a bitter blast from scandinavia will put spring on hold for almost a week as cold temperatures and snow return to parts of britain and the temperature dips to just  3c the cold snap has returned with a vengeance despite britain recently enjoying blue skies and sunshine  with temperatures peaking at 175c in some parts of the country but the weather has taken a cooler turn as an easterly breeze from northern europe sweeps across the uk   and it is expected to last until the middle of next week in cambridge tourists refused to let the cold snap ruin their fun, and were pictured punting on the river cam this morning warmly wrapped up huddled under blankets scroll down for video  tourists hide under blankets as they brave the freezing temperatures while punting on the river cam in cambridge this morning  this couple refuse to let the cold snap ruin their trip out on the river cam   instead choosing to huddle under the blankets together  yesterday high altitude areas including durham and huddersfield were blanketed with snow after an overnight fall the met office blames the low temperatures on high pressure building in the north east and say the midlands and the north of the country could see a dusting of snow, sleet and frost on the hills in the next couple of days the chill, which is expected to last until mid next week, will see bitter winds make temperatures of 4 7c feel like 1 5c the met office blamed the sharp shift in weather  on high pressure shifting from southern europe to scandinavia   meaning a touch of 'polar air' could be heading towards britain the tourists are clearly enjoying themselves as they go punting on the river cam   and ensure they were wrapped up warmly  the chill, which is expected to last until mid next week, will see bitter winds make temperatures of 4 7c feel like 1 5c across the country  the weather has taken a cooler turn as icy wind  sweeps across the country   and it's expected to last until at least the middle of next week  a met office spokesman said temperatures will dip as low as  3c overnight in parts of west wales, north west england and scotland he said: 'there is a cold breeze around at the moment today's temperature is around 8 or 9 degrees, which is below average for this time of year 'tomorrow will be similar and perhaps even colder it is going to be cold particularly with the moderate north easterly breeze we are experiencing there is a chance of wintry showers with the colder temperatures and it could be a bit sleety out there 'we do have high pressure across scandinavia and it's pulling colder air over the rest of northern europe   it's bringing in these colder temperatures, which means we have these cold and quite cloudy conditions 'a large part of the country will see cloud over the next few days   in fact its set to be cloudy with the occasional bright spell rather than the other way round' the met office added that as the weather has been so dry recently conditions should not be too icy, although there is a risk of local, patchy frost a member of the brighton and hove sea swimming club emerges from the water apparently impervious to the bitterly cold temperatures  two women in slightly more suitable attire are pictured relaxing on brighton beach this morning   where it is a cool 6c  thousands of gorgeous daffodils are in full bloom in sidmouth, devon, this afternoon where the weather is cool but sunny 
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