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What a week it’s been!
Check out my friend Mark’s brilliant London snow photo from Monday morning – I’m very envious of such an atmopheric photo, which wouldn’t be out of place on the front page of a newspaper!
Snowy London icons
Snow: walking in a winter wonderland
Despite Primrose Hill being busy with tobogganers, absolutely no people were photoshopped out of this photo! There is an annoying speck in the foreground though!
Primrose Hill toboggan run
I’m going to post some of my London snow photos here over the next few days. If you can’t wait and want to see ALL of the photos not just the ones that make the cut, you can check out my Flickr album, Snowy London. Both day and night shots are included in the album. View it as a slideshow to see the versions in large format.
Today, I’m posting photos from – you guessed it – Primrose Hill. The hill turned into a tobogganing heaven for kids of all ages. Don’t have a toboggan/sled? Don’t worry. Cardboard boxes, stolen street signs, recycling box lids, breakfast trays, plastic bags wrapped around bums, and sheer willpower were used to make the glide down the hill easier. And there were plenty of crashes, near misses and tumbles.
Snowmen were created, dogs turned the snow yellow, and snowballs were thrown left, right and centre. But more of all of that next time.
Primrose Hill - the sledging begins
On the way up the hill
A stolen/borrowed street sign is used as a toboggan/sled
Primrose Hill is covered with fresh snow!
Having a ball sliding down Primrose Hill
North London snow at night
Wow. I’ve just been outside and it’s an absolute winter wonderland out there! I only walked a few blocks around my flat but managed to take more than 200 photos! I may post a few more tomorrow!
Cheery people in the streets wished me a merry Christmas (one month too late, but it felt like it was the right thing to say!?).
Camden recycling bins in the snow
A waiter at the Indian restaurant around the corner was in awe, saying he didn’t realise he’d see such a sight. “I heard about it on the news but I didn’t know it was happening right now,” he giggled.
“Well, I heard about it on Facebook!” I replied, and he keeled over laughing.
An old man closing up the Tapas restaurant in Belsize Park smiled and pointed to the snow being reflected by the streetlights.
London snow in Belsize Park, 1 Feb 2009
Three young Europeans were posing for photographs (“London? Snow?”); I took one pic of them and they took one pic of me. Another couple who asked me about my accent took my photo in the street too, and so did a man outside a pub!
I wrote the word “Snow” on car windows – was going to advertise my website but the address is too long 
London snow - amazing stuff!
Fresh snow settling on Primrose Hill Road
A friend of mine even managed to go ‘urban snowboarding’ and posted the pics on Facebook to prove it!
Here I am, enjoying the fine weather!
There were also a few young cooks at a take away restaurant going crazy with a snowball fight!
Some cooks start a little snowball fight at a Haverstock Hill take away
If you want more of south London, then check out my friend Mike at Urban 75′s snow photos from earlier tonight in Brixton!
Snow in February imminent!
As regular readers over the years will know, the possible arrival of up to 10cm of snow in London overnight is very exciting!
Normally I’ll wander down to Primrose Hill or Regent’s Park but I think I might want to try and take photos of more urban/suburban sights this time.
Primrose Hill in autumn
Followers of this blog know that I regularly take photos of the changing seasons at Primrose Hill, and have done so ever since I first started! I live 5 minutes walk away and just three weeks ago there were no leaves on the grass, and was able to sit and have a picnic with the sun shining down.
Primrose Hill, Easter 2008
I haven’t been able to get any decent photos of the snow falling, and it hasn’t really accumulated around central London. It’s falling right now, quite lightly, and the flakes are kind of small, but it’s pretty to watch!
Yesterday morning I walked through Regent’s Park and on to Primrose Hill to see if there was any snow action. Apart from a few flakes here and there, it was just very cold!
Also — I’ve turned comments off again. Sorry. The last post I made received 1000 spams! I need to upgrade this site and give it a revamp as it is now 4.5 years old.
Snow!
It’s been a winter without snow. But finally – in late March of all months – there is a little bit of it coming down right now outside. Probably not enough to make a lasting impact (or indeed to get any good photos out of…) but it’s still nice to see a few flakes!
After the rain
Puddles in Regent’s Park, after a downpour last month.