It's snowing!!!

[DanaC]

And.....it's snowing again.

We've had light snow (a couple of inches) for the last few days. Now we've had another heavy snowfall. And it's still snowing. Airports in Yorkshire and Greater Manchester are closed; about 250 schools across West Yorkshire are closed, and we have a national grit shortage. Only the big roads are being gritted now, and even those with limited success.

Thank Goodness my Bro and his family came home yesterday. They'd have been stuck if they'd been travelling back today.

Pretty much the whole of the North of England is covered, along with Wales. It's moving into the midlands now, and expected to head south across the day. They're predicting 10 inches in some places. I'd say we're currently at around 6-8 inches in my village and the snow is falling thick.

A few days before Christmas our council ordered more salt, it never arrived. We've used over twelve and half tonnes since the beginning of December; 8,600 tonnes across the Christmas period alone. That's more than we used across the whole winter last year and that was itself a record year.

Apparently Government may step in and organise salt for the worst hit councils.

How we have managed to run out so comprehensively I'll never know: we have a salt mine less than ten minutes drive away from my home! has the mine itself run out? I have no idea.

Really hoping this is over by the 11th. I booked non-refundable rooms at the travelodge in order to get the discount (took it down to £29 a night, which for London is ridiculously low). If I can't get down there because of trains being disrupted I'll lose £150! I think. I may check, it maybe that they only count it as non-refundable if it's a choice to cancel, as opposed to being prevented by adverse weather.