article_snippet.sent: But 350 miles away, 350 miles looked more like Christmas as a coating of snow caused a headache for unprepared commuters yesterday morning.
article_snippet.sent: Residents of Northumberland, Cumbria and County Durham were expecting April showers but the region’s highlands were instead blanketed in a freezing flurry.
article_snippet.sent: Lowson Robinson, who has been working on a model village in his garden in Cumbria for more than ten years, said: ‘a model village looks lovely in the snow.
article_snippet.sent: The retired coal miner, 67, added: ‘the region’s snowing today
article_snippet.sent: The weather here can get pretty bad and we get a lot of snow
article_snippet.sent: so it’s hard to tell but spring should be just around the corner.
article_snippet.sent: Yesterday, forecasters said there is a risk of rain across the country for the rest of the week and it will continue to be a bit colder than the seasonal average.
article_snippet.sent: In the south, temperatures could fall to -1C (30F).
article_snippet.sent: John Griffiths of MeteoGroup said: ‘Easter Sunday and Monday should be drier and brighter with sunny spells.
article_snippet.sent: Lambs frolick in the snow under the watchful eye of Some 50 wildlife volunteers mother in Garrigill, Cumbria, where ice warnings were in place .