Snow

Having just moved house, we were hoping for a quiet few days before Christmas to get last minute preparations done, maybe unpack a few more boxes before the big day itself. It seems though, that wasn’t to be, as not content with a bit of the white stuff at the weekend, we got a heavy covering yesterday afternoon and evening.

The net effect of this was the journey home from work turned into a nightmare for many, with roads gridlocked and vehicles struggling to get up the smallest of gradients. Personally my first problem was that I had been planning to get the bus home, but all services were suspended at lunchtime. Having managed to secure a lift home with the wife we then spent a total of around 4 hours driving from Newbury to Thatcham. A distance of some 3.8 miles which would normally take about 15mins.

The good news was that we made it home safely about 7pm last night, while unfortunately many others were forced to either abandon their vehicles or stay in emergency rest centres. The weather does seem to have been a bit better today, and certainly there has been no more snow although they are predicting further freezing temperatures overnight so I am not looking forward to the journey to work tomorrow morning.