Tag: snow

Snow, strong winds and hail lash Australia's Sunshine state.

Almost six weeks ago I arrived in Surrey to a so called 'mild' English winter. Despite constant assurances about my luck to be enjoying toasty five degree days, I was freezing, not to mention bewildered at how shy the sun was. And then came the snow!

When I woke up on the morning of Sunday, 5 February, I looked out of my bedroom window, saw an amazing backdrop of brilliant white snow and was instantly transported back to my childhood.

Excited like a schoolgirl doesn’t even come close to explaining the feeling I experienced after seeing snow for the first time, and the fact it was in London, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, made it even better.

Forget the state of the European Union. Don’t even bother about last weekend’s football scores. Disregard Bieber. Fashion Week. TfL... Well, maybe not TfL. Because if there’s one thing you’re guaranteed to get a response to, it’s the statement that ‘apparently it’s meant to snow today’.

I’m starting to get goosebumps as the realisation comes to me that I’m about to go through this again.