The building teams continue adding icicles throughout the season to replenish melt-off and keep the exterior looking fresh.

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When my husband and I arrived last December, the peaked roofs were blanketed in snow and hung with icicles, and the lodge's guests were embarked on winter sports: snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, and skating on a private rink (complete with a warming hut serving Cognac and cigars).

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Earlier on Tuesday, motorists faced delays on the A55 in Penmaenmawr, Conwy, while icicles were cleared from tunnels in the area.

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Photos of the wreckage, turned into an eerie crystal palace dripping with icicles, riveted people around the world.

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They will bike a century amid the threat of dreaded nose icicles and play 36 holes of golf on Valentine's Day.

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Giant icicles hang inside the tunnels.

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Mr. LABU: There's a lot of icicles hanging lower in the branches.

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Looking up, he watched lines of icicles forming where water sluiced through cracks in the plaster.

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Russet rooftops can just be spotted beneath the snow, dripping with exquisite, if murderous-looking, icicles.

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