our snow went by 1pm, replaced by cold rain. Not sure which is worse! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Both equally unpleasant!
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Why is that as weather forecasting gets more technologically sophisticated, it gets more unreliable?
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They said ‘possible sleet’. We got that after the snow. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I just realized Beetley is a place. Thought it was part of your name.
I googled it and looked down upon it. And …. no. I see no snow.
You must be mistaken, sir! 😉
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Beetley sees that mistake so often, it is a habit to be surprised! 😁
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We must never lose an opportunity to call out the mistakes of others. Makes our own seem smaller. 😉
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It didn’t settle, and it stopped at 1 pm, changing to rain.
Many people make that mistake about Beetley. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thank you. So nice to read and look at the year 2016 when things were so normal and nice.
Perhaps that is why we blog now so we can get away from things that are not so normal or nice.
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Not here. Yet!
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With luck, you might miss it. Glad it didn’t settle, but now we have ‘rainy sleet’ instead! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Just constant rain here since last night. Boring.
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We had that until 7am. Torrential.
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All but gone now in my village, thankfully.
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Fading away here too. I heard it was a heavy fall in Bury and Mildenhall though.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Ours has just cleared, back above zero for three days, t-shirt weather 🙂
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It’s changing to sleet here. 4C, and a cold wind!
Cheers, Pete.
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T-shirt in Above Zero? Can you put an exact number, please? 😀
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He’s tough. Originally from Yorkshire. 🙂
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😱 You mean he goes out in T-shirt when it is above zero? I wear three sweaters, two pair of socks and gloves and cover my head with a woolen scarf at that temperature. Not to mention, it is all with the heater on!
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I think he was joking, Shaily. He lives in Poland now, and it is very cold there in the winter. 🙂
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Hehehe! He mentioned it is a degree above stupid. So, I’m guessing he was joking too 😁 Also, I have a low resistance to cold even by Indian standards.
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About a degree above stupid, that me 🙂
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🤣🤣🤣
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v-neck?
Warmest regards, Ed
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No sense, no feeling 🙂
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It’s only been raining here, thankfully, since early morning, including when I went to do my weekly shop at 07:40, and I mean it was persisting down! It only stopped about half an hour ago, and now the sun is out: hopefully it will stay fine now 😀 Cheers, jon.
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I hadn’t seen any forecast for snow, so it took me by surprise. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Hah! As if they ever get it right! 🤣🤣🤣
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