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Posted on April 6 2008 by Jag @ 10:58 pm
When it snows you can guarantee that there’ll be loads of Flickr people checking in with pictures of the scene from their windows. North West London is rarely graced with such sights, and even rarely in April, so I could not resist doing the same. By the early afternoon a razor-sharp spell of fierce sunshine caused this spectacle to vanish completely. A classic example of the craziness of the weather systems here in the UK.
Morning scene of surreal quality in North West London.
(Taken with my cameraphone.) Enjoyed while it lasted. (You can see my beloved Route 79 bus in this picture; a blaze of colour in an otherwise greyscale frame.)
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Route 79 Reflections on a bus journey home |
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| From London: By a British, European, 2nd-Generation Indian. Probably confused - but proud to be them all! Half of my journey to and from work is a 20-30 minute bus ride: London Bus Route 79 - between Alperton in West London and Kingsbury in North West London. I very frequently get pissed-off and frustrated waiting around in the DARK, WET and COLD - waiting for the 79 to turn up. But I have to be eternally grateful for the quality thinking time I get to myself. | ||
Absolutely amazing!!!!!!!
Comment kindly left by Valentina — April 7, 2008 @ 8:47 am
Excellent picture Jag. I remember one of the golden rules about taking colour pictures was to always include something red, if possible.
Not that I know that much but the bus certainly makes the picture.
Back from Thailand. Tried your food recommendations out there from street stalls. First class mate!
Comment kindly left by Bernie — April 7, 2008 @ 6:02 pm
Actually, I think the 79 is more orange than red, but I digress.
I saw one the other day outside Morrison’s but I was driving and am not as talented as Jag with a cameraphone.
JD
Comment kindly left by JD — April 7, 2008 @ 8:36 pm
Hi Jag.
This picture reminds me of one winter,( it would be mid 1960’s ),the exact year eludes me now.Sometime between Christmas & New year.
I walked from the Wembley Park area to Kingsbury,as transport had ground to a halt.My route took me up the hill beside Brent Town Hall,where the snow had drifted to a height well above the knee,and on via Slough Lane etc.
Despite living outside the London area for the best part of the last 40 years, I don’t think so much snow has been seen in London since that time.
Comment kindly left by Tom — April 8, 2008 @ 10:00 am
Looks the same from my window.. it’s a little depressing…
Comment kindly left by Jessi — April 8, 2008 @ 7:15 pm
That’s really an outstanding picture, Jag. I may have to revise my opinion of the K800’s capabilities!
Comment kindly left by Sean — April 10, 2008 @ 7:50 am
Thanks for a brilliant website. Not only for the wonderful recipes but for the real real sense of fun you bring to what you do. Long may it continue.
Many thanks
Mike McNamara
Comment kindly left by Mike McNamara — April 10, 2008 @ 4:58 pm
What about the weather now?????
Still like winter season????
Comment kindly left by Valentina — April 11, 2008 @ 10:15 am
wow…. it is really cool (cold) ….:) i wish i could b there n feel the cold… but too bad , no such a climate in malaysia !! u guys r lucky !!
Comment kindly left by nathiya — April 11, 2008 @ 1:19 pm
Most excellent photo.
A long while ago, I found your recipe for daal and it is my fave recipe. THANKS!
Comment kindly left by elena — April 11, 2008 @ 4:35 pm
excellent pic
Comment kindly left by rashbre — April 11, 2008 @ 9:25 pm
Wow, what a great photo. I don’t live far, so I took a lot of these photos too! It was a most surreal experience to have snowfall in April like that. Has not happened for some years in London!
Comment kindly left by santanu — April 14, 2008 @ 6:00 pm
Beautiful!!!!
Comment kindly left by Rani Sowmya — April 15, 2008 @ 8:15 am
Thanks Valentina!
And thanks to you too Bernie! Glad you enjoyed Thailand too!
JD: there is no “talent” as such with a cameraphone; you just “use the force” !
Thanks for the compliment re the image!
Wow, Tom: your story sounds very similar to mine when I had to walk great distances due to the snow causing transport to grind to a halt. But I agree with you; I don’t think London as seen “serious” snow for a very long time.
Jessi: depressing? You must be getting too much! (Us Londoners get too little – and when we do we get really excited by it!
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Cheers Sean! Actually this one was taken with my Nokia N95, but the K800i would have been the same I’m sure. Goes to show – it’s not the megapixels that make a good pic!
Mike: thanks you for such kind feedback!
Valentina: it seems that Spring is now here: plenty blue skies and the temperature is rising. (Slowly!)
Nathitya: us Lodoners would LOVE your Malaysian weather a bit more I’m sure!
Elena: thank you! Glad you enjoyed the daal recipe!
And thanks to you Rashbre!
Couldn’t agree more Santanu! It has indeed been a while since we had some white covering in our neighbourhood!
Thanks Rani!
Comment kindly left by Jag — April 15, 2008 @ 7:50 pm
Hello… long time no look at your blog !! Been catching up, so was pleased to see this photo of London in the snow… actually on the 7th, me an’ the missus were flying from Geneva to Paris to connect to a flight to Cuba and the plane coming into GVA was delayed in Paris due to ice on the wings!! 7th April. It was the only day this year that the missus had to have snow tyres on the car in order to get her to Geneva… crazee or wot?
Comment kindly left by pondlife — May 15, 2008 @ 10:49 am
Absolutely crazeee Pondlife, the weather is behaving just like that these days. We just had a week spell of 25 degrees an up – sometimes right up to 28 – just recently. Which is 10 degrees higher than it should be at this time of year! Weird.
Comment kindly left by Jag — May 17, 2008 @ 9:31 am