The snow which was dumped on us last week has now largely disappeared, but it's still being a damned nuisance up in Cumbria.
Some poor souls have been snowed in since last Wednesday and the RAF has been flying in food and fuel to cut off villages.
OK, it's not the high country of Montana with its extremes of weather, but it's still pretty bad if you're stuck in it.
Jonas Ershov clears the snow outside his house in Nenthead, Cumbria. He has been snowed in since Wednesday.
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A week after the Beast from the East hit Britain, aid operations are continuing for stranded residents in Cumbrian villages where locals have been burning furniture to stay warm amid 12ft snowdrifts.
Even though snowfall has ceased in the affected areas, high winds are blowing snow from hilltops in the North Pennines and throwing it down on local villages and towns such as Nenthead and Alston.
A military operation involving the RAF and Royal Marines helped to deliver emergency parcels to 170 residents in Cumbria who requested support over the weekend and yesterday.
Cumbria county council said there were six homes still requesting support, while highway teams were out in force to keep major roads clear.
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Nenthead Street View.
The Times