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Norway Close, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 1QF

This section of Muscliffe Road consists of a steepish descent followed by a similar ascent, and would have been quite hazardous just now. This burst of snowfall was surprising, since it had started rainy this morning. This picture was taken at 11:49am, by which time the snowfall had been going on for a couple of hours. By nightfall, the main carriageways of all the roads were clear of snow and ice, making this the severest snowfall I think I have ever seen that had started and almost disappeared all on the same day. Throughout the day, the BBC weather forecast suggested temperatures of about 2ºC and 'light rain'.

The driveway to the Image, between 64 and 68 Muscliffe Road. The sign says "APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH International Headquarters EMMANUEL HALL". At the end of the driveway can be seen the signboard of the Hutchinson Memorial Hall. For more discussion of the building, see the Winton Community Forum page here: http://www.wintonforum.co.uk/apostolicfaithchurch.html

This unassuming church is at 66 Muscliffe Road, tucked away behind the next few even numbers, and is the international headquarters of the Apostolic Faith Church – for in-depth discussion, see the Winton Community Forum page here: http://www.wintonforum.co.uk/apostolicfaithchurch.html . The chimney behind belongs to the Image See also Image and Image

Detail of the eastern end of the Image

Roadworks by the gas board have produced this temporary roundabout-type junction where Pine (left-right) and Muscliff Roads meet. Motorists driving anything but the most standard of cars will have quite a tight manoeuvre to make some of the right turns.

The big freeze of the last couple of days is gradually turning into the slow thaw. The considerable snow is starting to melt as fresh falls turn into hail and sleet. It is about 9 o’clock and there is hardly anyone about – fortunately, because you are deploying a peculiar gait which is difficult to achieve and difficult to describe. Each footstep creates a squelchy sound and an imprint behind. The newly melted water creates a constant trickling sound as it flows into drains – this and soft thuds from small lumps of semi-thawed snow falling from roofs and cars are the only sounds that join one’s footsteps in breaking the silence: it brings to my mind the atmosphere of being in an ill-lit cave. The texture of the slush on the roads is similar to that of the road surface, so when you step out to cross the road you sink half an inch lower than you thought you would. This is not a night for wearing those jeans that are really just that ½ inch too long for you, and when a car approaches you give it a wide berth lest you get sprinkled with cold, muddy sleet. All that to pop out to buy the paper.

The Sunlight laundry is on the evens side of Castle Road and thus stunts the progress of the even numbers considerably, compared to the odds. The nearer part of the building used to be a television retailer but is now a westerns dress hire outlet, a surprisingly narrow remit. The entrance to the laundry can be seen farther down, and the chimney is theirs too.

Looking along the westernmost section of Strouden Road at about 8:30 on a winter's morning. Many windscreens were iced by about 6 the previous evening. The windscreens on the right-hand side of the road, as we look, will probably thaw some time before those on the left – the sun cannot reach the southern side of the road as it remains in the shadow of the houses.

Strouden Road is typical of the Winton area - and indeed, of the Bournemouth suburbs in general - roads built shortsightedly without anticipating the eventual need for off-road parking facilities. Here we look along the western end, as the sun sets behind the facing houses of Muscliffe Road.

This house, on the corner of Muscliffe and Pine Roads, is about to be demolished – probably to make way for more flats.