Friday's Snow Patrol

Yesterday's highlights from the Great White Out of 2009 include:

Down with the Artists

The range of designs on Durdham Down made entirely of snow is a testimony to the creativity and humour of Bristolians. Personal favourites include:

• snow man sitting on a bench near White Tree roundabout
• full size igloo, complete with tunnel entrance, near Westbury Park
• sofa and chairs near the water tower
• eight foot high snow man near Upper Belgrave Road

Brandon Hill Slide

Described by one participant as a "full on mud slide", Brandon Hill was turned into a white and brown playground on Friday by hundreds of "kids and students" who, lacking the equipment for sledging, had acquired a range of items for descending the snowy hill.

Among the items lining up for inclusion in the 2010 winter Olympics were:

• large cushions in fertilizer bags
• a canoe
  
• plastic sheeting
• a double lilo
• planks of wood
• a car bonnet
• plastic lids from recycling boxes
• dustbins of various sizes and smells
• surf and body boards
• a metal sink and draining board
  

Marvellous.




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