First snowfall of the winter

I was watching "Look North" last night, and, as usual the programme concludes with a sequence with "Paul the Weatherman." There was quite an amount of time spent on high winds blowing in across the south east, and some uncertainty about just how far northwards these high winds would reach, but the main thrust of the forecast was that they would probably blow across the channel.

There was mention of some very low temperatures in the north and east, but I don't recall any mention of snowfall.

Certainly the possibility of a white Christmas was discussed, but this was more or less ruled out.

So this morning at about 6.30 am, when the dogs decided they would like to go out and relieve themselves they got a bit of a surprise. The ground was covered in snow!
Now Ruby loves the stuff, and she couldn't get out fast enought to scamper around in it. A few moments later Macy, Pixie and Twig were also scampering about in it like new born lambs!

Here is the evidence of their time spent in the garden.....

By the time I took some photos of the road it had been spoilt by traffic moving over the snow.....

However the view from the back of our house was still fairly untouched.........

By the time the sun had risen the snow was already showing signs of melting.....