It's possibly the funniest thing I've heard since I first came here and discovered that a 3 hr train ride to York would take 5.5 hrs, because of... wait for it... "leaves on the line". Yep. In a country full of deciduous trees, many of them planted along the railways. Who'd have thought that would lead to leaves on the line? Or that it would cause so much chaos.
Here in Witney, we'd been wondering what they were moaning about - after all, we've had an inch or two most days here, and surely a couple of inches more can't make that much difference...
This morning, the phone rang at 7.30am , it was Matt, one of my colleagues, letting me know he'd be late because the buses aren't running. I jumped out of bed and ran to the window and saw.... real snow! Also up to a foot deep in places, so exciting!
This morning, the phone rang at 7.30am , it was Matt, one of my colleagues, letting me know he'd be late because the buses aren't running. I jumped out of bed and ran to the window and saw.... real snow! Also up to a foot deep in places, so exciting!
We immediately arranged carpooling for as many people as possible, and soon after Matt, Brenda and I packed B's car with shovels and a hi-vis vest and set off for work. We were late, but otherwise all was well. And the bus drivers at the depot at the end of our street were having a snowball fight - haha! - then at 8am they all climbed aboard and started trundling down the newly gritted roads.
So I still don't understand what the Londoners were on about - I reckon these English folk are just soft. (and obsessed with only planning for the sunny climate they'd like to have, not the weather they do have!)
The roads were nearly empty and it was SO pretty - quiet and still, the trees and fences coated with white powdery fluff, reminding me of driving through Lapland on holidays past. Look....
Our street, above, and our backyard
By midmorning, the carpark had sprouted a new population of snow folk...
and fauna
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