Tonbridge in the snow!
Dec 18th 2009, 8:02 am
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Re: Tonbridge in the snow!
Same here only the East coast has had snow the rest of us dry for a change and just freezing. Ice on the fish pond for the first time this year!, yesterday had all of the house lights on at 15:00hrs it was so dark and dingy....forecast back to normal rain for Xmas......
Dec 18th 2009, 9:25 am
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Re: Tonbridge in the snow!
Same here only the East coast has had snow the rest of us dry for a change and just freezing. Ice on the fish pond for the first time this year!, yesterday had all of the house lights on at 15:00hrs it was so dark and dingy....forecast back to normal rain for Xmas......
It is winter ! I never remember having to have the lights on at 3pm . 4pm or 4.30pm maybe & that would be all cosy as it was winter but 3pm ? No. That is just so much what a Kiwi abroad would say.
Mate. We are still having chilly nights here (NZ) where hot water bottles are needed and it is summer for gawds sake. . We just had a virtually 5 month + winter . So stop with the grims and just enjoy the change of the seasons.
Next you'll be unable to resist the usual 'It always rains and the skies are always grey' routine ......... bit like here then.
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Dec 18th 2009, 9:54 am
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Oh! Give it a break It is winter !
I never remember having to have the lights on at 3pm . 4pm or 4.30pm maybe & that would be all cosy as it was winter but 3pm ? No. That is just so much what a Kiwi abroad would say.
Mate. We are still having chilly nights here (NZ) where hot water bottles are needed and it is summer for gawds sake. . We just had a virtually 5 month + winter . So stop with the grims and just enjoy the change of the seasons.
Next you'll be unable to resist the usual 'It always rains and the skies are always grey' routine ......... bit like here then.
It is winter ! I never remember having to have the lights on at 3pm . 4pm or 4.30pm maybe & that would be all cosy as it was winter but 3pm ? No. That is just so much what a Kiwi abroad would say.
Mate. We are still having chilly nights here (NZ) where hot water bottles are needed and it is summer for gawds sake. . We just had a virtually 5 month + winter . So stop with the grims and just enjoy the change of the seasons.
Next you'll be unable to resist the usual 'It always rains and the skies are always grey' routine ......... bit like here then.
Dec 18th 2009, 10:02 am
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Thank you Bevs for the lovely comments! Now the sun is out and the sky is blue, I just couldn't resist these last four. No more after these....... I think!
Dec 18th 2009, 10:25 am
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Excellent photos you have had some snow! According to the forecast you are due a lot more over there. Don't know what the shops would do for snow shovels and kids sleds here they stopped stocking them a while back. Mind suppose all of the stocks will be rushing over to the East coast quickly! We have got the East wind and it really does have a chill factor.
Dec 18th 2009, 11:29 am
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I've got sunburn ... 
Dec 18th 2009, 11:32 am
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Great photos!
Love the fresh crisp snow & blue skies
......same as for Stormer here (Somerset)...no snow
, biting easterly wind tho & lots of hungry birds in my garden who've eaten all the berries and are getting through a kilo of seed in less than a week
Love the fresh crisp snow & blue skies......same as for Stormer here (Somerset)...no snow, biting easterly wind tho & lots of hungry birds in my garden who've eaten all the berries and are getting through a kilo of seed in less than a week
Dec 18th 2009, 11:37 am
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Dec 18th 2009, 11:41 am
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How mad that we are always surprised that we get snow in winter!
Dec 18th 2009, 11:51 am
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Dec 18th 2009, 12:48 pm
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Sorry - couldn't resist this one. My daughter and her partner took this. It's the River Medway in Tonbridge.
Dec 18th 2009, 6:59 pm
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People keep asking me what you miss about UK, and I can honestly put my hand on my heart and say nothing (of course family and friends aren't included in this statement), but now after seeing those lovely snow picture, I now remember I miss the snow. It's typical, the first white christmas in UK for ages and I go and miss it. Have a good snow ball fight for me, have a great and white christmas. 27 degrees here today and very breezy, but still lovely, just not the same as christmas in the snow.
have a good one.
have a good one.
This the UK after all....
My mum's been sending me loads of pics, in Normandy they're trully snowed in with 25cm!!!!
