The government stockpiled coal just before the miners' strike. It seems an obvious thing to do.

The main roads seemed reasonable in Wigan. Not enough to put your foot down but gritted so much to make them passable. Buses are back running and the trains never stopped anyway.

Quote: Salty "The government stockpiled coal just before the miners' strike. It seems an obvious thing to do.'" That was because of the "Ridley Report" and the governments readiness to break a strike at any cost. Not being political, just stateing a fact... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridley_Plan

Quote: Salty "The government stockpiled coal just before the miners' strike. It seems an obvious thing to do.'" That was because of the "Ridley Report" and the governments readiness to break a strike at any cost. Not being political, just stateing a fact... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridley_Plan

Everyone who does not turn in for work should be docked their wages.
Im sick of this attitude, if you want to you could have got to work by some means, the sooner we stigmatise this CBA attitude the better and hence we would all be better prepared for a bit of cold weather.

why should I be penalised for coming in to work when somone whose house I drive past gets a free day off????

on the continent they get it much worse than this and it doesnt bring them to their knees, they merely strap on some snow chains/ snow tyres/ snow socks and get on with it.

Early contender for most stupid statement of 2010.

Depends what you do, I'm a plumber/gas engineer so I'm driving about all day in my van and currently working around Macclesfield, Knutsford, Bollington etc where there are loads of hills and country lanes. It was bad enough the last time it snowed just before Christmas it will be a death trap now.

What if you drive to work in your own car, do you risk your safety and safety of other if you have a bump not to menton the excess of your insurance if you do. It aint worth it.

I made it in today, from Ashton to Knutsford. Most roads are ok. Couldn't make it yesterday as J23 was shut; not to mention multiple crashes (mainly HGVs) that had crashes don the M6

Shouldn't you be at work?

I battled through the perilous conditions to get into Manchester today, it was fine really. The pavements were still more snowy than icy so easier to walk on and the trains were running ok, albeit a tad late. My dad made it into Manchester from Wrexham yesterday, he was interviewed by Channel M in his little bobble hat outside Oxford Road station.

You shouldn't summise that all people are skivving.


What should I do with the kids who can't go to school as it's shut, leave them in front of the Wii and a couple of butties for 9 hours why I go to work? As opposed to a "free day" the best I'm going to get is to somehow hope my manager will allow me to use my "precious" holiday entitlement for the last two days instead of myself being docked pay. I'm desperate to go back to work as my work is piling up (physical products) and there is no resource to assist.
The best thing is I have not yet had confirmation whether the school is open yet so I'm left in limbo. Missus can't take time off as she's paid by the hour and we have no cover for care!

So basically I'm ed, using up holiday's when I don't want to as I'd rather use them up in July & Aug like the rest of us.

Just to join in. I left my house in Hampshire (no snow about) on Monday at 0530, drove round the M25 to Essex for an 0800 meeting went from there North around the M25 to Enfield for another meeting which finished at 1800, then drove to Sheffield arriving at 2130, had some food went to bed and got up to find my car buried. Took me and some other poor sod 1 hour to dig our cars out and grit the hotel carpark slope to get out. Cancelled meeting in Thornecliffe (Sheffield) and started home to Hampshire, took 4 hours to get to Nottingham on the M1 due to the snow then got caught on the M3 in the snows in the South - total trip from Sheffield to Hampshire 9 hours. Got up this morning to go to London to meet a very important client to find my car buried again (8 inches of snow). 0615 I walk 2 miles to where my boss is waiting for me to drive me to the meeting. Now had the meeting to find my boss is not driving back the 60 miles past my house and i now have to get to Waterloo from Greenford on the edge of London to get back to Hampshire, trains are ruined and it's 3 connections to home, no taxis can really move around Basingstoke (where I live) so it might be a 4 mile walk to my house in what my missus is now telling me is 1 foot deep snow.


Oh and I am the proud owner of a b*ggered hip and 2 knackered knees which should help with the stroll.

I love it when it snows you know. Still, soon be Xmas.

No! you've just become favourite for the one above.

Just be careful you don't meet anyone with a large wooden case, or else you could be sharing a hotel bed with him tonighthttps://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SeTHDym9LU0/SZO9KAyhK4I/AAAAAAAAAXE/IShDfDJsTN4/s400/planes+trains+and+automobiles+2.jpg" >

That's not two pillows!