I live in Brighouse but work in Manchester. Took me 3 and a half hours to get to Junction 18 on the M62 this morning, and then had to turn around (road was dead all the way home) because it was crawling on the M60 too. So officially working from home today.

Couldn't get the car up the road either, was sliding all over the place.

Your working??

does your ex know about this?

Set off for leeds at 6:55 got lift to bradford took 40 minutes or so, trains delayed final;ly got to work just after nine, hear its quite bad in fax so getting home could be the fun part

No problems at all getting in this morning, took no longer than usual. Funny how those of us who live in the south are normally derided by north of England dwellers about our attitude to 'heavy' snow



Tomorrow might be a different matter

Er...it occurs to me that this is not entirely consistent with the macarooned-out MBBB of message-board legend...?

I had no problems either but the North West of the country has it pretty bad.

We're not out of the woods yet either, lots more freezing temperatures for the next week at least.

Wilsden to Ilkley via Harden Moor, Keighley, Silsden and Addingham. Took me 70 mins, of which a good chunk was crawling down into Keighley at 1mph behind a long stream, and into Ilkley on the flat, cleared road behind the 5mph scared shîtless merchants. Harden Moor and Silsden-Addingham would have been stupid if not impossible without 4WD though. Massive queue towards Addingham from Ilkley tghe other way because stuff getting stuck (or too scared to continue) at the start of the bypass. Got in just after 8...but just come back since hardly anyone else made it. All the main roads and bus routes clear, but Harden Moor still uncleared and cars unable to get up the hill so I detoured thru Bingley. Just been digging my road out now...oh joy.

Its heading your way as we speak, so I'd postpone your gloating for now!



The damage up here was because (as usual) it coincided with the rush hour, and the gritter/ploughs were stuck behind the queues.

12" of snow forecast for parts of the south of England so I expect a major emergency to be declared at the point the first snowflake falls on London.

My car is utterly, utterly hopeless in the snow for reasons I cannot fathom. I have had to leave my car in a nearby street because it can't get up mine whereas every sodding neighbour comes and goes with ease.

If anyone knows a (genuine) reason why a Skoda Fabia Estate has all the grip of a soapy hand on a glass paperweight I'd be fascinated to know.

So yeah I'm not at work but I did build this:

Snow??..ah we have that stuff in the ice rink here in Manila....(32c degree's here now)

We also now live in a car-obsessed culture which has led to more road blockages, people working much further afield than was previously possible, a knock-on reduction in local facilities in favour of large-scale centralised 'centres' designed around the car & people becoming soft as a consequence.
I have just seen on Look North a woman moaning it took her an hour to do her journey of 0.6 miles.