Warning: The following post may contain a rant.
We had about 3-4 inches of snow last night which fell on snow that had already compacted and turned to ice. It was treacherous when I picked Mrs S up from work. I had great difficulty parking when I got back as the car was slipping all over the place. I have just 'dug' the car out and it is -3 out there. It hasnt given all day. The side roads are atrocious, like sheets of ice, and the main roads are not much better and are clogged. The major road near us, the A19 was gridlocked last night with people calling at the local inn to look for rooms (no joke intended). Some of the regulars ended up putting people up for the night.
<rant> In all of this we have not seen hide nor hair of a gritter. We have a steep bank near us, the police are letting cars up and down one at a time - more gridlock. Why am I paying my rates? Can't the police pull rank and tell the local council to get off their fat arses and do something, weekend or not? It's not like it wasn't forecast. </rant over>
It hasn't got any warmer, the roads are just as bad, but I feel a little better for that.