Pretty snow in the UK

[yakalskovich]

(As to have one Urquhart-free post today:)

While The Island is groaning (rightfully so!) about Greenland having stolen the gulf stream (What does it want with it, thaw out all its Eskimo mummies like the ones from Qilakitsoq*??), the effect that all this has on the landscape is very pretty.

**ducks from all the snowballs the Brits start hurling at this unfeeling blasphemy**

*No clicky linky if you don't want to see m-things right away!! Wikipedia, as I have often remarked, likes to have gory pictures jump right at you and disturb you deeply when you look something up, and you can't ask them to take them away, because of neutrality and accuracy...

Comments

[yakalskovich]

I think people don't really believe in weather forecasts all that much; and the Brits assume they never get snow, and there are no long hard winters, as a sort of principle.

The river Thames freezing over belongs in stories of the olden times, just like wolves in Scotland.-

[anghara13.livejournal.com]

Believe or not believe, at least prepare if there are warnings? I know I get frustrated when they say lovely sunny days and you plan for a barbecue that gets rained off, but, snow and ice need grit and salt and sand and it's easier to get these things in and keep them handy in case, they don't go off for a start! The shops were appalling this morning everyone cramming tins of beans and powdered milk etc. in their trolleys, I bought those before Christmas! I have bread in the freezer, and flour and yeast in case, and I know it sounds daft, but being prepared for the worst I'm having an easy time of it!

As for the Thames? Well, maybe not this year, but it could freeze again if we get a long enough spell of cold weather. Oh, and they are talking about re-introducing wolves to Scotland for ecological benefit. Soon hopefully they will stop talking and start doing!

[yakalskovich]

Then you'll get those legendary times back? Well, not everybody will cheer, but I personally might go on a guided wolf-watching tour in Scotland the year after I retire, or something... **grins**

Skating on the Thames, I'll leave to my Little Lady.