Snow Day 2009: Thanks for the memories

28th March 2009 will remain a landmark day in British history. After near two months of constant snow, the weather has finally begun to thaw and outside communication with the world has been restored. That's right I'm now blaming the lack of blog posts on weather, and for all you know I could be telling the truth, you weren't there, dare you to prove me wrong. Anyway here's some photos from 2009's 'WINTER OF HELL" (cue dramatic music)

The covering of snow begun being laid on the Sunday evening in
preparation 'Snow Day 09 - 2 Days of Snowy Fun'

The blinding snow that I walked to walk in the next morning assured

that Snow Day would be an unprecedented success.

Having dragged myself through the snow I reached
Leytonstone Tube station

Only to see everyone leaving the station as the Central line is shut

And the buses were out as well, so if my boss
is reading this I tried to get to work, please pay me!

This shopping trolley tried to make it back to Tesco
through the snow, but perished in the journey

By the time I got back from the station the tyre tracks had been laid,
which shows how deep the snow that I ploughed my way through was!

Sunrise and a chance to see how much snow has fallen

Merv, looking surprisingly cosy

Time for a walk through the winter wonderland

Picturesque winter scene

As it was, London was shut for two days, no transport, main roads only open. The snow remained on the ground in some parts for as much as a week. The debates begun soon after about how woefully the UK handles 'a little bit' of snow compared to say Russia, but obviously this was a once in two decades event, and we got to see it!

More photos

The view from our back window

More scenes of winter

The snow mainly fell on the Sunday evening and Monday morning. Heavy snow was predicted for Monday into Tuesday, but never materialised, Fortunately most schools, including mine, had already declared Snow Day 2 a goer.

The morning after, Snow Day 2. Snow remains, sun was out, still cold though.

Krystle and I walked up to Leytonstone and grabbed lunch at our local Wetherspoon pub. The snow was already turning quite icy and it was very slippery walking, far more dangerous than the previous day when the snow was all fresh and slushy, very soft in the early stages.

Winter view looking towards Central London over the A12

Leytonstone tube station looking very winterfied, though the trains are running again

Icy roads look great