Saturday 10 March 2012

1986 snowstorm

(29.1.1986)

I often ran into snow when I was driving professionally and this was one of the worst occasions. I'd dropped in Cheltenham and then had to go into south Wales. It was snowing a little at Cheltenham but not enough to worry me, so I took the shortest route - which turned out to be the highest and steepest. It was quite hairy with the lightly loaded lorry slipping a lot. It was never a good idea to stop in weather like this, but I couldn't resist snatching these shots at the summit of the road. A few miles on as the road descended it opened out to a wide valley and the snow completely disappeared and I was driving in green again.

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