Col wrote:


"Shaun Pudwell" wrote in message
...
Here on the Isle-of-Sheppey, Warden Bay, last year we had about an inch
of
snow. We've been here for almost five years and that was the most snow
I've
recorded in that time. My parents who live in Gillingham, have during
the same period had numerous occasions where two, three or four inches of
snow
have fallen. I do agree though that there has not been a sustained cold
period in recent years. The last relatively big snowfall I can remember
was January 1997, also winter 1995/1996, February 1991 and of course
January
1987 which temporarily cut the Medway towns off. That year we hade more
than 3 feet of level snow and day temps below -5. There were also
massive icicles, the likes of which I had never seen until that time.


Three *feet* of level snow??
I would have thought that would be practically impossible in coastal SE
England both now and throughout recorded history.

Col

Why? If a town right in the middle of the country - Rushden - can have 2
feet of level snow after only four hours one morning in March, I don't see
the problem. Kent was always well-known for having some of the heaviest
snow-falls in the country. I can remember a newspaper photograph from Kent
showing a "Halt at Major Road Ahead" sign - that dates it (and me) - which
was almost buried in snow. OK, that's drifted snow, but indicative of the
severity of the conditions they used to get.

Graham