Snow.... WEEK???

Unheard of!

Now, I am assuming that the more Northern areas of England/Scotland know how to deal with this white stuff, but where we are.... is laughable. Not that I can honestly blame them. You don't purchase and maintain snow plows for something that *might* happen once every 20 years. It's just not fiscally responsible.

The councils (local government) are running out of ... wait for it.... grit. Grit is the equivilent to our salt. Instead of salt trucks, they have.... gritters. It's just been that kind of winter!

However... it gets better. There seem to be no ordinances requiring people to clear their sidewalks and walkways..... so, they don't. (Not that many people actually OWN a snow shovel here....) So, the sidewalks currently have a good 3 inches of very slippery and slushy ice on them.

So.... here's how the week shook out...

Sunday night- Monday: Snow. 8-10 inches. No school.
Tuesday: No school
Wednesday: School as normal
Thursday: 1 -2 inches overnight/turned to rain in morning. Late start: 10:30am
Friday: 1-2 inches overnight. School closed.

I guess I'll have to see if they have to make this time up or not. It certainly is a learning process!

Snow Day!

Well, we've gotten 6-8 inches of snow overnight and London appears to have shut down.

No school for Kate. She's sitting in her pajamas playing a computer game at the moment. (I must also note that she woke up at 5:30 this morning to check to see if it snowed... then ran into my room and shouted at me to tell me that it had.)

Trains are running (we think) occasionally. According to our sources in the city, there is no bus service and the underground is running... well, they say it is not good.

Jeff doesn't have to go to work either.

Yay me.