Snowed In!

Yes, well they say it never snows in England, if anything just a dusting and that is that. How depressing for an American who has lived her life always dreaming of a White Christmas! Well, I have to confess, it really wasn't that much snow (compared to some storms that I have been through), but we got a good 3 inches which caused the weather people to issue a Severe Weather Warning to north Norfolk (where Tim and I were staying for the weekend) and warned people of the dangerous road conditions and the icy Arctic winds! We, had planned to go up to Gresham, where Tim's parents own some cottages. It was going to be a nice weekend away all by ourselves. When, I woke up with snow coming down in the morning, I couldn't have been happier! I love waking up to snow, and here we were, tucked away in a cozy cottage all alone! It wasn't cozy when we got there, of course, with no heat on, but we had it very cozy by morning when I woke up to the snow. We had gotten there the night before, so the snow really came in the night and we enjoyed a nice walk around the countryside to take a few pictures, and then drove to town (Cromer) which is on the sea and walked around a bit more, had some lunch and then headed back to our cozy cottage. Where we were staying was supposed to be the worst of the weather. HA! This was not enough snow to stop school or work from going on as usual, but I can see why it stops people here. The roads are way too narrow and curvy, and no one has ever plowed anything before! They barely salted the major highways the night before this storm was to hit. Although the snow story was big enough to take up space in the newspaper (3 inches can you believe that?) So of course, you can really drive on narrow, winding roads, which barely fit 2 cars passing each other on a normal day. It all makes sense to me! Well, anyway, this was just perfect for our weekend. And everyone laughed and said it would be too cold! We had a lovely time.