On Oct 19, 6:43*pm, John Hall wrote:


And in Surrey too. The winters from 1970-1 to 1975-6 were all mild, and
1974-5 was exceptionally so. Then the winters turned successively colder
over the next three years. February 1978 had a notable blizzard in the
SW (probably the worst in that region since March, 1891), but the snow
didn't reach Surrey or London (even though the forecast on the preceding
evening had been for it to do so).


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I remember that '78 blizzard vividly. A number of us were on a geology
field trip staying in a hostel somewhere near Watchet and Blue Anchor
in Somerset, in an adjunct to the main building. Aftrer what was
evidently serious snowfall and drifting overnight we were awoken by
the sound of shovels digging us out of a drift that had almost reached
the top of the door.

With all the geology being covered in snow and ice we didn't achieve
much. Nice pubs, though.

Stephen.