Snow from my Bedroom Window - Again!
I was meant to be at work on March 18th but had to take the day off sick due to "gastric distress" so I managed to get a few photos of the snow from my window but the snow only fell here in Plymouth for around and hour and it very quickly melted away after. The rest of Devon was much more severely affected by the snow but it didn't seem to cause the large movement of birds that the bad weather caused earlier in the month - hopefully bird fatalities will be fewer too.
Monday 19th and despite me feeling very sore and delicate we took a drive up onto Dartmoor to see if there was any snow left lying around from the previous day only to find the road was cordoned off at Dousland. We very naughtily drove around the barrier as cars were driving down the road from the Moors but as we headed up the road it became increasingly snowy and icy and so we parked up and walked along the road to find huge snow drifts and abandoned cars - very impressive and the most snow I have ever seen on Dartmoor!
Dartmoor Snow
Dartmoor Snow -Digger to the Rescue!
Dartmoor Snow
Dartmoor Snow
Dartmoor Snow
No birds were seen apart from a flyover raven and 2 carrion crows although somebody was flying a drone and for a brief moment I thought it was a buzzard gliding over the hillside! Two Dartmoor ponies sheltering from the wind by the roadside were the only other signs of life in the Arctic conditions.
Dartmoor Ponies in the Snow
Dartmoor Ponies
As we were admiring the snow and the views a digger arrived and began to clear the snow away from the road and people arrived to try and recover their abandoned vehicles but it was bitingly cold in a nasty wind and so we headed back to Yelverton to The Rock Hotel for some lunch and a warm up.
And so we have had snow here in Plymouth in March twice in 19 days - certainly some crazy weather.
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