In Medway it started snowing quite heavy about 22.00 last night.Really strange thing was in the midddle of a snow storm we had "thunder and lightning" ?? not sure what was going on there.

This morning ground is covered with about 8 inches of snow,and yes you guessed it...everything is at a standstill or closed so day in doors today .

Over 3 inch of snow here this morning and still snowing big flakes.

amba wrote on 18. Dec 2009 at 08:01:


We had that too.... Was great. My 2 favourite "Acts of Nature" together at once

Nothing here, but saying that can't say that I blame it, Northwich is the most boring place on earth

It took me best part of an hour to get the car out of the drive!

After rescuing the lad last night, I drove in forwards, not thinking that I would need the car today.  Didn't think the wife would be daft enough to go to work without checking to see if the school was open.  After 35 years, I really should have known better.

Omega 3.0 autos don't do backwards in snow.  Lots of sideways, but no backwards.  Lots of elbow grease, assistance from the neighbours, and a bag of sand eventually got me out.  It didn't do the lad's hangover any good, but it was his fault anyway, so I've got no sympathy. 

The car is absolutely fine going forwards - handles the snow, slush and ice as well as any car I've had.     Pity about backwards. 

Now I'm going to have to go out with the shovel and broom and clear the common part of the drive so the neighbours can get out over all the churned up slush which will undoubtedly turn to ice.    Still, I suppose the exercise will do me good.

aye, doesnt take much to cause chaos.

yes I know tyres used to be thinner, along with far less traffic made driving easier, but even so...

At least I've gained some satisfaction from the snow.  I watched the rubbish truck get stuck on the slight hill up to our place.  He was having as much trouble as I did earlier.  Unfortunately, it wasn't being driven by the usual bloke, an intolerably boorish elderly Mitchell-brother look-alike - I'd have really enjoyed seeing him in trouble.

What really astonished me was the sight of the two epsilon-minus semi-morons who do the actual bin emptying playing snowballs.  I mean, it was one o'clock, and they should have been (bin?) there at half seven.  You'd have thought they'd seen enough snow...

But at least I've now succeeded in backing the car in.  Thanks to the magnificent rearward visibility provided to the shorter driver by the Vauxhall Omega, I managed to avoid the all the bits of driveway I'd cleared  .  Idiot son found it most amusing for some reason