Blackdown Hills Snow

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On Tuesday I had the afternoon off, and we decided to go to Narnia, aka the Blackdown Hills, to look for some decent snow and get some pictures, and I was quite pleased with what I found, with there being 2-3 inches lying and a surprisingly nice amount on the trees that hadn't blown or melted off.

We ended up near/at Staple Hill, which is the highest point on the hills reaching an altitude of 315m. The hills were just high enough as it seemed that about 50-100m lower down there was far less snow on the trees and in general.

Here are some of the better pictures I took. Enjoy

Look closely and see the icicles handing off the branches!

The weather was quite hazy and it had gone cloudy, though you can see there's no snow on the lower ground.

It's tempting to go back this week while it's sunny and probably sub-zero maxima, though I'm not sure I'll be able too, but I got some nice pics and have finally seen snow this winter.

Edited February 2, 2012 by Stormmad26

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Second one is particularly nice, you can see the thinner branches really going down.

To get maximum tree cover it needs to start slightly wet and sticky

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Thanks

It looked like that's what had happened, as you could see the lower snow had melted slightly and re-frozen which is what caused the icicles in photo 6.