Monday, 2 February 2009

It's snowing in London

There was a song that was popular (or kind of popular) about six months ago with the main line being 'it's raining in London'. I never understood what was so noteworthy about it raining in England. Well, today's weather is worthy of a song because today it's snowing in London! Not just kind of snowing, but seriously snowing. We went home to the US for 6 weeks and didn't get any snow worth reporting and then return to this. Very unpredictable indeed.

Jack, Theo, and I have already been out in it. I have included a few pictures. The students here arranged a snowball fight on the main football pitch at 10:45. The boys and I didn't make it, but apparently Charles did. He came home with snow all over his sports coat and trousers but was all smiles. He told us that he was the only faculty member to show up so he was a hot target - and the snow on him showed it.

Schools, buses, trains, etc are closed. People of all ages are so excited. In fact, I am not sure I have seen Londoners more excited - maybe when they won the Olympic bid for 2012 but that may have been because they beat the French! I was hoping that Oak Hill might have a snow day today, but Charles reminded me that this is one of the downsides of having a residential campus! Well, anyway I am going to go look out the window because it is still snowing...

2 comments:

Mama Julie said...

That is pretty amazing. I love the fireman coat. How sporting of Charles to allow himself to be a target for all those students. It is sunny and almost spring-like in the central US. Maybe you took the snow we would have gotten across the ocean with you.

Monette said...

Uncle Michael says, "I wish I was there to play in the snow with you guys!"