Winter in Woking
I’ve discovered my photographic forté: local rag reportage. We had a bit of snow in the UK this week. I took advantage of the first snowfall on Monday, took a walk into town, and a few photos along the way. My local paper spotted them on Flickr and asked if they could publish one or two in this week’s edition. Which was nice. So today I am splashed all over page 5 of the Woking Informer!
We don’t cope well with snow in the UK. Everything’s been shut this week. Office workers have been skiving off for a ’snow day’ or several, kids of all ages have been building snowmen, and everything is bright, white and quiet. It’s a bit like Survivors, but without the deadly flu pandemic. And no one has looted Waitrose yet.
I’m sure other countries don’t suffer this affliction. I mean, do the Swiss never leave the house? Are Scandinavian schools permanently shut? Makes little difference to my schedule. I’m holed up in Reed Towers, managing the Grid, waiting for the thaw.
2 Comments
Helen
Thursday, 5th February 2009 at 7:18 pm
Ah the Woking Informer. Check out the photostory on local would-be models. Derek is described as a ‘her’ — ha ha
Jon Reed
Thursday, 5th February 2009 at 7:34 pm
Hilarious! Sadly, I don’t fancy Derek’s chances as the face of Woking Fashion Week… My favourite is Barack Obama’s stepmum visits Woking bingo hall. Nice to see we’re at the centre of world events.
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