It’s minus 1 degree in Dublin this morning, not as foggy as yesterday, but certainly cold.
At around 4pm yesterday we went for a walk along the seafront and our usual landmarks had disappeared. The fog ensured Howth and Ireland’s Eye were nowhere to be seen. I hope they’re put back today.
We’re not completely out of cold weather yet but it isn’t as bad as earlier in the month. I didn’t experience the minus 12′s but I was right in the middle of the minus 8′s.
The cold snap brought, and continues to bring hardship to people. Even now there are those without a regular water supply. I was lucky and got away lightly; no burst/frozen pipes and water turned off only once.
But with all this hardship there was also beauty. Hard to recognise if you’re frustrated trying to get to work, waiting in Accident and Emergency with a broken limb or wondering how you’ll get water to boil a kettle – but there’re was beauty all the same.
I spent Christmas in Westmeath, in a village not too far from Mullingar. On Christmas morning I walked around the eerily quiet roads and took these pictures.
The next few days we were house bound. We could have headed off in the car for a spin (ouch), but considering the state of the roads it didn’t make much sense. When we eventually got out we headed to the canal and found it frozen over. My brother-in-law said he saw people and dogs walking on it the day before as if it was just an ordinary road.
After a few more days we returned to Dublin and in came the snow. For a few hours it was soft and easy to grip and I could see walkers, runners and cyclists being fearlessly intrepid. Fair play to them.
I just enjoyed strolling around taking photos of Dublin looking a little bit different.
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Nice pictures, some of your visitors may not appreciate just how unusual snow is in Ireland. I now live in a part of the US where we get snow regularly. But I still find it extremely odd, and beautiful, to see snow on Irish landscapes….
You’re right Ian, snow is rare. This January the temperature was about 6 degrees colder than normal.