Snowfall on the west of the island - video

[curiouswombat]

I must start by saying that we live on what was the windward side during this particular snow storm - and most of the snow fell on the leeward side. We had only a couple of inches.

But this video on the BBC news site shows what it is still like on the leeward side.

The farmers on my Friends' List will want to weep, I think.

One farmer has lost almost her stock as she managed to get them into the sheds - and the weight of snow on the roofs caused them to collapse, killing alost all the stock within.

This photo, which is not one of mine, it was taken by someone about 4 miles from our house, gives you the idea;



For those of you unfamiliar with UK road signs, that one is on top of a pole at least 6 feet high. It is the worst weather we have had since 1963 - and the loss of stock is probably worse this time than it was then - lambing has been so badly hit.

Comments

[kathyh]

Yikes! That's really serious snowfall. How terrible for the farmer who lost her stock when she thought they were safe.

There was a farmer on the Today programme this morning talking about how badly lambing was being hit. He was hoping people would buy British lamb to help farmers out.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It looks as if we may have lost up to half the year's lambs, perhaps more. Only the farms on the very northern point of the island were totally unaffected. I'm not sure we'll have enough lamb for everyone to eat local...