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2019-2020, warm Winter of death

Posted on February 14, 2020 by coldspringdays

As a portent, the death of Blanca Fernández Ochoa at the end of last Summer wasn’t the best. No better were the fires that burned in Guadarrama over the Summer. In November we had surprisingly good snowfall – see the … Continue reading →

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So..it’s back to Autumn

Posted on December 21, 2019 by coldspringdays

Like i said..it was too good to be true. Winter starting in November in Sierra de Guadarrama..that’s something that belongs to the past. I guess you could say that it was a false start, at best. And it was good … Continue reading →

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Cool Summer so far..

Posted on June 26, 2019 by coldspringdays

What a strange year it’s been so far! Summery conditions to start the year, days and days of sun in January followed by a week of Winter at the month’s end, with rain and snowfall. Then two almost completely dry, … Continue reading →

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Trees under snow

Posted on November 9, 2018 by coldspringdays

A surprising quantity of snow fell at October’s end this year thanks to a cold snap produced by a blast of polar air..and even though there was really no accumulation in excess of 20-30cm on the ground – and that … Continue reading →

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Spring!!

Posted on April 27, 2018 by coldspringdays

Yes, Spring.. ..but of the warm-to-hot variety..in these last two weeks there have been no cold Spring days. The furious electric twittering of Greenfinches is all about, trees are in radical bloom and flowers are popping up unabashed everywhere..but no … Continue reading →

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Sad Old Year..Sierra de Guadarrama sets new depths for no-snow misery

Posted on December 29, 2017 by coldspringdays

This year-end some in the US are pining for a ‘liddul bit of thaat good ol’ globul worming’..the fact that morons will be morons aside, here in the center of Spain we seem to be getting a pretty good ration … Continue reading →

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Wintry day ski to Collado de Dos Hermanas

Posted on March 25, 2017 by coldspringdays

One Saturday in early March after fresh snowfall, we set out en famille from Cotos with the objective of reaching the col between my beloved Hermanas, the twin peaks that precede Peñalara and figure among the most accessible of the … Continue reading →

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Late November snow surprise!

Posted on December 5, 2016 by coldspringdays

After the superdry Summer we had this year, October and November have thankfully been more normal in precipitations. With the drop in temperatures towards the end of November we even got a certain amount of snow. Nothing like the Alps … Continue reading →

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Dark time of the year?

Posted on October 31, 2016 by coldspringdays

After a week of Autumnal weather with abundant precipitation, the sun reigns once more in Spanish skies. Just when the long Summer of 2016 seemed to have definitively finished.. it’s back! 24ºC in Cercedilla today and i had to deploy … Continue reading →

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Big snow

Posted on February 28, 2016 by coldspringdays

There’s a proverb in French which says: L’hiver n’est pas bâtard, s’il ne vient tôt il vient tard. It means something like: Winter is not a half-baked thing, if it doesn’t come early it’ll come late. It certainly didn’t come … Continue reading →

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