Yes, this time it really is the best snow ever. With the help of a ruler, my back door step and the clock on the microwave I recorded a steady inch per hour for 5 hours when I got home last night.
By the time I got up this morning there was a grand total of 9 1/2 inches or there abouts! I don`t ever remember seeing that much snow in this country, even when looking though my rose tinted spectacles of childhood when everything seemed twice as big because I was actually half the size I am now (actually that`s not quite true, - I recall being stuck in Bournemouth once back in the 70s where the drifts were up to the car windows, but this snow is still pretty damned impressive)
I walked to work today. I got my bike out of the shed then decided not to bother as it would take more effort to drag it through the snow than I would save in the few places I could actually use it. Saying that, the main roads don`t seem to bad now. They have mostly turned to slush and quite usable by cars a bicycles alike. The side roads are still a nightmare though. Still, my walk home will be a good 35 minutes of exercise to help walk off my many Christmas excesses.
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