moogyboobles

I have assumed that is where he went! I've been trying to figure it out for sure but I cannot find any photographs of the school online then to compare the one I have, to confirm it. He sadly died when I was a teenager, and then my mum a couple of years ago... and I've inherited all the photos and videos. I've spent quite a bit of lockdown time sorting them out and going on rather interesting journeys... I even found a marching band from Hornchurch on facebook and I had photos of them in the 1950s! All my dad's family are from Writtle and those still with us are still around there. I have gone way off topic now sorry! I do have a video of my sister and I in the snow in '91 in SWF, so that's my weather offering!

Ooh, it's quite possible you were at school with my dad then. My first snow story would be 1979, when my mum used to tell about when I was born it always starts with how they were knee deep in snow outside St. Johns. I don't think I am being biased thinking I had quite a snowy childhood, compared to my children's time.

It's so dark already the lights are on, looks like it should rain soon (radar says no). There's still over an hour until sunset.

Beginning of every week my hopes are raised for the end of the week... it's properly trolling me now!

I was looking forward to this and then it turned and just passed me by. It just got a bit dark, no action.

To be honest I'm the one being the very socially distant walker in the middle of the road! I'm clinically vulnerable so walking is the only thing I leave the house to do. I'm not normally like that, in my job I'm quite often in a mosh pit squished up against sweaty strangers at a festival. Weirdly my son is not that bothered by COVID, he wore his mask all day in college no problem at all, and is getting lots of support remotely now working at home. He just needs things to be exactly the right mood and atmosphere to do them, like going outside! I bought a pizza oven a few months ago (all those missed Pizza Express trip more than paid for it), and that has helped get him outside a bit more. The battle I've had over many many years is getting help with his independence. SaLT and OT help. He's very clever but completely dependent. Might be getting somewhere now he is an adult.. I think. They might just be fobbing me off again!

You've done better than me, it's a rare occasion I get my autistic son outside at the moment. Even our own garden... it has to be scheduled in, but then it's often inconvenient for him despite being put in the diary! I cannot believe how mild this is, I got my bedding dried out on the line (half the garden still flooded though). I almost want to pour a glass of wine and sit in the garden!

It was brief I'm afraid. At the moment it's sleety rain, mostly rain. But at least whilst staring longingly out of the window I did spot this heron (I think).

Edit to delete, it somehow posted twice.

The rain has turned to graupel here for a bit.

Thank you. I will delay hoping for spring in a huff a little longer then!

My snow is broken, too noisy and too wet. How much hope is there for tonight or shall I completely ignore the forecast for my place?

SWF, radar has been showing PPN for ages but nothing fell. I've just had about a minute of what I call "trying to snow".

Yep, it's a radar of lies! I should be getting something, but there is nothing falling from the sky at all.

The radar is currently lying to me in South Woodham, says there should be something coming from the sky, but there is not.

Proper good frost and beautiful sunrise, red sky in the morning... except I very much welcome the front that is coming! Edit to add you all posted while I was writing that!

I just got excited over 30 seconds of white stuff falling from the sky.... I really do need to see some proper snow!

What a changeable day! Woke to snow, cold rain, then it suddenly warmed up and out came the sun!

Facebook has just reminded me that it was snowing here 8 years ago tonight.

Popped out for a walk when the rain had calmed down a bit.. never seen the sluice gate bit look this flooded before!

My garden is unfortunately patioed, about 70% flooded right now! What a waste, this is not the format I want my water from the sky to be in.

It will be my birthday and I would love nothing more than snow as my present. I am told people were knee deep in snow when I was born in '79.

Tiny flakes, a light dusting on the car roof here.

Correction, whilst taking the rubbish out it appears there is evidence on my car of a very small snow shower occuring this morning. I still need to catch a flake, ideally multiple flakes, in action though.

This is the closest I've come to some snow! So close.