Snow Day
posted by Jaitu at 07:55
As correctly predicted by the Met Office we've had three or four inches of snow overnight. Surrey looks more like ElDiablo's photos of Tignes.
Needless to say I left the bike at home today.
In truth, although there is more snow on the ground than a fortnight ago there doesn't appear to be ice beneath it and clearing the car was a matter of brushing off the thick powder with no scraping required. The roads seem to be a lot slushier than last time and the stretch where I became closely acquainted with the tarmac a lot less treacherous. That said, the precise spot where I got my asphalt is still hidden below a cake of packed snow with no bitumen evident.
Traffic will no doubt be in chaos again. It always amazes me, and most people I know, how badly England reacts to a little snowfall. Back when I was a child, [cue: sentimental music as the flames rise higher in the fireplace] snow in winter was not an unexpected or an uncommon phenomenon. I'm sure it still caused problems with transport but we're supposedly far more sophisticated now.
Currently there are only two of us in the office so far. I wonder how many others we'll see today and when.
Needless to say I left the bike at home today.
In truth, although there is more snow on the ground than a fortnight ago there doesn't appear to be ice beneath it and clearing the car was a matter of brushing off the thick powder with no scraping required. The roads seem to be a lot slushier than last time and the stretch where I became closely acquainted with the tarmac a lot less treacherous. That said, the precise spot where I got my asphalt is still hidden below a cake of packed snow with no bitumen evident.
Traffic will no doubt be in chaos again. It always amazes me, and most people I know, how badly England reacts to a little snowfall. Back when I was a child, [cue: sentimental music as the flames rise higher in the fireplace] snow in winter was not an unexpected or an uncommon phenomenon. I'm sure it still caused problems with transport but we're supposedly far more sophisticated now.
Currently there are only two of us in the office so far. I wonder how many others we'll see today and when.
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The snow was a bit of an anti-climax wasnt it, My girlfriend was expecting a good "six inches" that night, imagine her disapointment when she only had 3 :-)
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