Here we go yet again! A few inches of snow and the end result is chaos. Roads are gridlocked, gritter lorries cannot get to treat the icy roads, there are numerous road accidents because few drivers can adapt to these “new and strange conditions”. This is the situation in York and North Yorkshire after yesterday's snowfall.
I love the snow and it is nice to see it around but not if it takes you hours to get out of your village to get to work, when you slip on a pavement that nobody has thought of gritting because it is not a "priority number one" area or when the schools are closed and you have to arrange children care. Other European countries can face better these "extreme weather" conditions, why cannot we in Britain cope?
(Photos from The Press)
6 comments:
Gosh that looks awful ,we have lovely sunshine here ,in East Anglia ,very cold though ,keep warm and safe and have a good weekend ...love Jan xx
It is also the same here, we can neve cope even with light snowfalls. We never seem prepared. Oh, I would give anything to have some snow here.
thanks for visiting my blog and entering my Book Giveaway! That first photo is gorgeous, the effect of the red, green and white together is wonderful. I love the snow but I too hate the icy pavements, we should be able to deal with it better, you're right
We have flurries and some icy spots, but nothing like that. Hope you have a great weekend in the warmth.
Take care, Chrissie
Places in the US don't cope well with snow either even though we get it all winter long! LOL
Enjoy your day tomorrow.
I agree, the Brits are useless at dealing with not very much snow - everything grinds to a halt after just a couple of flakes!
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