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curiouswombatI 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.
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.
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Date: 26/03/2013 02:02 pm (UTC)It all fell in about 6 or 7 hours, there was nothing most of them could do about it - it drifted so quickly they couldn't get to their fields, and they couldn't have moved the sheep in it anyway.
Easter will be very sad for the farming community almost all across the island. (Only almost - the farms near my mother's were spared almost all of it and the labs were out in the fields as usual yesterday. They will be breathing big sighs of relief.)