S I N J U N @lordsinjun tweeted this picture of a polar bear seen in #Abingdon.

There was still lots of snow for making snowmen, snowcreatures and pulling children round on sledges. I even saw one child being pulled on a sledge across Caldecott Rec by a bike.

As always when it snows I take far too may pictures to put them all on the blog. These are possibly my favorite five … St Helens Wharf viewed from Wilsham Road …

Trendell’s Folly in the Abbey Gardens …

A fisherman by the River Thames …

Twitty’s Almshouses.

St Helen’s Church with snow like blossom on the trees.

Other pictures can be found on a facebook album called Snow in Abingdon on 18-19th Jan 2013 .

Got back to Abingdon after a four hour drive that usually only takes one. The band of snow had already passed Abingdon but caused great problems when I tried to leave Bracknell at the same time as lots of other people.

I was back in time to donate blood at Preston Road Community Centre but that had been cancelled because of adverse weather conditions. So I still have the blood.

Stopped off at Reynolds Way shops to get something to eat only to have snow balls thrown at the car by some giggling children hiding near the garages.

Finally I uploaded a youtube video of the last 2 minutes of the long journey.