Snow chaos on Rye Hill

As is traditional when it snows in Rye, people go out in their cars and get stuck on Rye Hill. So I went out with my GoPro and videoed it this time! I did also end up helping push five cars up hills...

Mike

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Snow in Rye, Feb 2012

Ever since we moved to Rye in summer 2007, it's snowed every winter. The weather has not let us down this winter either...

This time the snow has stuck to everything it can - check out these telephone wires sagging...

and these trees and shrubs too:

The river Tillingham was frozen over:

and I just about got a picture of this Bullfinch there:

Then on to Deadmans Lane, which always looks good in the snow. This time though, the stickiness of the snow means that two branches from evergreens were down in the road:

The broadleaf trees are fine, as with no leaves they can't collect much snow:

And finally Rye Hill, which is passable if you know how to drive in snow. But of course, not everyone does!

Mike

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Snow scenes in Rye, Dec 2010

It started snowing yesterday evening, and this morning it looked like this:

The side roads have the deepest snow:

In our front garden there was over 10 inches of snow:

and we won't be getting any solar water for a while:

all the bins look like this:

Our cars our buried, though the land rover could still get out if we needed to:

and where we have a leaky gutter, the slow melting of snow on the roof from heat inside the house has made an icicle:

At least Rye Hill is reasonably clear:

But Udimore road isn't looking so good:

Deadman's Lane is trying to live up to its name, with an icy covering:

There are still people driving on it though:

The train line is another matter - there's nothing moving there:

Going through Rye, the main roads aren't too bad. Here's the Landgate:

Some cars look like they're staying here for a while:

Market Road looks a bit risky:

as does Mermaid Street:

In fact, the A259 isn't great:

Away from the roads, there's some great views:

and it's still snowing, with wind blowing what's already fallen around:

Maybe we'll head up to the wood again before it melts...

Mike

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