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Snow in the English Riviera?

You will have seen my posts of the beautiful marina in Torquay across the road from where I was living, bathed in glorious sunshine…  Or views from the lovely Grand Hotel where I would often sit and work, overlooking Torbay harbour…

Well…  It has been ten years since Torquay in South Devon, England saw snow… but right now they are being covered in the stuff!  With more blizzards forecast… and a huge thank you to my dear friend Marcus Throup who took these photos for me.

I wish I was there to witness it!  It may be snowing here where I am in Budapest at present, but that’s nothing new.  Snow in Torquay?  That pretty much doesn’t happen.

…and you would normally be able to easily see the Grand Hotel when standing on this spot – not today!

…and just along the road a little way, Plymouth was also white…

A – M – A – Z- I – N – G !

~ Bella

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