The Cotswolds was hit by an autumn snow flurry today.

It appeared to catch the weather forecasters by surprise. The Met Office's regional forecast said: "Earlier in the year, the Beast from the East brought widespread snowfall and freezing temperatures.

"It's cold this week with easterly winds, but this is a tame beast!

"Any snow has mainly been over higher ground, and it's not as cold."

There didn't seem to be the story here, though, where snow briefly brought wintry scenes to the Cotswolds.

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Fox on the prowl at Eastcombe, near Stroud, by Gemma Florek

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Minchinhampton by Jamie Goode

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Wild conditions on Rodborough Common. Picture by Shelagh Bennett

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Walking the dogs on Selsley Common by Karin Ayres, Gloucestershire Camera Club

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Calcot, near Tetbury, by Sue Carden