A Rare English Snow Day

Last Monday we woke up to an amazing and beautiful sight – snow! There were already a few inches of snow on the ground and more heavily falling – an extremely rare occurrence! In the five winters we have experienced in this fine northern European country, we have only had three instances where snow fell, AND, actually stuck to the ground for longer than five seconds.

The combination of the snow and England’s transport system’s inability to deal with any adverse weather (see previous post) resulted in both of us staying home to work. Much of the morning was spent taking quick glances out the window to ensure the snow was still falling and then finally it was lunchtime - finally a chance to be a kid again!

We went out with Guinness and met up with Elliott and Bentley, human and dog respectively, for a good old romp in the snow. Snowballs were flying at humans and dogs alike; though for the dogs it was more for them to catch in their mouths.

Guinness flying for a snowball

"Throw the ball, just throw the

ball!" says Bentley

"Please just throw the bal

l, you're killing me!"

"Yes I know, I'm very cute, but why in the world am I sitting here in this wet cold white stuff?"

The two dogs had a great time and we humans didn’t exactly dislike our time outside. In fact, I reckon it was the best lunch break we’ve had in a long time!