Ice

It hasn't snowed again but it has been very cold, with the daily high's not reaching above freezing temps - so nothing has melted. Even with the sun out all day today, it still wasn't enough to melt anything. This is also very unusual for England - the average high's in the winter are usually in the low 40's. It normally will dip below freezing occasionally but not consistantly for this length of time.

It's so cold that the majority of the water on the quays has frozen over. I was under the impression that just the frosty-looking bits of water were frozen (which was about 10% of the water in visual range from our apartment) but I just noticed the birds WALKING on what I thought was unfrozen water. Now, either birds have suddenly inherited the abilities of Jesus Christ or what I previously thought was unfrozen water is actually frozen - making the quays more like 80-90% frozen. I'm really surprised by this because the quays have a large filtration system that I thought created enough current to stop the water from freezing. Plus, I've simply never seen the quays freeze over this much.

I'd take a picture of the birds walking on water but it's cold out there and warm in here. But it was really amusing to watch a swan come in for a landing on the ice and not being able to stop sliding - wish I'd gotten a video of that!