Weekend readers' pictures: Cold

Daniel Allan: "A frosty morning - my son Matthew waiting for me to defrost the car and take him to nursery" Photograph: Daniel Allan

David Cooper: "It was just a shame that it wasn't open for business during our post-Christmas walk in West Yorkshire ..." Photograph: David Cooper

Marcia Thompson: "It was very cold on 22 February this year. I live in Formby on the Merseyside coast and the proof of the low temperatures was there to see in the morning milk delivery" Photograph: Marcia Thompson

Patricia Moriarty: "New Year's Day 2010, Mt Brandon, Ireland. The coldest winter since 1963" Photograph: Patricia Moriarty

Mark Ward: "On a cold winter's morning, driving to my parents in Somerset from London, I pulled over to capture freezing fog advancing towards me" Photograph: Mark Ward

Finn Hopson: "Brighton beach in December. I was trying to get shots of the old West Pier in the snow and was surprised by this chap wandering past on his way out for a quick surf" Photograph: Finn Hopson

Nicolas Croll: "The canals in Birmingham were frozen for several weeks last winter. A fresh fall of snow formed a perfect surface on the ice for these poor geese to leave their marks" Photograph: Nicolas Croll

Andrew Abrahamson: "Unexpected snow falls on Liverpool. Offices shut and everyone hurries home as best they can" Photograph: Andrew Abrahamson

Peri Mackintosh: "A statue on a grave in Oslo in winter" Photograph: Peri Mackintosh

Jim Grover: "Martinsell Hill, just outside Marlborough in Wiltshire very early on a New Year's Day. There had been an incredibly intense hoarfrost overnight, coating the ground and the branches of the trees with ice crystals. A few hours later and this fairytale-like image was gone" Photograph: Jim Grover