It was all very exciting, with family adventures out into the two-metre drifts that lined roadsides and hedgerows. Sledging, snowmen, it was wonderful...

We haven't seen a snowfall to match those of my childhood for many years now. The most we've had is a brief flurry of the white stuff, which has always been gone by morning. Perhaps the only snow my grandchildren will see in Herefordshire is that contained in the family photo albums.

Joseph is a Japanese Studies student in England, with a keen interest in writing and photography.