Hard to see: The Rakewood Viaduct in Greater Manchester is seen as the snow affected travellers across Britain. The freezing weather could continue until mid-April
Drink up: The Duke of York pub on the A515, just south of Buxton, Derbyshire, is swamped by a giant snow drift that has buried at least two cars
Whiteout: Sky News broadcast this image of an unidentified area of Britain today, showing the astonishing snow drifts that have hit the country over the past few days
Heavy blanket: This image was also shown on Sky News today of an unidentified area of Britain covered in snow after severe weather over the weekend
Swallowed: A cottage in Macclesfield, Cheshire, is almost completely buried by a giant snowdrift after a night of high winds caused more havoc across Britain
Snowed in: A pedestrian walks past this cottage in Macclesfield, Cheshire, which was absolutely covered in snow today following the severe weather this weekend
Struggling: A barn opposite the Stanley Arms in Macclesfield, Cheshire, is almost completely buried by a giant snowdrift after a night of high winds causes more havoc Meanwhile, a family with a baby were forced to burn furniture to stay warm after becoming trapped without power during the weekend of freezing weather and snow. The four were airlifted out of their hillside farm near Gwyddelwen, Denbighshire, yesterday from the 10ft drifts by an RAF rescue helicopter.
They were flown to Wrexham Hospital nearby after being trapped for four days but did not need treatment. It came as the weather continued to cause disruption, with thousands of homes across the UK without power, many roads still impassable and commuters warned about the danger of black ice.
Father-of-two Ben Massam, 31, phoned for help when he became worried about the health of his 16-month-old son. He said: 'You could walk over the washing line, there was that much snow. The cars are all buried and I mean literally buried - they're all gone.’Mr Massam added: ‘We had no power and no electricity for 24 hours. We have an open fire so we burned some of the furniture to keep warm - we were that desperate. It got to the point where I just thought we needed to try to get our baby out to reasonable safety.'