The final remnant of the snowbed beside the B4541
opposite the National Trust Visitor Centre on Dunstable
Downs vanished (at least from my sight, driving past it)
yesterday ... 41 days after the first snow accumulated
there.

Philip

On Jan 28, 12:12*pm, "Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom
wrote:
The final remnant of the snowbed beside the B4541
opposite the National Trust Visitor Centre on Dunstable
Downs vanished (at least from my sight, driving past it)
yesterday ... 41 days after the first snow accumulated
there.

Philip

Hard to believe.
Was this a pure, virginal, untouched by human hand type snowbed
Philip?
Or had it been pushed into a pile by some spoil sport?

Len in snow starved Wembury

On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:12:22 +0000, Philip Eden wrote:

The final remnant of the snowbed beside the B4541 opposite the National
Trust Visitor Centre on Dunstable Downs vanished (at least from my
sight, driving past it) yesterday ... 41 days after the first snow
accumulated there.

There are still strips of snow on the North Downs of Kent above Lenham
(between Ashford and Maidstone). Clearly visible from the train. It was
quite heavy here, before and after xmas. I almost didn't make it home one
night (train very nearly got snowed in).

Len Wood wrote:

On Jan 28, 12:12*pm, "Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom
wrote:
The final remnant of the snowbed beside the B4541
opposite the National Trust Visitor Centre on Dunstable
Downs vanished (at least from my sight, driving past it)
yesterday ... 41 days after the first snow accumulated
there.

Philip

Hard to believe.
Was this a pure, virginal, untouched by human hand type snowbed
Philip?
Or had it been pushed into a pile by some spoil sport?

Len in snow starved Wembury


Still lots of natural snow drifts around here, mostly along the dry stone
walls. One of the lanes just outside the village is still blocked by drifts.
This is day 43 with at least snow patches in the immediate vicinity.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
...
The final remnant of the snowbed beside the B4541
opposite the National Trust Visitor Centre on Dunstable
Downs vanished (at least from my sight, driving past it)
yesterday ... 41 days after the first snow accumulated
there.

Philip


Still remnants of snowdrifts here on the Yorkshire Wolds

Trevor

"Len Wood" wrote:
On Jan 28, 12:12 pm, "Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom
wrote:
The final remnant of the snowbed beside the B4541
opposite the National Trust Visitor Centre on Dunstable
Downs vanished (at least from my sight, driving past it)
yesterday ... 41 days after the first snow accumulated
there.

Yes, indeed, though courtesy of a man-made ditch.
Those who know Dunstable Downs will attest to
their windswept, treeless character. Although this
year's cold weather has not, generally speaking,
been accompanied by strong winds, the wind was
strong enough on a couple of days (around Jan 10)
to blow it from the fields and across the main
road, filling the ditch on the windward side. I guess
the ditch is about two feet deep.

Philip

On 28 Jan 2010 21:19:27 GMT, Norman wrote:

Still lots of natural snow drifts around here, mostly along the dry
stone walls.

Same up here, though there was another noticeable thaw yesterday.
Over 2' has gone from the drifts now so they are only about 2' deep
now.

One of the lanes just outside the village is still blocked by drifts.

All the public roads are open now, though some of the high ones were
ice bound late last week. Ones that only the farmers use to get to
their stock, not that there is much (any) stock left up there now
they brought them all down weeks ago.

This is day 43 with at least snow patches in the immediate vicinity.

46 here, first snow fell on the 14th Dec.

--
Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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"Len Wood" wrote:
On Jan 28, 12:12 pm, "Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom
wrote:
The final remnant of the snowbed beside the B4541
opposite the National Trust Visitor Centre on Dunstable
Downs vanished (at least from my sight, driving past it)
yesterday ... 41 days after the first snow accumulated
there.

Yes, indeed, though courtesy of a man-made ditch.
Those who know Dunstable Downs will attest to
their windswept, treeless character. snip

Absolutely - the Downs were my playground of youth, especially after
snow.... I recall many a trudge up to the top via the golf course amongst
the deep drifts!