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Entries For February 2009
It's snowed a bit recently in Somerset, the most snow I've seen since I was at primary school more than 20 years ago. Driving to work today it was interesting sitting in stationary traffic in Frome with the car slowly yawing around on the road camber on its own. The main road to work was passable with care (at times driving on compacted snow rather than slushy tarmac) — but not for long and was closed later in the morning as lorries became stranded near Longleat. The photos below were taken a couple of days before the current weather, but today has been the worst for driving so far — first time I've had the feeling whilst driving of “ah, this is a mistake, I should turn back”.
Tonight is clear and frosty with the clear patches of road quite icy and the car's ABS kicking in on mild braking, the steering sometime optional. The snow, rather than sounding like walking on cornflour, sounds like walking on rice crispies. The local councils are understandably rationing road salt, the local buses aren't running, trains are delayed, rubbish and recycling isn't being collected (mine is overdue by 4 days) and I wonder what my gas bill is going to be like!
Via 1gm.