The pictures, taken earlier this week as adverse weather from Storm Darcy hit the city of Glasgow, were shared widely on Facebook, with volunteers insisting this has to end .
It s so cold the SEA has frozen! Waves turn to ice in Cumbria and the Thames at Teddington freezes over for the first time in 60 years as temperatures plunge to record lows in England
Yellow weather warnings for snow and ice now remain in place across swathes of the UK until Saturday
The mercury dropped to minus 15C in parts of central and northern Scotland in the early hours
It is expected to be drier tonight but wintry showers will hit again as it gets dark, ushering in more cold
Teacher Patrick Papougnot of Walmer films 90th cold shower in his garden in the snow
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Updated: 12:53, 12 February 2021
A teacher has been feeling the chill this week by taking his showers outdoors in the snow.
For Patrick Papougnot has been brrrrrringing his bar of soap into the garden and hosing himself down every day this winter.
And despite the dumping of snow caused by Storm Darcy since Sunday, Tuesday s mad-cap shower was filmed by the Walmer resident.
Bare chested and wearing a knitted hat Mr Papougnot, 57, introduced his antics to the camera and said: Hello today: cold shower in the garden at minus 2 degrees.