Heavy snow is set to bring travel disruption and the Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for snow and ice for Scotland, northern and central England as the weekend approaches.
The River Roding in Essex burst its banks and a large swathe of England was covered by 30 flood warnings by Friday lunchtime.
But it wasn’t all doom and gloom as some people were determined to have fun in the snowy conditions.
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