It's so rare for snow to lay on the ground in Whitehaven due to the warm salt air blowing in from the Irish sea that I took the opportunity to create a gallery of photos when the blizzard hit on Sunday 12th March 2006. Familiar views - only whiter.
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| Old Tom | Old Quay | Gales House | St. Nicholas Gardens |
Promenade |
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| Roper St. | Pit Wheel Candlestick |
St. James | White Park | Waterfront |
To download a free windows screensaver of all these photos click here and choose to Save in your Windows folder. The file is over 600k so will take a few minutes to download on a dial-up connection