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After a few days of sunshine, winter has returned. There was loads of snow on the hills yesterday and the beach was icy and it looks as though there has been another fresh fall of snow on the hills overnight too. Even the low hills behind Ynyslas have a covering so I’m sure there’ll be a significant depth of snow a little further inland and higher up. The boardwalk over the dunes was once again icy this morning and temperatures are close to freezing even here on the beach. Brrrrr!<\/p>\n

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