Genuine Sidford snow - 17/18/20 Dec 2010. Temporary page contents.

Just to show that something interesting occasionally happens in Sidmouth outside of FolkWeek:

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20 December 2010 below

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Several hours later - see below, the driveway was clear.

I also decided to clear most of the road near the junction to make it safer!

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This says it all really: the morning of 22 December 2010: drainpipe at corner of kitchen. About - 6C all night, - 5.5C at 10am, warming to - 1C at midday.

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25 December (below): icicles on north face of bungalow.

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27 December: Sidside: drainpipe completely full of ice and showing a joint having expanded as the water inside froze.

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