On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:30:44 -0800 (PST), Dave Hill wrote:

Here in coastal South Wales we had around 4 inches of snow yesterday
afternoon and night, this morning the thaw has set in and water is
dripping from the trees and bushes.

I donno 4" of snow that will have disappeared in a couple of days and
it's headline news. This is Day 31 (4 weeks 3 days) of lying snow for
us, it started with 6" in the first couple of days. Three of the five
roads(*) out are closed, and have been for well over a week if not
three weeks, one is passable with care but if the wind gets up or we
have some more snow that will close very quickly. The last is OK
ATM... Due to the national reduction in rocksalt use some local roads
are only being ploughed. If you haven't a 4WD or a car with decent
winter or M&S tyres on it it's skis or walking...

This is snow:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/allsort...7623181240760/

(*) 4 "A" roads, 1 "B" road not little country lanes.

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Cheers
Dave.