Well, the sun's out now, so it's going rapidly, but yesterday saw a pretty impressive load of the white stuff settle itself over the majority of the country. So of course, no-one could drive anywhere.
So far I've heard stories of people stuck for hours just a mile or two from home, cars abandoned on main roads, school closures, delayed buses, you name it.
Every time it happens, either we have too much rain, or too much snow or the wind's in the wrong direction, or someone farted half a mile from Rickmansworth, the entire transport system grinds to a halt. I can't believe it! Are we so fragile that we can't fathom how to get home sensibly in two inches of snow?
My sister works less than a mile and a half from home, but she still took two hours to drive half way. Then, and only then did she decide to get out the car and walk the fifteen minute trip home. Now that I really don't understand.
Come to think of it, I'm glad I'm on a break from work right now. Got until the 1st to get over this arctic cold front, then I'm back to the grindstone, just in time to pay the Credit Card bill.
There are so many countries where two inches wouldn't even be a light dusting, but we suffer so much!
At least the kids love it, even if we did have to virtually set fire to them to thaw them out afterwards...
