Hardy souls made the most of it, surfing and building with the snow.
Across the pond, supermodel Helena Christensen, topped that with her mission to find an ice hole to dip in near her home in the Catskills, New York.
She said: Health benefits are huge.I love it!
But a driver using an ice hole in their snowy windscreen here was stopped by Dundee police and charged with dangerous driving.
Austin Allan, eight, and brother Alfie, 11, build an igloo in West Lothian (Image: Getty)
A bodyboarder at Newlyn pier in Cornwall yesterday (Image: SWNS)
Temperatures are slowly rising but the Environment Agency warned of inevitable flooding when the snow thaws.
Lance Martin, 63, left his flat in Dagenham, London, in 2017 and spent his £95,000 life savings on a house 100ft back from a cliff edge in Hemsby, Norfolk. Now he faces losing his house.
WEEKEND WHITEOUT
UK weather: Brits wake to freezing -4C temperatures and heavy snow before mercury set to rocket to 13C next week
Updated: 13 Feb 2021, 13:22
BRITS woke up to freezing -4C temperatures this morning as heavy snow blankets the nation.
It comes before the mercury shoots back up to 13C in parts of the UK next week as the cold snap finally comes to an end.
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A bodyboarder attempts to take photos in the sea as the waves crash against the Newlyn pier in CornwallCredit: Getty Images - Getty
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Five Met Office yellow weather warnings are in place for snow and ice across large swathes of the UK for most of the weekendCredit: MetOffice
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