It's been snowing

Since Friday the Met Office has been telling us that we would have snow by Monday - guess what it's Monday and it's been snowing.  

To those of you living through the heatwave in Australia this might not sound a big deal but when I tell you that London has had its heaviest snowfall in 18 years you might just realise why the BBC thinks that it's such a big deal - you see all their journos live in London so without the expense and inconvenience of travelling outside the capital they can now report on how Britain is being effected by 'these extreme weather conditions'

All I'm waiting for now is for one little Henrietta at the Daily Mail who is a) too young to remember 6'' of snow in London and b) has never ventured any further north than Hampstead, to start moaning that this country is going down the pan because the buses in London haven't been running 'when in Sweden they have snow every winter and they don't loose a days productivity because of 6'' of the white stuff'  and without a doubt it's all going to be the fault of this Labour government and Gordon Brown in particular...

Well Henrietta, let me tell you that the reason that our continental neighbours don't grind to a halt each winter is because they know that it is going to snow  - they have snow ploughs and glugwein and chains for their tyres . Norwegians  are resigned to the fact that from November to March they will probably have to dig their cars out every morning.  We, on the other hand, have to wait 18 years for 6'' of snow in London , so what does Henrietta think that this government should do,  have snow ploughs parked up along the Embankment every winter just in case it snows in London? Does she even know that in Scotland has a thriving skiing scene? probably not, after all if it doesn't happen in London it doesn't count!

(Dave had an early meeting in London this morning  and rather than risk being stuck in Manchester airport at 5am this morning waiting for them to defrost the planes, he travelled down yesterday by train - guess what - he is the ONLY bugger who has managed to get to the meeting when all the others had only to travel across the capital)