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Snow in London – part 3

2 02 2009

The following is the third installment of my ‘Russian winter in London’ series of posts, following on from my previous two posts (Snow in London, and Snow in London – part 2).

Australian War Memorial in London, coated in the snow

Commonwealth Memorial, Hyde Park Corner

New Zealand War Memorial, London

Entry gate to Buckingham Palace

Westminster snowman with tuppenny eyes, cherry tomato nose, and bunch of grapes for hair

Not-so-grouchy Churchill

Pathway in Green Park

Seated snowman in Hyde Park - that's tops

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To follow on from my previous post (Snow in London), here are some of the photos that I took today while ‘playing tourist’ in London. Well, I thought I may as well, since it seems that when more than a dusting of snow falls in the south-east of the UK and almost all public transport grinds to a standstill.

And we’ve not seen the last of it either – as I type / compose this post, I’m watching ever more big, fat snowflakes add themselves to the city’s new winter blanket.

The drama of a 4WD that never goes off-road ... it took almost 5mins for the driver to 'un-park' this car

Snow-bound bicycles

Snow-balled terrier on the way home from Kensington Gardens

William of Orange, Kensington Palace

Head of the Long Water, Kensington Gardens

Ice forming on the Serpentine

Life preserver and unneccessary warning sign on the Serpentine

Snowy boats on the Serpentine

Snow in London – part 3

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Snow in London

2 02 2009

London’s currently enjoying a ‘Russian period’, and we’re enjoying (well, some of us are) the results of a little bit of hijacked Russian winter weather. So just when I thought I’d probably seen the last of ‘my’ snow of the winter, a whole lot has come to visit me