We are about 400 yards at the end of our road from the beach. The sea does have a big influence on our weather, we rarely get a frost but go a few hundred yards further inland and frosts whilst still quite rare are more frequent. We have only seen the sea freeze twice here, the last time was in the cold snap in the winter of 2010 when it got down to -15c in early January during the day. I remember it well, I was out on scaffolding helping the painter finish off some work, he had to thin the paint so much otherwise it would freeze. Not recommended but had to get some gloss on the new window frames. As it turned out it was into early April before it was safe to take the scaffolding down. Strange thing this weather, the same time the following year we had daffodils in full bloom before Xmas it was that mild,
Well, the snow makes a change from the rivers of sand that blow down the street during the winter storms. One thing to do if you live quite close to the beach is always check your attic following a stormy season as there have been a few occasions where the ceilings have collapsed from the weight of the sand in the attic.
Don't you just love this increasingly unpredictable weather, the flooding across the UK is becoming quite worrying with it's increased intensity and poor unfortunate effected people.
