Winter Wonderland

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The land is white. Covered in snow. If I could download the snaps I have taken with my mobile I’d do it to let you see how peaceful and chocolate box scenic it looks outside my window. But I cannot download them ‘cos I do not have the software or cables with me.

Snow has an amazing effect on me especially as we rarely see it here in UK. Well it rarely snows and sets around West Berkshire. As a person who grew up with desert sandstorms and the hot dry East wind in Namibia, the complete opposite as experienced here in England and elsewhere in EU, the snow still retains its uniqueness with me. I delight in the snow. Like a kid, I run and play in it with glee!

Most Europeans (err, them wot lives here in Europe), scoff at the snow from a lifetime of living in these cold conditions. I suppose I can equate with a resident of Bergen in Norway, (not Sweden and see picture at left with heavy raincloud looming above the town) because it has the highest rainfall in Europe. It rains for 2 out of every 3 days and I recall it said that 18 tons of water falls on each rooftop each day it rains. Collectively there is enough water dropped on Bergen each day of rain to fill hundreds and hundreds of Olympic-sized swimming pools.

So imagine a Bergen residents’ awe at arriving in Windhoek and driving to Walvis and then to the oasis at Sossusvlei (see photo below). Well, I am awestruck by the snow as they would be by the dryness and barreness of the Namib desert, which was my old backyard.

I hope the snow falls throughout the day. I want to experience a lock-in because it is too damn dangerous to travel!! Which reminds me that Hugh and the Stormhoek guys are on the St Valentine’s Big Love roadshow to a stack of Tesco’s around UK. I hope the cold and snow do not deter people from going to see Hugh and the team at their local Tesco. Hugh, (or rather Colin) is videoing interviews with shoppers, so go along and introduce yourself to Hugh, (see the itinery here), you can’t mistake him, (click here to see a pic of him), and he might video a podcast with you in it! And while you are in Tesco do not forget to buy two bottles of Big Love. One for you and the other for a loved one on St valentines day.

I will update the snow situation here later in the day, workload permitting. I do want the snow to stay for more than a couple of hours.

UPDATE: Friday morning: The freeze from last night has assured the snow that fell yesterday remains in place. Better yet - it has started snowing again and will settle onto yesterdays fall. At least that is what it is doing in my garden!