WELL that was lucky, wasn't it!

When we set our camera club theme last week, Baby It's Cold Outside, and forecast 'some weather' on the way, little could we have known that the entire county was to be brought to a standstill by a blanket of the white stuff unprecedented in recent years.

And, as usual, camera club members were out in force to capture the magical scenes as the unfolded on the blank canvas.

What's more, with your hundreds of sparkling shots, you captured the whole snowstorm from beginning to end.

Becca Collacott, in Abingdon, caught the flakes as they fell into her garden, beautifully backlit by the glowing street lights.

Anthony Greenfield then captured the anticipation of his grandsons Christopher and James watching the snow out the window at his house at Old Marston.

Dominic Bird responded to the theme perfectly, with a picture of an actual baby cold outside, a tiny snowflake caught on an eyelash.

Lisa Sleator shared an incredible picture of a robin, which at first looks fairly ordinary until you hear the story behind it.

She explained: "This robin was stood on stones in my garden the hopped on to the grass (snow) then leapt up like it was cold.

"I think it got a fright – this is the robin mid-air."

Chris Russell-Gray's picture of an intrepid traveller also comes with a story: "Here we have someone walking from Appleton to Cumnor.

"I offered a lift but she was out for the adventure. The next best thing was to ask If I could take a photo and, to my delight, she said yes."

Of course we had hundreds of pictures of people playing in the snow, building snowmen and throwing snowballs, but as this is camera club we wanted to celebrate the finest photography, like this perfectly crisp Christmas-coloured foliage from Lauren Crawley, or the beautiful icy cobbles on Merton Street from Mark King.

Stephen Wiggins had a brilliant idea for a photo which no one else thought of – capturing the multi-coloured fairy lights around his house still glowing under a blanket of snow.

One final mention must go to Steve Clarke, whose cyclamen flowers breaking through the ice seem to represent life's persevering.

And, on that note, next week's theme is Signs of Life... make of it what you will!

WIN £25

Join our Camera Club – which now has 400 members – by visiting facebook.com and searching for Oxford Mail Camera Club, which is sponsored by Jessops.

You could win a £25 cash prize for the best picture. See tomorrow’s Oxford Mail for this week’s winner.