Rose

Just peeped out in hope and sure enough light snow! Please carry on, I can watch by the garden light.

Around 3inches near Tutbury, roads difficult. Very excited as expecting it to have turned to rain! Work is 28miles away so waiting a bit, really want an extra hour in bed then out to play!

Staffordshire but only a couple of miles away from Derbyshire border, sorry!

I have to say I couldn't contain my excitement last night, running about like a two year old & this morning, wow loved it. Popped out in the car to drive further into Derbyshire, lots of cars turning back but we kept going! Parked up & had a couple of hours walk, looking at all the animal tracks from last night & guessing the nights story from the prints. Got a pocket full of chocolate & just enjoyed the white sparkly beauty of it all.

Interminable rain now turned to snow, I know, it won't last long or probably won't settle however it's lifted my VERY low spirits just to see it out of the window on another dull day.....................

We can only dream........................

Hooray! Enjoy it, it must have travelled up country!

Well, don't be envious as it's now been replaced with dank, wet, cold yeuk & not a snow flake to be seen as per usual of late.......... I knew it was short lived but that's ridiculous!!

Morning all, just shows how desperate for snow i've become because as I drove from home ( nr Tutbury) to work (Tamworth) & those lovely white crystals fell from the sky I couldn't stop grinning! I know it won't last etc etc but, all the same, it's so nice to see & it's still snowing on & off now, cheered me up no end. Trying not to think it's very temporary...................

How awful & so very sad to hear, as fellow horse lover & animals in general, that must have been heartbreaking for you. This is the other side of the relentless rain, not just depressing for us snow lovers but lives have been lost, it isn't just lack of snow. I look out over a paddock & the horses have had to be moved as it's a bog. Surely it has to stop raining soon, it will be the lambs soon, they can cope with cold but not the wet.

I couldn't agree with you more! I really am at the end of my tether, the leaden skies really do weigh me down, especially driving to work (where i'm hoping not to have to go to when a major snow event occurs) And I'm sick of people saying " well, it could be worse, it could be snowing" or " I don't want it to snow i've got to go & see uncle Fred this Saturday" Blah, blah ......... How could this weather we are having be worse! Maybe it's that some of us are more affected by grey skies than others but snow & frost aren't just beautiful to look at, it's exciting to have the change. As for stray wasps & bees........... I love to walk at the weekends when I can but even I don't want to go out in this, it's so depressing. I am still hopeful for Feb & I don't think you have to worry about the drip drip ( I hate that sound too) in Feb too much. Chin up now , watch & wait....

I'm living in hope for February, my birthday month & I do often get the best present for me, snow! I won't be writng Feb off, it's too far ahead to say otherwise I reckon! Things change on a sixpence...........

Me too! The bulbs are coming up, particularly the snow drops & that's a real welcome sight BUT I really want some good snow events, frosts etc FIRST as it feels 'backwards' that spring shows signs before winter has bitten. I'm always optimistic for snow in February because that's the month historically for it. Here's hoping!

Wow, thank you for these pictures! I've never seen anything like it. I'm envious of you, it must have been breathtaking.

Blizzard gone now, looks wet & yeuk :( I was looking forward to driving home in a blizzard, love that

Oh no !!!!

Tamworth blizzards!

Still like billy-o here in Tamworth, sticking on cars & some paths

Coming down like billy - o here in Tamworth, trying to stick now

Snowing really well here in Tamworth, shame I'm at work & not home to really enjoy it! Bring it on..............

Wow, that's what we want asap, definitely no work with that much, out to play instead!

Morning all, sugar coating at home (nr Tutbury) but a blizzard at Tamworth a while ago, more to come in the sky

Had a fabulous walk in the snow at home yesterday (near Tutbury) fields & fields with nothing but animal & bird foot prints & deep snow drifts. The snow was a dry as heaps of sugar, it was actually dazzling me wow ! woke today to a little extra dusting but at work now in Tamworth & pretty heavy snow now falling. I don't want to think about the mild arriving at the weekend to take it all away.............

How brilliant is this! Snow arriving hours early, left work in Tamworth 5.30 to steady snow, loved the journey in a blizzard to home nr Tutbury & still coming down! I'm a cat on hot bricks dashing to windows etc hoping for a snow day off work tomorrow to play & wildlife watch. Enjoy it everyone if you can!

I think this snizzle stuff some of us have had is maybe the freezing fog that's falling? I'm sure that's what my family said it was when I was growing up, sort of makes sense to me anyway (but what do I know.................)