Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Harringay Snow Report
The fun part
- early snowman making Friday
- sledging Saturday at Fairland Park
- wintery Finsbury Park
- art in snow from Fairland Park, during a busy day of sledging
- traffic analysis (sort of)
by Cem Kaplan
The grit
- rock salt to your door service
- council's 'severe weather update' including gritting priorities
Schools
- Parkview: OPEN as usual but planning to close at 1:15pm Monday
- Hornsey School for Girls CLOSED Monday, apart from students taking exams this week (Post 16 and Year 11) - added here 9pm Sunday.
North Harringay Primary is open Monday, although they do say to;
... check the school website after 8am on Monday morning 21st January 2013 for an update.
- South Harringay Infant School currently say they are open Monday, however they do advise;
.... We will text in the morning to let you know if we are open or not. We will also
update the website.
- Greig City Academy OPEN
- Highgate Wood CLOSED (letter from head teacher)
- council will update the latest schools information as and when they receive it. You can contact schools directly on Monday morning. Find your school's contact details here
Weather
- Locally there's been about 5 inches/12cms of snowfall.
- BBC and other weather websites have the snowfall continuing till the wee small hours, with next 5 days staying around 0 degrees C
Harringay Passage
In the past the Passage has ended up slippery as settled snow is trampled upon and overnight temperatures turn that into ice. With the above weather conditions this may happen again, as in 2010 ('Help clear the passage')
Local councillor David Schmitz doing his bit for the volunteer ice clearance of 2010.
Wonderful shot here of Harringay Passage 2013 by Sam R
The wildlife
by Sam R
The New River. More surreal night shots from Hugh Flouch over here
******* Feel free to add info if you wish over the coming hours/days **********
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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Hornsey School for Girls confirms via Twitter that they are closed on Monday 21st to all pupils apart from those in post 16 and Y11 taking exams this week. Y11 and P16 students attending school tomorrow for exams/revision in the morning only. Normal uniform and wrap up warm.
UPDATE: "Y11 students will not be required to attend school in uniform tomorrow, please wrap up warm :)"
South Harringay Infants want to open tomorrow but have asked parents to check for text message or website tomorrow morning (msg via text this evening)
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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Thanks Liz, looks like my daughter isn't going to school tomorrow then - she's happy!
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Permalink Reply by Maddy on
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Highgate Wood also closed tomorrow as it's a very steep sloping site which becomes treacherous with ice. My son is also very pleased! They are open for anyone sitting post-16 exams, though.
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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I'm not sure what other people think of this slightly left field comment but, snow is definitely for children. Work stops, school stops, traffic slows down, everywhere is slippery or crunchy, you need to dress up, there are free things to do everywhere, everything looks beautiful and adults are always smiling when you make eye contact.
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You're welcome Sam. Very hard bird to photograph as they're forever on the move!
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Permalink Reply by Sam R on
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Not when this one was gorging itself on the aphids that seem to live in my bamboo no matter what time of year.
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Permalink Reply by Alison P on
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But for grown ups too, at least on a Sunday - never seen so many happy adults and children as in Finsbury Park today!
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I watched a guy going down the slope with his kid take out a woman who was giddily and stupidly standing halfway down with her back to them. All went down in a heap as if the funniest thing in the world had happend and it must have hurt.
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North Harringay Primary is open Monday, although they do say to;
... check the school website after 8am on Monday morning 21st January 2013 for an update.
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