The small town of Côtes-d'Armor woke up to 5 cm of snow, but can count on Bernard

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“I've already seen a lot more snow than that, but this year it's still a little early…”

Thursday morning November 21Bernard Geffroy, municipal employee, is busy in the technical services room of Gurunhuel. The small town of 404 inhabitants, located fifteen kilometers southwest of Guingampin the Côtes-d'Armoris covered with snow.

“The priority was to secure access to the school”

“It melted a little, but early this morning, there were five centimeters of it, on the roads, on the roofs, in the fields,” assures the sole technical services agent of the municipality.

“The priority was to secure access to the school and the playground, to prevent a child from slipping and getting injured,” continues Bernard. For the future, we will see if it is necessary to clear other places in the town. Especially since mid-morning, it is less cold, a light rain has replaced the snow. She almost melts visibly.

“So much the better,” smiles the benevolent municipal employee. “This time, the snow episode will have been brief and will not have disturbed people too much. »

“I measured up to 50 centimeters”

The town of Gurunhuel rises to almost 300 meters above sea level. It is said to be the highest in Côtes-d'Armor. To have.

In the meantime, its situation particularly exposes it as soon as snow is forecast in Argoat. Here it would snow more than elsewhere in the surrounding area.

“We are on the heights and as soon as it snows, we very often only have it in the town of Tréglamus or Pont-Melvez,” agrees Bernard.

Bernard has been a municipal employee in Gurunhuel for 22 years, he has experienced snow days. “I remember in 2010, when I measured up to 50 centimeters in certain exposed places. It was something different than today, even if I didn't think we would have as many despite the forecasts,” he smiles. “And in 2010, it lasted several days. There, we had work! »

“It’s early, I think.”

That year, a remarkable episode of snow actually hit northern Brittany. It was in January.

“That said, I don't remember seeing snow in November, so early in the year. It's early, I think, especially since snowy episodes are becoming more and more rare. »

In the mountains of Gurunhuel, these first snowflakes of the season will not have made Bernard Geffroy shudder. They will have just allowed the municipal employee to sharpen his snow shovel. Waiting for winter…

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