'It looks like a Christmas card' - Dereham's snow day in pictures

Storm Darcy battered Norfolk at the start of this week, with most placing seeing up to 5cm of snow, and others being hit with a lot more.

Charmaine Milns' picturesque snap of Dereham, that 'looks like a Christmas Card' (Image: Charmaine Milns)

As roads became impassable, this meant 350 schools across the county closed their doors and asked people to learn remotely from home.

With the adverse weather, also came an increased need for sledges, with Starlings Toys in Dereham selling more than 300 a matter of hours.

A beautiful bird of prey enjoying the snow (Image: Joanne Furse)

But one change for Dereham residents during this snow day, was that children were unable to spend it with their friends and extended family.

Here is how people in the town and surrounding areas spent their snow days.

'My first snowman', Dereham (Image: Nikki Dickinson)

Cookie the dog catching snowballs in Dereham (Image: Sarah George)

Tia and Toby sledding in Dereham (Image: Tina Edwards)

Storm Darcy brings Snow to Dereham (Image: Justin Dack)

Evelyn and her Dad built an igloo in the front garden (Image: Suzanne Bailey)

Eli enjoying the snow in Reepham (Image: Lorraine Knowles)

Jamie throwing a snowball at his mum in Reepham (Image: Clare Self)

Storm Darcy brings Snow to Dereham (Image: Justin Dack)

Alex Jarrett, from Dereham, with his girlfriend in Eye, where they have been in lockdown (Image: Alex Jarrett)

Storm Darcy brings Snow to Dereham (Image: Justin Dack)

Hovis the 11-year-old English Mastiff in his back garden, Litcham (Image: Emma Herring)

Snowy Litcham (Image: Leroy Brown)

Molly upto her hips in snow in Reepham (Image: Tracy Benton)

Ruby the dog sitting in the snow in Hoe (Image: Gavin Cooper)

Thomas' first time in 'proper snow' (Image: Kimberly Youngman)

Icicles hanging from a trampoline (Image: Ellie Allen)

Gypsy the dog catching snowballs in Gressenhall while Kairi watches (Image: Sophia Grace)

Gunner's first time in the snow (Image: Teresa Royle)

Keira Barnes enjoying the snow (Image: Caz Barnes)

Kerry Anne Cator with her children in the snow, Fakenham (Image: Kerry Anne Cator)

Sheep wrapped up warm in the snow in Gravestone (Image: Edward Filby)

'My first snowman', Dereham (Image: Nikki Dickinson)

Bethany and her snowman (Image: Michelle Holbrook)

Paige and her daughter, Hazel in the snow (Image: Paige Fenn)

Wilf enjoying the snow in Hockering (Image: Tracey Williams)