Anybody got any snow ;)

So where are all the gritters??? Why are we still struggling, even on main roads (I won't mention side ones - which is where a huge proportion of us have to get to, let's face it).

Oh I know - there were no warnings of the approaching snow...

You forget ... it is the ....
Wrong kind of snow .....

So where are all the gritters??? Why are we still struggling, even on main roads (I won't mention side ones - which is where a huge proportion of us have to get to, let's face it).

Oh I know - there were no warnings of the approaching snow...

Well it depends where you live and if your local council regards a road as 'main' or not and the priority it had for gritting that road.

All councils will have a network of 'priority' routes that get gritted / cleared first and will only move down to the next lowest priorities when the priority routes are cleared. Of course if the main routes need re-gritting they get diverted back to that.

BTW grit on its own won't clear a road. It needs cars etc to help grind it into the snow and ice to it gets broken down.

[Darren Wheeler]

Going to be a bad day for flights as Gatwick is currently closed to all traffic.

It's all looking fine at Heathrow.

(as I frantically touch every piece of wood I can see....)

[Darren Wheeler]

I wouldn't cheer too loudly. All the inbound Gatwick flights will have to be diverted somewhere and Heathrow could suddenly get very busy.

Good point!

Hence touching as much wood as I could. I'm on the VS003 so hopefully they'll try and get the early flights out.

Fingers crossed, though if I get stuck, the CH is not a too bad place to be stuck in....

[Neil]

Well we are stuck at home today. We must have between 10-15" and it's still coming down heavy!

It's melted away in North Wiltshire.

LGW is closed until 6am tomorrow (Thursday)

Tropical here this morning.

Three of the 2012 international Ladies Beach Volleyball squads are in the garden, practising their moves in the children's sandpit.

And I am sitting in my deckchair with a cooling glass of fizz and acting as refereee!!!!

YEAH, right It is sooooooo cold various door locks are actually frozen.

I think that I might have to put the central heating on soon.

Its not fair virtually nothing here just outside milton keynes just the thinnest dusting, I want what they have up north.

cheers

alex

Is this enough for you Alex

[Neil]

Its not fair virtually nothing here just outside milton keynes just the thinnest dusting, I want what they have up north.

cheers

alex

Believe me you don't. I've spent nearly 2 hours shovelling snow this morning and that has only cleared a very small area. Since last night I've helped push 7 cars and dig out another 2, If I never see another flake of snow it will be to soon.

More snow in Essex over night, the table in the garden measure 4.5 inches and thats sheltered. I reckon we have about 5.5-6 inches though.

Same here Leanne. Either all of Essex is similarly affected, or we must live in the same neck of the woods.

[Darren Wheeler]

Barely a flake in West Berkshire today, but bitterly cold in a brisk, lazy east wind.

Glad I'm not here though

[buns]

With daibolical joureny home on Tuesday night (try just under 7 hours) and no public tranpsort today, I think I can safely say, I have had enough

(near Gatwick for context)

And the prospect of more of the same tonight

buns

We've had yet more overnight too. Ruts in the road made yesterday by cars are now totally covered. And still it's coming down....

Another dusting of the white stuff overnight in North Wilts!

Another 4 inches last night which makes a running total of 2 1/2 feet

This is getting to be a bit of a bore !

David

Another 4 inches last night which makes a running total of 2 1/2 feet

This is getting to be a bit of a bore !

David

Still not fair barely nothing here still in mk (grumble grumble )