Saturday we got a really heavy snowfall, so much so hubby had to abandon the car 'cos it couldn't get up the hill to our house, but by lunchtime it had stopped. No further snowfall on the Sunday either so figured the main routes would be clear and we did manage to get the car back home which was a good start.
Well, it was back to work yesterday and I only just made it in on time as the roads were appalling - apparently the local Councils are now extremely low on grit with no more on order so they have cut back on which roads they treat. Still, clear day yesterday and the temperatures scraped over freezing so it wasn't too bad.
Got up this morning and it was snowing again (yayyyyyyy, I loves snow I does!) when I checked out of the window and my dad had not even attempted to move his car. I dived upstairs to check on him - 65 years old and not been feeling too well of late so my innate pessimism kicked in - and he was up and about but had decided it just wasn't worth the 30 mile journey to work, especially as the motorway was closed at the junction he gets off on. Still, think I, I'm only 5 miles from work so I'll get my normal 8am taxi and try to get in. No taxi at 8:10 so I rang them and they are going to try to get to me but they are struggling on the roads. No taxi at 8:20 so I ring work and ask what it's like there and get told it is appalling with the dual carriageway gridlocked and the road up to our building virtually unpassable.
Decide NOT to go in today.
Ring and cancel the taxi, try to get hold of my boss but he's not answering so leave a message on his voice mail.
Check online and the brat's college is closed for the day and the local bus company have cancelled all buses until they review the situation after lunch.
Looks like I definitely made the right decision in staying home.
So, only the second working day of 2010 and the weather has won out. Still snowing hard too 4 hours after I got out of my warm and cosy pit.
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