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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