R2D2

Aawww.............I miss Chester. Spent many a nice day there over the years.! (Don't miss the crowds when shopping though, or the parking charges !!!)

Tidge

A couple of flakes in the UK and its "Arctic Chaos!"

At Christmas, our local council (who ironcially train most of the other councils in winter road management) only sent gritters out after the roads became impassable, gritted them again when it rained and are now nowhere to be seen...

Gray C

Quite a few schools closed today in Cheshire. If we get anymore overnight I bet Tony Bliar will have to appoint a minister for snow and convene a special cabinet meeting to discuss the crisis!

R2D2

I take it thats a DELIBERATE spelling mistake ( Mr Blair )

Gray C

No mistake

Addy

It does seem unreal that the county with the only rock salt mine in the UK, has ground to a halt , took a friend of ours 3 1/2 hours to get from Crewe to Wrexham this morning, must be all of 25 miles!!

But to be fair, we don't gear ourselves up for snow in Cheshire cos we don't get it that often, i think this is only the second time in the last seven years that we've had this sort of snowfall, and looking out of the window now at midnight, find that it has all disappeared.

It's different in Canada, you'd expect snow fall of significant quantities and expect it to last weeks, if not months, so you folks prepare yourselves for it.

What the point of buying snowploughs only to roll them once every few years?

I like the British weather, atleast we don't get our roofs blown off by hurricanes and dumped 20 miles away!!!!!

Moderation in everything, thats what i'd call our weather.

Rich_007

Yep, facts. During inclement weather the UK should issue a total driving ban esp for old ladies, people who wear hats in cars, novices, Vauxhall Nova drivers etc. Keep the loons off the road. Even in the worst conditions, people still travel 100 miles to visit Aunt Nora for a cuppa tea and a hob nob then complain when they get stranded, run off the road and have to claim on insurance.

Rich.

Alberta_Rose

err.... you haven't been to Calgary then?

The first day we had snow here, last week, about 5 cm, there were 160 reported traffic accidents in the city, and the the next day on the radio some guy was complaining about the cost of clearing all the snow!

I really thought they'd be better at it!

Gray C

Car all frozen and the garden is all white with frost. I guess Cheshire will be open today. Maybe the crisis is over for today at least

CasG

Very pretty...but unimaginable to me now - and I haven't the clothes for that sort of weather now.
It is 34 C here ...and it's gone 7 in the evening !


My parents are near Congleton....will someone pop in to see if they want any shopping done please ?

R2D2

You must be in Victoria, Australia then and not Victoria, British Columbia

SarahBC

As a contrast to the snow issue. Is it true that they are already considering a hosepipe ban in Kent?

Sarah
Powell River, BC

Souvenir

This may surprise you but a large number of Canadians are also capable of driving like cretins in bad weather. You'd think they'd know better. We went down to Ottawa last Saturday. It's a short trip - about 15 minutes - on a major, well maintained highway. The weather was bad. Blowing snow, almost a blizzard. People were still driving at 120km. Except for the half dozen cars we passed that were no longer going anywhere soon.

Addy

Hosepipe bans, forced water meter installations.

Just as well they all drink Shandy down south, so a water shortage shouldn't affect them

Gray C

It is snowing again here. Not much yet, but watch this space.

"Anything could happen in the next half hour"