I won't be able to go to work tomorrow, it snowed last night.
There are twenty centimeters of snow on the ground again. And it's still snowing!
Public transport won't be running and the schools will be closed.
The saddest fact is, the guy with the snow plough has by-passed us today and not cleared our road, so I'm snowed in!

Oh, wait a minute, I've been reading those horror stories on the BBC web-site – you know, those about Britain.
The snow plough hasn't been along today, because there are only the 20 cm at the moment and it's just not worth clearing the minor roads. Of course the main roads will have been cleared and public services will be running normally!

The thing I don't understand is the fact that the British train services can get stopped by 12 cm of snow, while services in southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland just keep on running with just slight delays where there have been occurrences of ice on the tracks.
Can someone explain please?

Wiltshire county council used 7500 tonnes of salt in three days, so I understand, leaving them with just 1000 tonnes for the rest of the winter.
Are they really doing things correctly? Mr. Highways Agency CEO – you are supposed to clear the roads with a snow-plough and then disperse the salt; you need a little less salt that way!
Last time I talked about snow on this blog, someone commented on the fact that they always have the wrong sort of snow in Britain. I've not talked to Ms. Smilla about this yet, but I have the feeling that the Brits are using the wrong method, the wrong snow-ploughs, the wrong salt or a combination of the three.

We are in for more snow over the next week, so if the people responsible for maintaing the flow of life in Britain would care to come and take lessons, I'm sure you'd be welcome ...