Comments on: And then the winter came

By: thegirlinthecafe

thegirlinthecafe — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:00:24 +0000

To be honest and fair – we are not living in a Scandinavian country here and this amount of snow very rarely happens in London. So I get kind of tired of people moaning about why London is struggling. I would rather have a day like today than pay more council tax because we need to invest in snow ploughs or whatever to be prepared for snowfall that only happens about every 20 years! :)

So my take on this is – enjoy the snow while it lasts! :)

By: DaithaiC

DaithaiC — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:56:04 +0000

Should London have ground to a halt?

Britain ground to a halt this morning as the transport systems lack of operational competence and depth was once again cruelly exposed. Speaking at a press conference in Downing Street, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said: “We are doing everything in our power to ensure services, road, rail and airports are open as quickly as possible, and we are continuing to monitor this throughout the day.”

http://daithaic.blogspot.com/2009/02/fair-weather-britain.html

PS; As always, great photos.

By: grigorisgirl

grigorisgirl — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:02:46 +0000

See my LJ for photo from my house. About 6 inches I’d say and more coming! I like it for a day but I hate to drive in it so hope it goes promptly.
Love the snowman. My son said the snow was too soft for snomen (but I think that’s an excuse not to make one when you are 18!;))

By: thegirlinthecafe

thegirlinthecafe — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:38:26 +0000

The (transport) mess it creates in London is unimaginable. And there is more snow on its way. I absolutely love it, more snow please! :)

By: Pedro

Pedro — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:31:14 +0000

Just a little spindrift in the south of Holland.
Wish I was in London with a mug of hot chocolate in my hand.
Merry (early) Christmas :-)

By: Annerie

Annerie — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:56:32 +0000

Only drizzle. Not that I mind. We had snow for 10 days, the -15 degrees killed my car and we were pretty fed up with ploughing through every day…
But it looks lovely on Sky News ;o)))

By: Hannah

Hannah — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:58:19 +0000

The snow is awesome outside but I am holding together the customer service department where I work as my manager couldn’t get the bus from St Neots to Bedford (it’s like a 30 minute trip by car normally)

There are at least 2 kids in the building who came in with their parents because school has been closed and there is no childcare facilities.

I was supposed to be going to see Nick and Norah’s infinite playlist tonight. i’m not sure whether to now :(

By: Doris

Doris — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:34:55 +0000

Here in Den Haag there’s just the odd snowflake tumbling down in the middle of stuff that looks more like rain or hail.

No chance on anything like snowmen here today I’m afraid.