In message , Bob Hobden
writes

"Sacha" wrote after "Bob
Hobden" wrote in reply to:
"Sacha" wrote
Looking out of the window, I can't see the end of the garden, the fog is
so
terrible. I hope that everyone who is going away for Christmas travels
safely and on time and that all urglers have a very happy Christmas and
a
wonderful new year.

Well I'm sure you all know what the weather is like around here, we are
not
that many miles from Heathrow.
But early this morning just before dawn we had freezing fog that looked
like
tiny sparkles in the headlights as it rained down, I've never seen it
quite
like that before. Scraped the car windows clear, went to Sainsburys and
had
to do it all over again when we came out. Everything went white and the
trees and plants looked so wonderful. Highest temp today has been -1°C.

Ouch. Supposedly it was 7C here today and that was quite enough, thank
you.
Luckily we had no wind but the fog, which stayed here all day, was
extremely
localised as we found out when we drove out of the village this pm to go
to
Ashburton. So localised that at the top of the hill out of Landscove, we
drove straight out of it. This immediate area is a bit Brigadoon-ish, in
terms of weather, we feel very often. The entire village was submerged
and
looking at one of the pylons emerging from the fog reminded me of looking
at
a light house standing out in the sea on a rocky promontory. I rather like
it because I miss the sea a lot, even while I love the gentle greens and
browns and other shades of the South Hams.

It's this high pressure system we have at the moment, it's pushing the moist
air down to the ground so hills etc get clear skys and sun whilst valleys
get thick cold fog (frost pockets!). What we need is a bit of wind to blow
it away but that won't happen until the high pressure moves away.

We live at the top of a hill, which is the highest point in London, and
we have had a great deal of freezing fog in the last couple of days.
Not too bad today. Happy Christmas.
--
June Hughes