Travelled from Southampton to Haslemere and back by train today - out
via Havant, back via Woking. The trip seemed to confirm my thoughts
that this is the snowiest spell in this part of the country since 1987
- it seems to beat last February, when a similar amount of snow fell
on the Monday but had thawed to a much greater extent by the Saturday.

A decent snow cover (2 inches?) was present right from Netley (east of
Southampton) eastwards, with lots of snow as near as Fareham. Even
urban Portsmouth had a decent cover - if this snow band had been just
5 miles further west, I'd have got a good cover here!

Very thick snow, close to a foot at a guess, from the downs above
Petersfield north to Haslemere. Almost all roads impassable without a
four-wheel-drive I would guess in Haslemere, and out in the country,
drifts of around 2 feet. Definitely the thickest snow I've seen in
England since 1987. At Fernhurst, south of Haslemere, someone had
built an igloo in the snow!

Blackdown, near Haslemere at a little under 300m/1000ft, had quite a
savage air, almost like a wilderness with thick snow and icy NE winds.
I can imagine it could really be quite dangerous up there at night at
the moment if you didn't know where you were going.

Back via Woking, most places round to Winchester had similar amounts
to Fareham.

So definitely the "best" snowy spell since 1987 round here - as I said
Feb 09 seemed to dump as much snow but it thawed faster with the temps
in the days following the snow around 3-4C, and ISTR a spell of rain
later in the week too, so by the time I visited the snow-affected area
the snow was still there, with a full cover, but a bit soggy.

Nick