.. we had snow in Blighty at the weekend. It wasn't a surprise, it was forecast - amber / red warnings were everywhere. The North of the country had blizzards - proper snow, full on 7 inches of snow, I know this as FauxSurreyHubby foolishly (??!) drove 100's of miles north Saturday to collect his mother to bring her back to southern Surrey for a short holiday. He left in the pale sunshine & there was nothing more than a bit of frost on the ground. Coming back was a very different story - it took him 7 hours to do a 4 hour journey. Despite all the weather warnings there was no salt or grit deployed on the M6 TOLL - yes the road you pay huge amounts of money to drive on. The snow was thick & undisturbed ... not a snow plough in sight. At one point his wipers froze solid & he had to drive with his head out of the window to see where the road was ...
However he kept going and soon the really bad snow was behind him - when they got back even sunny Surrey had succumbed & had about 4 inches of snow, but the gritters were out in force and a snow plough was spotted clearing the M25 meaning driving without risking life & limb was possible.
The snow stopped falling by Sunday morning and today, Monday, it is melting fast. Yet step daughters school is closed - a burst pipe apparently - and Heathrow has cancelled a heap of flights. How much warning do we need? Why can't we deal with weather??
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