The Year Zero

A touch of frost

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We’re now in autumn and around the corner is the bleak midwinter that comes with living in northern Europe. The temperature has dropped considerably over the past week or so. It’s now in single figures, even during the day.

The tube no longer feels hot and stuffy. Instead, it has that warm, soporific feel that isn’t altogether unpleasant on a cold day.

The frost arrived this morning. The first of the season.

Written by Milo

November 9, 2009 at 8:34 pm

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  1. The tube? HUH?!

    josh

    November 9, 2009 at 9:10 pm

  2. Josh – LOL, it’s English slang for the London Underground.

    Milo

    November 9, 2009 at 9:25 pm

  3. I miss it. That said, it was 27 today, and I do look cute in my new sunnies.

    Sven

    November 10, 2009 at 8:25 am

  4. Tommy looked on top of our car this morning and said: “Look Daddy!!! Snowwww!!”
    Bless him…. :)

    urbanvox

    November 10, 2009 at 12:34 pm

  5. Isn’t altogether unpleasant. You’re definitely not travelling on the Northern line. I’m still getting on the train and peeling off all the layers!

    Vic

    November 10, 2009 at 2:16 pm

  6. Sven – I remember how much you love the British winter!

    UV – awww! Well, if it’s anything like last year, snow may well come!

    Vic – nope, not Northern line. I use 3 others though (2 in morning, 1 in evening; I take a different route home). I imagine being pregnant makes it all feel hotter, too!

    Milo

    November 10, 2009 at 9:40 pm

  7. A short but somehow really evocative piece of writing – I enjoyed it all out of proportion to its size!!

    Daphne

    November 12, 2009 at 7:54 pm

  8. I love Autumn

    Mancais

    November 15, 2009 at 5:39 pm

  9. Daphne – thank you!

    Mancais – me too!

    Milo

    November 16, 2009 at 11:15 pm


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