Snowboarder takes to the slopes of Londonderry

Heavy snow has closed many schools and brought much of the north west to a standstill, but not everyone was annoyed by the white stuff.

John Spence took advantage of the snow at his sister's house on the Trench Road near Derry by using a neighbouring field as a makeshift snowboarding slope.

"I've done it loads out in the Swiss Alps and the French Alps, but never in Ireland," John told BBC News NI.

To see more of the snowy scenes from across the north west, click here.

Video by James Kelly