On 27/11/2015 11:13, Eskimo Will wrote:
One of the things I enjoy about living at altitude. It has its downsides
of course with lots of fog and rain but that first white Christmas back
in 2004 when we had heavy snow showers and we made a small snowman will
be etched in my memory forever. I'll let you imagine how animated I was :-)

Last time I've seen snow falling on Xmas Day? It was in my student days
in London, it was 1996, leaving a bar in Camden at 2am and it was
snowing quite hard and settling.

Safely back here in Devon - the last time there was snow lying on the
ground on Xmas Day was 2010.

Before that, I cannot remember any day other than 1982 when there were a
few patches here and there.

But memory is appalling at getting these things right and I am sure
there may have been more occasions but snow is rather rare here. Go a
few miles inland and onto higher ground and things change considerably.

--
Nick Gardner
Otter Valley, Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk