Below: the cemetery gates on ul. Jeziorki. The white-red-white stripes are not a display of solidarity with Belarus, rather they are markers for the tourist trail (szlak turystyczny) MZ-5143-c, which like trail MZ-5142-z (white-green-white) begins at W-wa Dawidy station.
Below: the ponds are icing up nicely. I can stand on the edge, the ice will now hold my weight, but if I bounce on my knees I can hear cracking. By Monday morning it should be firm enough to walk across, after two nights well below -10C.
Below: ul. Dumki - almost home. This is the asphalted stretch of Dumki, though one would never guess.
The shifting of budgets to central government away from local government is making itself felt; last year there was no snow so the lack of snowploughs and salt went unnoticed, but this is the first winter when ul. Trombity was left unsnowploughed. The result for pedestrians is very slippery ice, packed hard by car tyres. Safest to walk on the grass verge, there being no pavement along the length of the street.
This time two years ago:
Signals from space
This time three years ago:
Ice - proceed with utmost care
This time four years ago:
In which I see a wild boar crossing the frozen ponds
This time five years ago:
Communicating the government's case in English
This time seven years ago:
Thinking big, American style. Can Poles do it?
This time eight years ago:
Inequality in an age of economic slowdown
This time nine years ago:
The Palace of Culture: Tear it down?
This time 11 years ago:
Conquering Warsaw's highest snow mounds
This time 12 years ago:
Flashback on way to Zielona Góra
This time 13 years ago:
Ursynów, winter, before sunrise
Ice - proceed with utmost care
This time four years ago:
In which I see a wild boar crossing the frozen ponds
This time five years ago:
Communicating the government's case in English
This time seven years ago:
Thinking big, American style. Can Poles do it?
This time eight years ago:
Inequality in an age of economic slowdown
This time nine years ago:
The Palace of Culture: Tear it down?
This time 11 years ago:
Conquering Warsaw's highest snow mounds
This time 12 years ago:
Flashback on way to Zielona Góra
This time 13 years ago:
Ursynów, winter, before sunrise
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I a more urban part of Ursynów I have not seen any worsening in terms of road clearing speed and quality. Main roads have stayed black nearly all the time since Wednesday, while side roads require drivers to move slowly and carefully and necessitate the use of winter tyres, with with such amounts of snow are not a problem.
Pedestrians in turn, have remained second category citizens in Warsaw since many years. While roads stay clear of snow, pavements remain slippery. Pedestrians are more vulnerable to injuries than car passengers protected inside their cars.
@ student SGH
Entirely agree! When you see fools taking to the uncleared backroads of Jeziorki to try out handbrake turns...
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