Snow in Penge and Crystal Palace

[london1967]

So we had a few inches of snow (up to 4"/10 cm according to the BBC which calls it "Severe weather in London") and following a well-rehearsed script chaos ensued: "Several Tube lines have been disrupted or suspended", "Heathrow Airport has said only half of Sunday's scheduled flights were likely to leave", etc. etc.

But at least snow is pretty!
I enjoyed waking up this morning (and a few times in the night) to the silence and magical glow that snow always brings.

I swept the drive (I had done it before going bed as well), took a few pictures in the garden





then walked to Penge High Street



and up to Crystal Palace Park, a favourite haunt of mine when I was doing my City & Guild course in photography a few years ago.

I have always loved this avenue of trees:


There was quite a jolly atmosphere in the park. Family making snowmen, having snowball fights and sledging down the slopes.
No sledging for me but, as I was climbing up hill in virgin snow, I lost my footing and slid, face down in the snow. It was quite funny!

Perhaps the animals were not enjoying themselves as much!


I walked around the lake and took some photos of the Victorian dinosaurs.








Escape from Jurassic Park! LOL


A Dalmatian and a snowball in flight:


Mother and daughter


Dante (I believe), one of the very few statues (or part of) left from the old Crystal Palace


and our old friend the Sphynx 




Then it was back home and after a couple of hours out again to the YMCA for my swimming lesson, and some practice.

Comments

[tilia-tomentosa.livejournal.com]

Ah, it is indeed pretty, but I can only hope it doesn't cause any serious damage to the plants.

Love the dinosaurs. :)


Lovely photos, all of them. :)

[london1967.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Darina.

The plant should be ok, I think... but we'll see in spring!

[sunsmogseahorse.livejournal.com]

Dog + snow = pure bliss!

[london1967.livejournal.com]

That dog certainly enjoyed itself!

[paulintoronto.livejournal.com]

Happily, Toronto is having one of the mildest winters on record. I don't think we have received 7 cm of snow altogether since the winter began.

Your photos are lovely, but we're very accustomed to that amount of snow -- or, indeed, vastly increased amounts.

[london1967.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Paul.
Yes I can imagine how different things are there in the winter.

[badgerpdx.livejournal.com]

I cannot possibly express to you how much I enjoy those photos. THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

[london1967.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you. Glad you enjoyed them!

[tbrough.livejournal.com]

Ah, the poor dinosaurs. No wonder they went extinct.

[london1967.livejournal.com]

Ah, now the mystery is solved! lol

[ursine1.livejournal.com]

We only had a couple of snowflakes here near Barcelona. But it still cold!

Chuck

[london1967.livejournal.com]

Yes and across all Europe.

[maxauburn.livejournal.com]

Those are fun pics.

At least it didn't snow 2 - 4 feet.

A few inches is easier to deal with.

;)

[london1967.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

If we had 2 feet of snow here in London, nothing would work for weeks!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Several of the photos look like vintage post cards ... Thanks for sharing.

[london1967.livejournal.com]

My pleasure. Glad you enjoyed them.
*hugs*

[bobalone.livejournal.com]

Lovely photos, Franco. I especially like the ones of the dinosaurs covered in the white stuff. We still are snowless in Toronto, btw. It feels quite weird for this time of year. 9 degrees today, and sunny. ?

[london1967.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Bob!
Maybe the bad weather in Europe was really meant for Toronto! lol

[gregorbehr.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh Penge!

[london1967.livejournal.com]

Indeed!

[querrelle.livejournal.com]

My childhood stomping ground. Thanks for posting.

Dad was due to get the ferry back from Ireland on Sunday (he lives near the transmitter) but had to postpone until next weekend because of the snow.

[london1967.livejournal.com]

My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed the trip down memory lane.