In memory...

Ross-on-Wye

Snow in December 2010

After the rest of the country has been in the grip of ice and snow, Ross has been pretty much snow free but had been cold (down to around -11°C) until 20th December 2010 when from around 10am the snow fell thickly and around 2 to 3 inches fell during the morning and afternoon. The Town's streets were not gritted or salted supposedly because it has no effect below -8°C (although it was only around -5°C).

20th December 2010

The following are a number of photos from around the town:

Snow in the Market Place (Click for a larger image)

Snow around the Market House (Click for a larger image)

Snow on Gloucester Road (Click for a larger image)

Snow on High Street (Click for a larger image)

Snow on Church Street (Click for a larger image)

Snow on St. Marys Street (Click for a larger image)

Snow looking down High Street (Click for a larger image)

Snow at the top of High Street (Click for a larger image)

Snow at the top of Edde Cross Street (Click for a larger image)

Snow on Wilton Road (Click for a larger image)

Ice on the River Wye (Click for a larger image)

Snow in the River Wye (Click for a larger image)

Snow in the Blake Memorial Garden (Click for a larger image)

Snow in the Prospect (Click for a larger image)

Snow around the War Memorial (Click for a larger image)

Snow on Kyrle Gate (Click for a larger image)

Snow on Kyrle Gate (south side) (Click for a larger image)

Snow in the Churchyard (Click for a larger image)

Snow at the bottom of Broad Street (Click for a larger image)

Snow looking up Broad Street (Click for a larger image)

Snow looking down Broad Street (Click for a larger image)

Snow in New Street (Click for a larger image)

Snow in Kyrle Street (Click for a larger image)

Snow in Brookend Street (Click for a larger image)

Snow down Greytree Road (Click for a larger image)

Snow on Brampton Street (Click for a larger image)

Snow at Fiveways (Click for a larger image)

Snow on Ledbury Road (Click for a larger image)

21st December 2010

Partially frozen River Wye [Photo: Ed Dixon] (Click for a larger image)

Ice on the River Wye [Photo: Ed Dixon] (Click for a larger image)

Looking upstream [Photo: Ed Dixon] (Click for a larger image)

The view back towards Ross [Photo: Ed Dixon] (Click for a larger image)

27th December 2010

Ice on the River Wye above the Rowing Club (Click for a larger image)

Ice on the River Wye near to the Rowing Club (Click for a larger image)

Closeup of the ice on the River Wye (Click for a larger image)

The ice in front of the Ross Rowing Club was particularly easy to see due to it having broken up and refrozen a number of times meaning that it was well above the water line and having many edges with lots of air within the ice making it appear very "white".

The ice, which is stationary, is in the centre of the river with two channels down the outside with the largest being on the outside of the bend, where the flow is fastest. Apparently the river was completely frozen yesterday after another approx. -10ºC night.

Ice in front of the Ross Rowing Club (Click for a larger image)

Seagulls stood on the frozen Wye (Click for a larger image)

The seagulls seemed quite happy stood on the ice but the ducks and swans were all clearly hoping for someone to come and feed them.

Ducks and swans stood on the ice (Click for a larger image)

The ice on the Wye seen from outside the Hope & Anchor (Click for a larger image)

Ice on the River Wye at the canoe launch below the Hope and Anchor (Click for a larger image)

In the middle of the shot below left can be seen the Ice House. This was originally used to store fish in for a local fishmonger back in the 1800s and the ice used to fill it would have come from the river when it froze as seen here.

Ice on the River Wye looking back towards Ross (Click for a larger image)

Closeup of ice on the Wye (Click for a larger image)

Ice on the River (Click for a larger image)

Ice on the River Wye looking towards Wilton (Click for a larger image)

Ice on the River Wye above Wilton Bridge (Click for a larger image)

The ice on the upper side of Wilton Bridge is clearly "white" and visable on the surface but on the lower side of the bridge the ice is clear and hidden just below the surface of the water.

Ice on the upper side of Wilton Bridge (Click for a larger image)

Hidden ice on the lower side of Wilton Bridge (Click for a larger image)

Ice on the River Wye below Wilton Bridge (Click for a larger image)

Ducks stood on the ice at Wilton Bridge (Click for a larger image)

The ducks were stood on the ice below Wilton Bridge.

In the view upstream, the large triangle in the ice is due to the bridge pier. Bricks had been thrown from the bridge onto the ice and had hardly marked the surface which is a good indication of how thick the ice had become.

The view upstream from Wilton Bridge (Click for a larger image)

The view downstream from Wilton Bridge (Click for a larger image)

Looking downsteam off Wilton Bridge (Click for a larger image)

Wilton Castle

In memory...