No new snow - but yesterday's had frozen hard, making walking treacherous. Very clear sky, so had a binocular sweep for Venus at lunchtime, but had to give up without seeing it.

Woke up to find a couple of inches of snow had fallen, as forecast. Hope I never lose the thrill of waking up to fresh snow. Now that I'm old and cautious, I duly wrapped up in extra socks and big boots, and walked to work.

Enjoyed watching the students frolicking in the snow at lunchtime. I like it when humans display animal behaviour in a positive way, it makes them seem understandable.

Began snowing again very hard about 4pm - strong North wind produced the closest thing to a blizzard I've ever seen. Quite exciting to walk home in. And I was glad I hadn't driven when I saw the traffic inching along. It was good to get homeinto the warm though. I'd forgotten how much extra effort walking in boots in the snow is.

Bright and cold again.

Bright, with a dry breathless cold. X. said it was like central China, where he'd just come back from.

Bright and cold again.

Bright, sunny cold day.

Much colder; rained again, but it wasn't so dark.

Wet, dark, raining again.

Wet, miserable day.

Raining at 6am, carried on till 10am. Then sunny, but raining again at 10pm.

Beautiful clear, calm morning at 6.50am, with a bright half moon setting.

Very cold and dark, with rain later.

Cold and bright.

Clear, bright and cold. Full Moon, stars and Venus quite splendid in the very dark blue sky at going-home time.

Weather cold and dark and sort of 'stagnant' in the morning, with drizzle. Cleared later and got colder: saw Venus just after 4pm when the sun had only just set.

Dark, rainy morning, but duly went for my pre-breakfast stroll. It brightened up considerably later - that January 'return of the cumuli' thing in evidence.

Some long spells of sun today.

Today cold and bright.

Very dull, wet day.