With a bit of luck my works will be closed tomorrow . Got sent home today at 1pm

Too much snow - can't cope, to many high winds - can't cope, to much rain - can't cope, to much heat - can't cope (not that happens that often) -can't cope, and the all famous leaves on the mine - can't cope.

Yes. And at the same time Warrington can fill in the corners and put a second tier all around the ground for the once in a blue moon occasion when we sell more than 13,000 tickets!

To be fair though, whilst the driving conditions were horrendous earlier they were far from impossible. Gradual acceleration and deceleration, leave plenty of room and copious quantities of common sense and all is well. Sadly there seems to be less common sense around than grit at the minute (especially the idiot down the road from us who seems to think his Focus ST is a rally car complete with snow tyres - I hope when the inevitable happens that there is nobody else involved).

I've got that weird mindset now. I don't know whether to just knob tomorrow off, or prepare myself mentally for a day at work.

I think the snow is pretty much done now, I'm thinking an overnight freeze in that, add the council have no grit left, the roads will be chaos.

I need a definition of 'snowed in', a criteria almost.

Hope college is shut too

Well it's just my luck! I'm off all this week and used up the remainder of my holidays, but my fellow work colleagues were sent home at lunchtime today and some were snowed in so couldn't make it, but getting it as a paid day.

If the same happens tomorrow, that will be a day and a half in total. I'm thinking of going back on Monday and asking for the same amount of my holidays back!

Different year, same luck.

Due to the work i do,i ahve been laid off until Tuesday.Now my boss told i would be paid in accordance to the employment rights act 1996,He also said this works out at £21.50 a day. abit less than what i do get paid.I checked my contract of employment and its says nothing about pay, being reduced. just all the rules are laid out in the rights act 1996.I checked the the rights and it mentions nothing about taking a pay cut.In fact it says i should be on full pay.So how come my boss is paying me reduced when it states other wise.Just want to be clear on things before i speak to him.

Any help greatly apperciated.

I have been laid off due to weather

try gritting the dammmm roads and use some of the tax payers money...seen one gritter during this cold snap and he was parked up reading a paper and eating a butty...

No just buy snow tyres like most other European countries.. I have not been stuck yet.
Leave them on all year good in the dry wet & brilliant in the snow
Global warming get used to it

Global Warming?? It doesnt feel too warm

Snowed in yesterday, live on a hill and can't get the car out of the drive.

Even if I could the roads outside are full of abandoned cars.

I know this cos I went out and checked last night, falling on my booty several times.

So off yesterday and today.

I'm sorry but all of this "cant get to work/staying in bed/not even going to try to get to work" talk makes my blood boil!

I live in South Warrington....but I run a business in Preston. Yesterday I left from home at 6.15am for a journey that normally takes me around 45 mins (I normally leave at 6.30am to be here for 7.15 even though we don't technically open for business until 9.00) because I knew that the conditions would be bad. I arrived at work 3 hours later at 9.15 am.

This morning I left home at 5.45am and arrived in Preston at 7.05am.

If I can make it from South Warrington to Preston in an hour I'm pretty sure that people who have a far shorter commute to work can do the same....it's pretty simple really - just get your lazy backsides out of bed earlier!!!

I completely agree mate I've lived in the french alps for years in winter I don't stay in doors and say the roads are to bad you've got to get out like any other day get to work. And anyone who has been to the alps in winter will know what I'm on about.
I do have snow tyres and I'm in warrington at the moment its not that bad