Thursday 2 December 2010

Snow scenes in Rye, Dec 2010

It started snowing yesterday evening, and this morning it looked like this:

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The side roads have the deepest snow:
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In our front garden there was over 10 inches of snow:
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and we won't be getting any solar water for a while:
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all the bins look like this:
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Our cars our buried, though the land rover could still get out if we needed to:
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and where we have a leaky gutter, the slow melting of snow on the roof from heat inside the house has made an icicle:
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At least Rye Hill is reasonably clear:
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But Udimore road isn't looking so good:
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Deadman's Lane is trying to live up to its name, with an icy covering:
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There are still people driving on it though:
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The train line is another matter - there's nothing moving there:
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Going through Rye, the main roads aren't too bad. Here's the Landgate:
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Some cars look like they're staying here for a while:
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Market Road looks a bit risky:
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as does Mermaid Street:
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In fact, the A259 isn't great:
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Away from the roads, there's some great views:
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and it's still snowing, with wind blowing what's already fallen around:
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Maybe we'll head up to the wood again before it melts...

Mike

2 comments:

Katie (Nature ID) said...

Oh my! That is a lot of snow!

Mike Pepler said...

Yes, most I've ever seen, apart from up mountains! Did you look at the pictures of it in our wood as well?