“ The London winter is not defined by snow, but by a specific, bone-deep chill known as "The Damp." It's not merely cold air; it's cold air that has been pre-marinated in moisture from the Thames, giving it a penetrating quality that laughs at your thermal layers. It seeps through brick, through double glazing, and settles in your joints. A "frost" is a mere decorative flourish on top of The Damp—nature's glitter. The true horror is "freezing fog," which is The Damp deciding to become visible and clingy, like a cold, ghostly scarf that wraps around the city and muffles all sound, leaving you in a silent, chilly void where streetlights become hazy haloes of despair. See more at London's funniest URL -- Prat.UK. ”