Coming back from handing in my essay at 1.20pm the lovely weather really got to me. How lovely, I thought - the kind of Sep. 28 1988 weather I've always loved. 4 days till March 1st and Spring!

In the morning, Chubday-like sun and blue sky and soft wind.

F'windy from the S.W. all day. Amazingly windy in fact - nearly pushed me over at 4.15pm.

Freezing south-westerly wind sprang up on my way back from the hospital about 2pm, and by midnight had grown to enormous strength.

About 5.30 I was coming back from the Co-op when I saw Venus and a very thin new Moon about 5-° apart in the western sky. Venus was very bright and against the pale blue background it was a beautiful sight.

Got depressed again: I cheered up later though, especially after walking home through thickly-falling snow. Strange things, mood swings.

It started snowing at about 9pm. At 11pm frolicked in renewed snow, then sat watching the thick snow falling till about 2am.

February 6th. Woke up at noon, went out to the Co-op in snow and freezing East wind.

February 7th. About 10 am it started to snow heavily and by 3pm there was at last plenty of snow on the ground. As I read on through the afternoon the white patches joined up (partly due to drifting in the strong East wind) and it carried on till about 5pm. The average cover was a couple of inches at least. Snow again at 8pm till about 10pm.

February 8th. Went to the Co-op. No bread due to the snow. It snowed almost all day - quite deep now. A12 blocked by abandoned vehicles.

February 9th. More snow, would you believe it. Woke up about 11 am, trudged through the snow to the Co-op.

February 10th. On the way back at 10pm had a snowball fight and then we sledged down the hill on a bread crate. It was brilliant. Walked home through thickly-falling snow.

'A notable ten day cold spell... snow across most of Britain and some very low temperatures, making this the most severe spell of weather since 1987. The cold air arrived from Siberia on the 4th, with temperatures falling on the 5th and 6th, with the 7-9th as the coldest days. There was much powdery snow over England in this period' [...]

February 15th. Had a good walk, albeit in the slush, to Sainsburys via the pub.

'Milder air and a thaw arrived in all parts on the 15th'