Two hour time difference means we don't sleep in. First priority, given the nasty weather forecasts, is a stop at the 99p store in Camden Town for a 99p umbrella to replace the one I lost in Paphos, which regrettably was rather better than the 99p variety, although it was one that we found abandoned on a train. Nice poking along the shops but there's a bitterly cold wind. Temperature about 0 but the kind of wind that makes you want to pop into shops of even minimal interest just to warm up. Do get a jar of crunchy peanut butter at Lidl. Actually the umbrella is relatively useless in weather like this - if it were to rain it would snow and there's too much wind anyway.
The north of England is much more unpleasant, with snow drifts, blocked roads and school cancellations, while tens of thousands of people in Northern Ireland are without power. They seem to have got Canadian weather by mistake. We stop at Nottinghill in the afternoon and encounter a wind we can only barely walk against. At the tube station is a sign we've never encountered in London before:
SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED. Severe weather may cause disruption to transport services over the next few days. We have contingency plans for this and will make every effort to run a full service. However please check before you travel using the contacts below.
Tiny ice pellets in the air as we walk up Queensway on the way home. The flower seller round the corner from us is huddled against the wall of the pub and the flowers a are just above the freezing point. Daffodils three bunches for a pound, but will they survive?
The north of England is much more unpleasant, with snow drifts, blocked roads and school cancellations, while tens of thousands of people in Northern Ireland are without power. They seem to have got Canadian weather by mistake. We stop at Nottinghill in the afternoon and encounter a wind we can only barely walk against. At the tube station is a sign we've never encountered in London before:
SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED. Severe weather may cause disruption to transport services over the next few days. We have contingency plans for this and will make every effort to run a full service. However please check before you travel using the contacts below.
Tiny ice pellets in the air as we walk up Queensway on the way home. The flower seller round the corner from us is huddled against the wall of the pub and the flowers a are just above the freezing point. Daffodils three bunches for a pound, but will they survive?