Wrong kind of snow...

[caddyman]

Well, it's snowing again and coming down pretty thick and fast. The traffic on the High Road is moving rather gingerly since the snow is sticking despite the vehicles.

The trouble is, it's the wrong kind of snow. Or rather, it's the wrong time for snow. The tubes are all working properly and the buses are out pootling along, albeit slowly. It has to snow in the wee small hours if it's going to have much lasting effect, then it can cover the roads and tracks and bring everything grinding to a halt. Snowing heavily during the rush and then the normal day is just annoying. It won't stick hard enough for long enough.

In short, kiddies, I can't justify a snow day. But I can see the attendees on my guest list dusting off their finest apologies just in case... Maybe a shilling to the Karma Pixies was below the going rate? A Half-Crown, perhaps?

Edited to add: Furtle has gone to work, but I start out a bit later. The outliers of the Tube system are beginning to squeak and the Northern Line is reporting minor delays because of signal failure at High Barnet. The elastoplast they stuck up after the jollies of the other day has clearly dropped off in the cold...

Comments

[fen-wolfchile.livejournal.com]

We are determined to make it, even if we have to dig out the dog sled and Huskies :)

[ellefurtle.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! Just don't risk it if it starts to get very dodgy looking - we prefer you not stuck on a motorway in the snow :)

[oldnick.livejournal.com]

Al;so determined to make it- two drinky sessions in two nights in London, so I'm heading south this afternoon (and have engineered it so that I'm already working part way down the M40).

[snorkel-maiden.livejournal.com]

We'll do our very best, although we are totally at the mercy of the trains, which is an embuggerance.

[sack-boy.livejournal.com]

Tuesday evening - local roads clearing of snow.
Tuesday night - local roads cleared of snow.
Wednesday morning - where the f... did 4 inches of snow come from?

No buses in the "3 Counties" area of Herts, Beds and Bucks as Arriva were wussies.

Wednesday evening - snow starts melting away
Wednesday night - continues
Thursday morning - Yay! Roads almost totally clear
Thursday morning +15 minutes - Bloddy norah driving snow
Thursady morning +45 minutes - thanks for 2 more inches

[kathbad]

I am watching the weather with interest.

I had thought to drive up, the roads being fairly clear around here, and assuming that closer into London they would get better...

Lunchtime saw an abortive attempt at lunch at the new Heston Blumenthal Little Chef, as the A303/M3 were impassable.