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The excitement over London’s sprinkling of snow has left northerners, Scots and anyone who has been living with up to a foot of snow for weeks deeply unimpressed.
Mild panic about predicted transport chaos in the capital rapidly faded into a vague sense of disappointment as everyone realised they would still be able to get into work.
Thousands of people took to social media to post pictures and videos of the dusting, which was barely enough to cover the grass in most places.
The Shard can be seen behind a snowy Tower of London on Tuesday. Picture: Simon Cardy (Simon Cardy) As the #Londonsnow hashtag continued to trend on Twitter today, non-Londoners pointed out that they had far more snow for far longer.
“London stop complaining about your bloody snow,” wrote one Scot, tweeting a picture of several inches of snow.
“We've got all this in the past 40 mins and we are still alive!” she added.
An outdoor clothing stockist lamented that Sheffield had snow “before it was mainstream” and a Yorkshire councillor said London’s snowfall was “nothing” compared to what Calderdale gets.
UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets BritainShow all 30 1 /30UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK A deserted Goathland Station as blizzard sweeps through North Yorkshire
UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK A car gets stuck in the snow in Goathland, North Yorkshire
UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK Snow outside the Houses of Parliament in London
UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK The sun breaks through the clouds over a snow covered Bodmin Moor in Cornwall
UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK A man jogs through light snow in St James' Park, London
UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK Heavy snow on a car in Farncombe, Surrey
UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK People walking in the heavy snow that fell overnight in the Strathclyde region on January 29, 2015 in Glasgow Scotland.
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UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK A horse stands in the snow in Langley
UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK A woman walks over the bridge covered in snow, in Langley
UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK The sun rises behind the Victora Tower on a snow covered Castle Hill in Huddersfield
UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK A stranded motorist makes his way over Dundrod on 29 January, in Northern Ireland
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UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK Motorists make their way over Hannahstown Hill, near Belfast
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UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK It's all good fun if you're off school
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UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK Hector, a Spanish Water Dog, chasing a ball in the snow in Belfast
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UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK A car in the snow near Worrall, South Yorkshire, as Britons were warned to brace themselves for fresh disruption today
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UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK The sunrise over the Vale of Belvoir, Leicestershire, on 30 January
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UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK A horse stands against the sleet and snow on January 29, 2015 in Belfast
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UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK Snow ploughs have had their work cut out in Northern Ireland
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UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK A snow covered Durham Cathedral
UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK Terminal 1 at Manchester Airport covered in a blanket of snow which has closed the airport, as schools, transport and mobile phone signals were disrupted after heavy snow hit parts of the country
UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK Tractors clear the snow from the runways at Manchester Airport's Terminal 1
UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK A cyclist makes his way through a blizzard in Durham
UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK Snow Blizzards on the A9 road near Blackford, Perthshire as snow blizzards sweep across the country
UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK Cars make their way through the snow in the Loxley area of Sheffield
UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK Snow covered graves at St Joseph's Church in west Belfast, as an orange weather alert is announced in Northern Ireland
UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK A snow covered farm near Crook
UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK A walker braves the bitter weather at Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland
UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK Cars covered in snow at the car park at Manchester Airport's Terminal 1
UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK A general view of Bradford and the surrounding hills covered in snow, following heavy snow showers
UK weather in pictures: Snow blankets Britain Snow blankets the UK Children play in the snow in the grounds of Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland
While life in London continued untroubled today, northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland have seen airports closed, roads shut, cars abandoned and children told not to go to school.
For comparison, here are some pictures of the snow in London and the rest of the UK.
Cars in the snow
Walking in the snow
St James' Park, London (PA) Dundrod, County Antrim (Charles McQuillan/Getty Images) Jogging in the snow
A man jogs through light snow in St James' Park, London, on 3 February (PA) Marsden, West Yorkshire (AFP/Getty Images) Roads in the snow
Bromley, London. Picture: Hermione Wright (Hermione Wright) The Highlands, Scotland (AP) A 'covering of snow'
Snow in St James' Park, London, on 3 February (PA) Oakenshaw, County Durham (PA) Cold weather alerts have been issued across England for the rest of this week as the "Beast from the East" blows in from Siberia.
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