A Vintage Snow Day – Throwback to Winter 2009.

I’m not a huge fan of snow, in fact I hate it. We usually just get a light dusting annoying enough to stop all public transport but not enough to have fun in. We’ve had an ok amount the past couple of days, but nothing that gets me all excited about diving into it. So I thought I’d share my favourite year for snow, 2009. It was pretty epic, mainly because I could dive head first into it and it was so thick I didn’t hit concrete!
2009 was also just after we moved back to England from Australia, and we were temporarily living right in Guildford town centre while our house was being finished, so at around 6am on the morning of the snow, my brother and I ran onto the cobbled high street that was up to our knees in snow! It was SO much fun! Here are some photos of our adventures of what we got up to (including some super cute puppy shots of Dylan sledging!)
Guildford in the snow

My brother in the snow…his hair froze and had icicles on it!

Guildford in the snow
Guildford in the snow
Yeh, I sat on the snow bench, my bum was rather cold after. And as you can see, my Ugg boots were caked in the stuff!
Snow in Guildford town centre

 

Snow in Guildford Surrey

Later in the day my best friend and I went to the garden of the empty house next door to her. No one was living in it at the time, the side gate was open, and we thought ‘what a waste of fresh snow!’ so we demolished said snow…

 

 

Our colourful wellies!

 

Eating the snow…gosh I was a mature 17 year old!

 

 

 

We then went to a random car park and sat down in the middle of it and ate creme eggs in the snow…just because we could.

Later in 2009 we got Dylan, and when the snow arrived again in the December, he had great fun playing in it!

 

Snow at newlands corner

We even took him on the sledge, and he LOVED it!

Sledging at Newlands Corner

 

Sledging at Newlands Corner
Dog Sledging at Newlands Corner

 

Snow at Polesden Lacey Surrey

 

Cocker spaniel puppy in the snow

 

Cocker spaniel puppy in the snow
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Catherine Lux

Catherine Lux is a veteran travel blogger by night and the Head of SEO at Havas Media Group by day. Originally from Surrey, she spent four years living in Australia (2007-2009, and 2016-2018), and now lives in London. An ex-party girl sometimes prone to relapses, she loves nothing more than sharing her fine dining and luxury travel experiences with her loyal readers.

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6 Comments

  1. Liz S
    January 19, 2013 / 12:25 pm

    I love the snow! I work in in a school, so yesterday they gave me a great excuse to play in the snow (not that I really needed one!) xx

    • Catherine Lux
      January 20, 2013 / 12:10 pm

      Ooh that is a great excuse haha! Sadly I was stuck in the office 🙁

      C x

  2. Catherine
    January 19, 2013 / 6:47 pm

    Your doggie is just too darn cute! I love dogs in the snow 🙂 but mainly I agree with you about the white stuff, it's mainly a pain!

    • Catherine Lux
      January 20, 2013 / 12:11 pm

      He is a bit of a cutie! He loves the snow so much, he leaps around in it and gets icicles stuck to his fur haha!

      C x

    • Catherine Lux
      January 20, 2013 / 12:11 pm

      Thanks lovely, hope you're having a wonderful weekend!

      C x

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