SNOW: INFORMER: THERE'S LOTS OF IT ABOUT. Dogs love it, especially labradors, cos it reminds them of home.

IT'S CHRISSSSSSSSSTMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS! (As Noddy Holder says)

Being so cold out we decided to hark back to warmer times. Here's a double landscape treat from France. Don't let the (pou)bell(es) end...

PS. Sorry for being 24 hours late. It was icy yesterday so we couldn't get round.

AN APPROPRIATELY WINTERY SCENE FROM MR. BEN WYKES HERE. This semi snow-clad one was spotted in London, where the world operates from.... until it snows. London is now closed until further notice. Thanks.

WE'RE LATE.... BUT THAT'S OK. We've bin to Italy and everything's late there - it's a wonder they ever get out of bed.

While we were there we saw all manner of shernanigans involving flares, paint and policemen. Spotted this nice triptych of burning bins though. Out of disaster comes beauty.... perhaps.

Cheers to J Foreman for spotting this one right here

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. Where bins are called утра.... yeah, us neither.

Nice tannenbaum Moscow, keep up the good work.

SWEDES ALL OVER THE WORLD, JOIN HANDS, START A BIN TRAIN, BIN TRAIN.

Incredible.

HAWAY THE LADS.

This composition was spotted by Mr. J. Foreman in Newcastle, the city that has more fun the colder it gets... or so it would seem.

It is certainly the best dressed bin we've seen in some time.

CIAO BELLA

Nice composition here. This cheeky Milanese number has managed to sandwich itself between an ornate lamppost and rossi scooter. If Berlusconi was leafing through some blue magazines at the stall in the background this would be one of the greatest shots in Italian bin history. Cheers to the bella scouse Vez N for this one.