There have been bursts of snow lately here in Birmingham. During a very short period of time the weather changed from just cold winds to a huge downpour of snow (really thick, enough to prevent me from seeing the road out of the office window) with strong gusting winds, and the landscape changed very quickly from green grass to a thin layer of white snow (fast enough that I took one phone picture, and before I had finished uploading it to twitter it had become much more pronounced so I took a second photo). Then, almost as quickly as it started the snow suddenly stopped. However it has remained cold enough for more than 30 hours to have now passed and the snow is as thick as it was at the time, with icy patches on the pavement at home and work.

On a different note, Sarah and I are going to a friends house warming party this evening, which we are very much looking forward to. We are heading home first to make some dinner and get changed, then heading out later in the evening for a night of fun, games and drink We were originally planning to head back up to Yorkshire the following morning to take all of our presents up there for my family, however I realised earlier in the week that we had booked tickets to see the Mozart Orchestra performing ‘Carols By Candlelight’ at the Symphony Hall (for which we have tickets right up in the front row) – so plans have been modified and we shall not be setting off until after the concert, however that does mean the journey is likely to be a long one, as its currently expected to snow all over the country during Saturday night, plus the bitter cold temperatures should make icy conditions which will make the end of the journey (across a patch of moor with large drops off the side of the road) much more fun So I cant see us doing much more than 20 or 30 mph down those roads (rather than the limit of 60).