Lots of Snow

[Harrison]

I know other countries such as the Scandinavian region is used to getting lots of snow every year, but here in the UK we haven't had heavy snow fall south of Scotland for over 10 years.

But suddenly this winter it has all changed. We had some the week before Christmas. Maybe 3 inches in the south.

However this evening that all changed. We have so far had a few inches since 5pm and all of the roads in the south of England have been grid locked or impassable since about 6pm.

This must seem laughable to those used to snow, but we are not geared up to cope with it. We don't have snow tyres. We don't have road surfaces designed for better grip in the snow, and ourt gritting lorries are not like the snow ploughs seen in other countries.

I was really worried I wouldn't be able to get home. Some people have been calling into the local radio whilst I was at work this evening saying they had left Southampton travelling home at 5:30pm and had only just past Portsmouth at 10pm!!! This is about 20 miles! That's an average speed of 4.5 MPH.

Luckily the roads I was using when I left work were not the major routes and were quite clear, so I slowly made my way home. Maybe now I'm home it will snow lots more tonight, then I will be stuck and won't be able to go to work tomorrow!

How is the snow where you are in the UK? Or if you are elsewhere, how much snow have you had, and how does your country cope with it?

Obviously we might get Submeg saying he is in the middle of the summer heatwave down under.. compared to -6 degrees here!