it has stopped snowing here , it lasted for about 4 hours and we had enough to put a small layer on the fence, bins and the railings, also the lawns looked like someone had sprinkled powder on them, it's pretty and very cold but it stopped at about 7pm, it has snowed hard in west Wales where the in laws live, there are several roads blocked and the mountain roads are impassable , we rang them to make sure they had heard the weather reports , his sister who is visiting the family went out to check as she is supposed to return back to the midlands in the morning , there was about 6 inches of snow on the cars and they didn't even realise that it had been snowing, luckily Steve's brother drives for a breakdown firm so has a tow truck at home , they live on a country lane halfway up a valley so they don't get their road gritted , he may have to dig the cars and his truck out in the morning, snow is nice but at least we don't have to worry about the driving ha ha, it's going to be a cold week so take care, Vanessa the Saints reporter x x