ooh, a whole two inches!  It always amuses me to see quite how badly this country copes with a tiny bit of snow - traffic chaos, schools closed, nothing else on the news for days because it's all so very exciting...  I expect that anyone in any of the many countries that get regular snow (and know how to cope with it) are pointing and laughing at us right now.

I say that, but I am currently sat at home rather than being at work, because the roads are horrible and I'd rather not risk crashing my car.  It's annoying, because I had important things to do today, and I know that the main roads will be fine (as they actually get gritted).  But I don't want to risk the 5 miles of country lanes - this morning might have just about been ok (and I did spend a good half hour considering it), but it's still snowing fairly heavily and isn't supposed to stop all day so getting home could have been a slight nightmare, especially if it starts freezing

Quite nice to think that in a few weeks time I could (and hopefully will) be living somewhere much less remote where a few flakes of snow won't stop me leaving the house. 

On the plus side, it's very pretty out there.  I've been for a walk up to the castle and taken some photos.  However I only got half way up the road before I slipped and landed on my arse, right in front of a load of kids.  They laughed, which I don't think was entirely fair.  At least they didn't throw snowballs at me I suppose...
Also watched a tesco delivery van sliding all over the place.

tags: Shropshire weather