{"id":18,"date":"2009-02-03T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-03T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edgeofthewild.co.uk\/?p=18"},"modified":"2016-12-19T09:45:39","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T09:45:39","slug":"february-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edgeofthewild.co.uk\/2009\/02\/february-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"February snow"},"content":{"rendered":"

The early snowfall in October could have been a warning sign of things to come, the snow finally arriving in force this week and forcing me to park my car in the village for the past few nights. Even so, the knee-deep drifts on the lane up to Marsh’s Pool this afternoon still came as a surprise.<\/p>\n

This view was taken looking southwards over the pool, which, not for the first time this winter, is starting to freeze over. A local farmer told me people were skating on it a few weeks back.<\/p>\n

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The early snowfall in October could have been a warning sign of things to come, the snow finally arriving in force this week and forcing me to park my car in the village for the past few nights. Even so, the knee-deep drifts on the lane up to Marsh’s Pool this afternoon still came as… Continue reading February snow<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[35,19,29],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/edgeofthewild.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/RG-20090203-012.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3,"url":"https:\/\/edgeofthewild.co.uk\/2008\/10\/transient-midwinter\/","url_meta":{"origin":18,"position":0},"title":"Transient Midwinter","date":"Thursday 30 October 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"We don\u2019t seem to get much snow in southern Britain these days and, when we do, it never seems to stay for long. I try not to miss the opportunity to photograph it when it happens. 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