Seems like the big freeze is closing in on London with temperatures several degrees below zero, cold by London standards. I took a walk through Abbey Woods in south-east London, a fragment of ancient woodland that became surrounded by the expansion of the metropolis.
 This frozen pond gives a sense of the chill that's setting in. As I walked away from the woods they were whited out in a snow flurry. I'll return later in spring because the woods are a noted colony of Wild Daffodils, Wood Anemones and Bluebells.

 Postscript And the snow duly reached New Cross Gate...