7 February 2009

The other side of the Mendips - another world...

I've just driven into Wedmore to grab some work to take home for the next few days; the forecast is for another snow-dump on Blagdon on Monday evening (not just Blagdon, of course, but that's what caught my attention). It is as though there has been no snowfall here whatsoever - completely green, dry, sunny and blue skies. In fact it was that way from Cheddar onwards. This of course is the south facing side of the Mendip Hills - whereas Blagdon is North facing and therefore still looks like the Alps. The roads are clear now but all around it's white and deep. I just cleared two tracks for the wheels the length of the driveway this morning: the driveway is about 500 yards long! Basically a private road covered in snow 18 inches deep in places, although mainly about 8 inches. Weird weather.