Fimbulwinter

[glenatron]

The Met Office have promised us our very own British Snowpocalypse and so far it seems to be delivering- I've only been home an hour or so and my footprints are just the shallowest dimples in the snow.

The ponies were quite chilly but cheerful, Zorro's mane and ears were coated in snow.

Professor snowy-ears.

I doubt there will be much driving going on over the next few days. I'm kind of set to work from home but there may also be limits on that as we'll probably be walking to the ponies' house as well. Being at a high point in the local geography the chances are that we'll have as much snow as anyone.

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[life-of-tom.livejournal.com]

Soldier on. This'd be just a normal winter by Canadian standards.

I did say to someone the other day that most headlines about the snow could be replaced with the phrase 'britain experiences mild Canadian winter, wusses out spectacularly in comparison.'

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

In fairness, Cananadia does own snowploughs. And shovels.

[gnapp.livejournal.com]

And winter tyres, I bet.

A few years ago, Stockholm got two decimeters of snow in the beginning of November, before anyone was prepared, and the whole region stood still. Cars slid off roads, lorries were stuck on tiny uphill slopes, trains stood still, people were unable to get home from work, and everything was chaotic. When the same weather happens in mid-January, people just shrug, and everything is normal.

[(Anonymous)]

You know, that is actually very reassuring :)