We have the coldest February since 1996. Where I live, the temperature was down to 6 degrees Celsius this morning. You may say that this is already high by many standards. But mind you, I am living in the subtropics!
It is rainy and gloomy too. This reminds me again of my trip up Snowdonia in 1985.
From a high altitude, I had a good glimpse of Llyn Llydaw – one of Snowdonia’s deepest lake.
The following is lifted from Wikipedia which gives a detailed description of the lake:
Llyn Llydaw – 1,430 feet (440 m) high, 110 acres (45 ha) – lies in Cwm Dyli, Snowdon’s eastern cwm, and is one of Snowdonia’s deepest lakes, at up to 190 ft (58 m) deep. Various explanations of its name have been put forward, including lludw (“ash”), from ashen deposits along the shore, to Llydaw (“Brittany”). It contains evidence of a crannog settlement, and was the location of a 10-by-2-foot (3 m × 0.6 m) dugout canoe described in the Cambrian Journal in 1862. The lake is significantly coloured by washings from the copper mines nearby, and is used by the Cwm Dyli hydroelectric power station, which opened in 1906. The lake is crossed by a causeway, built in 1853 and raised in the 20th century to prevent the causeway from flooding frequently.
The most prominent feature on this image is the causeway – a causeway which I crossed when we descended the mountain.
Wow, that is even better than the last photo of Wales. And 6 degrees in Hong Kong? That sounds cold for Hong Kong.
Hi Rachel, I was thinking about that too. If readers like my last photo, they should also like this one – which has been retouched. 6 degrees is cold but temperatures will hopefully come back up again next week. Regards, Michael
This is an absolutely stunning photo!
Hi Kate, it is an image that I can’t forget. Great to hear from you :-)
<3 the photo! -19 degrees Celsius with lots of snow here, wouldn't mind getting some 6-degree weather ;)
It’s just relativity! I would not dare to travel to any place with -19 degrees!
Amazing photo Michael. Really beautiful.
Irene
Thank you, Irene!
You make beautiful photo poetry
Hi, I think it’s you who is a poet. . . I am far from being one. Thanks for the kind comment!
I went to Hong Kong one February and it was about 20 degrees. Hot for me, so I wore shorts and tshirts everywhere, but the locals were in their big winter coats! You’re right – it’s all relative.
Just a week ago, the maximum temperature was over twenty degrees and we thought winter is over. But the truth is that spring is still not arrive yet!
The picture does look cold! Up here the wind chill this morning was -27 Celsius!
I guess you are living in Alaska!
hahaha It’s even colder up there! I’m in Southern Ontario, Canada
Our usual temperature is sort of twenty degrees higher, this winter is unusually long. Hope Spring is just around the corner!
6C! Indeed you are blessed with warm weather. Britain is having a warm wet winter this year, contrary to last year’s blizzards, with floods across the south of England. Love the picture; it has a bleak and eerie charm to it :)
I have already lightened up the picture. It was more errie! Hope the flood in Britain will subside.
Beautiful area. Great lake picture.
Glad that you like the picture! Regards, Michael
Beautiful picture and thanks for posting
Hi Kimberly, glad that you like the image. Regards, Michael
Nice…I like cold weather.
For me, it is quite the opposite. I rather tolerate the heat rather than the cold!
Extreme cold for you, and very hot weather for us. Today it was 36.9 degrees.
Think I can only live within a range of 10 -33 degrees. I would feel terribly uncomfortable outside this range. Have a great week :-)
Took my daughter a couple of years ago to Mt Snowdon. Took the train up the mountain. Once we arrived the clouds had come down so not much to see. However, like God had wanted us to see the beauty, the clouds fell away and what a sight. WOW. lasted about 30 seconds, but you know what? That was the best view I have ever had. Love the blog. Keep up the great work.
Hi, went there twice but didn’t get up the mountain the second time as the queue for the train was too long. The sights up there were just heavenly.
many thanks for your kind words!