Fordingbridge in the New Forest

We went to have lunch in Fordingbridge today. My wife was having a dress fitting, so I had an hour or so in the George pub before she joined me.

I took some pictures of the bridge and river Avon from the pub. The water level is very high as we have LOTS of snow melt. There are large patches of snow and some frozen ponds in the forest still, but the New Forest ponies don’t seem bothered.

More snow

It snowed again overnight. So back to clearing the road AGAIN!

Still getting icicles

The icicles are still forming. In some of these pictures you can also see the results of the hours of labour clearing the snow off the road. Only another 200 yards to go…

Icicles

Huge icicles hanging off the house today. I grabbed some pictures before breaking them off.

The snow is still with us, but the road is now nearly impassable.

Snow

It snowed again last night.

Nearly a foot of it.

We went for a walk through the golf course admiring the pristine white carpet (a hackneyed image I know). Some pictures below....