I was so amazed today to see the TV footage of the student demonstrations in Trafalgar Square. There was no snow... and yet 10 miles down the road, which is officially Kent, this is my garden...
Extraordinary difference. Here all the schools have closed and the roads are chaotic. This morning I set out gung-ho style, wondering what all the fuss was about. I swiped the snow from the car, set off, determined to get on with my day. As I turned out of my drive, I thought the cars were being a little too cautious, until I skidded from side to side across the road and immediately saw two cars slide into each other! Of course there's no turning back is there? Who would consider a three point turn in those conditions? I could feel the ice crunching under the tyres, and not a gritter in sight.
My youngest child finished school early but had to walk home a few miles, no buses and no possibility of driving to pick him up. He loved it, of course, snowball fights, wet through, but along the way he and his group of friends helped several motorists by pushing their cars.
This evening trains out of London to Kent and Surrey are not doing well...
I think tomorrow we will stay home, make orange and clove pomanders, play in the snow and tuck into all the lovely food I stocked up on today.
