Gateway to the Summer

Pewley Down, originally uploaded by Me (?).

It was my birthday last week and in the past few years I have been calling my birthday "The Gateway to the Summer". This is because the clocks change to British Summer Time usually a few days before my birthday and spring normally starts springing around this time of year.

Spring is in the air!?, originally uploaded by Me (?).

Imagine my surprise to wake up this morning to find a blizzard going on outside the house! We had a good 6cm or so of snow this morning and it was a great morning for a walk out onto Pewley Down. Lots of other people had the same idea and were out walking in the 'winter' wonderland, having snowball fights, sledging and building snowmen.

Pewley Down in the Spring, originally uploaded by Me (?).

It is now gone 2 in the afternoon and most of the snow has melted in the sunshine but it was fun whilst it lasted :-)

The Thaw, originally uploaded by Me (?).

Potholing in Guildford

Closed, originally uploaded by xrrr.

The state of the streets of Guildford have often caused me to moan. Giant pot holes and rubbish road surfacing. You could blame the council but they are in the process of suing the last contractor who was responsible for road maintenance. The contractor was charging the council but not actually doing the work (I *know* I read this was the case somewhere but I will be blowed if I can find anything on tinternet mentioning this fact).

They must have some new people now as our street has been in the process of being resurfaced for the past week. Well overdue. They have packed up for the bank holiday and left their machinery right outside my house. Gave me an excuse to practice taking photographs. Some highlights.

Joseph Cyril Bamford, originally uploaded by xrrr.

Roller, originally uploaded by xrrr.

Locked, originally uploaded by xrrr.