Snow on the mountains

In PE, whenever it is a particularly cold day, you'll hear the phrase 'there must be snow on the mountains'. This would explain why the air is so chilly - and makes perfect sense. I never thought to ask which mountains though.

Anyway, I find myself saying that a lot these days because there is a serious chill in the air and there must be some explanation. Ok, one explanation is that a weather front has come in from Siberia, but Siberia seems so far away, there must be snow on mountains nearer by?

Well this morning I awoke to snow on the hillside. This is the view from our balcony -if you look to the left (straight ahead or to the right, you look into other people's flats!).

And they said it hardly snows in Dublin - maybe we will have a white Christmas after all.