It's bloody nithering out there!

Nithering - extremely cold.

I spoke to my mother and sister earlier and they told me it was freezing up in Durham and they'd had some snow. Where they had grey skies and wind I had clear blue skies and very little breeze, so I wasn't expecting it to be quite so cold, but by the time I'd done my 15 minute daily walk my finger-tips were definitely starting to go numb (I've been wearing fingerless gloves). The perceived temperature definitely wasn't helped by the wind picking up enough that my crutches were starting to sing - wind blowing through the adjustment holes. I bumped into my neighbour as I was coming in and he confirmed we'd actually had snow flurries here as well, but before I was awake.