We woke this morning, in Abingdon, to see that everything had been changed by overnight snow. The Market Place was not grey but white.

The fields were no longer green, but white, and that made the River Thames look darker.

The clay tiles on the almshouse roof had been covered with a layer of snow.

The snow clung onto the side of the trunks of trees.

Some people enjoyed the snow. Others were not so sure. It was not only white but also cold and wet and very slippery in places.

Very soon, however, the town council workmen started clearing the snow by throwing salt on the pathways, across the Market Place. The Vale District Council workers started clearing the snow off some other pavements in the town centre. As a result the recycling collectors did not come and empty our grey bins today. They were probably busy clearing snow. Or maybe they had the day off like some of the schools.

More snow fell later during the day. It was not so firm, and good for snowballs, as the overnight snow, and it made the pavements slushy. Out in the fields, near Abingdon, the snowfall did not worry the sheep.

There were a couple of flurries of heavy snow in Abingdon this afternoon, the first snow of winter.

Here is what it looked like in front of the boarded up Abbey House.

This is how it looked at Trendell’s Folly.

This is how it looked on Abingdon Market Place, where Cats Protection had a gazebo, ‘brr!’

Just some of the pictures from a walk across Albert Park this evening …

A jet leaves a vapour trail across the sky.

The contrails (condensation trails)  have added to the evening cloud.

The three bells in St Michael’s bell tower silhouetted with evening sky behind.