Here in London I've understood the phrase Blanket of Snow - there's total silence in town; no cars, no lorries; no footsteps.

Very strange. Muffled.

Just off out for a bracing walk ... snow about 10cm deep, but beautiful clear sky.

Now, where did I leave that labrador?

On CCTV News they spent 13 mins giving us the Snow reports from around the world - Asia, Europe, USA ... all with areas of deep snow and freezing temperatures, with people and animals dying from the cold. Then it showed the UK with with our few centimeters. Last night I even saw signs of panic buying.

I love snow but our nation does tend to over react.

Nobody seems to bother to do the simple things like brush the snow away from their paths. There's this weird apathy these days when people can't quite figure out how conditions became inconvenient. Big Society - not until this dullards learn how to do the most basic things!

People who panic buy tend to live in remote areas. Our public transport is a joke in Winter, I was stranded last year due to snow on the tracks and have to fork out more money on a taxi even they were limited plus a Operation Stack. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Stack

British Rail always said it's a different type of snow on the tracks never washed with the British public. I hate snow on match days especially yesterday and when Network Rail aren't prepared like last year or this year.

Prunella Minge wrote:
Nobody seems to bother to do the simple things like brush the snow away from their paths. There's this weird apathy these days when people can't quite figure out how conditions became inconvenient. Big Society - not until this dullards learn how to do the most basic things!

ITK will be saying the unemployed and those in poverty should be out clearing the snow...so long as they pay for their own shovels. When snow is a just a couple of inches thick there's not much point in clearing it as it will be worse under foot underneath.

To add insult to injury I trudged through 10 inches of snow to get the papers - I love the Sunday papers - and none of the supplements had been delivered to the newsagent, although they very kindly still charged me full price (and I buy LOTS of papers). Most vexing.

People have been sued by home-owners who cleared their snow due the owners have slipped or fallen. In Switzerland people have to community service to get their benefits, I'm on the dole but would love to earn to get my benefits instead of signing on every fortnight.

Another year, another huge news story about the snow. The English don't seem to be able to cope and it is highly amusing for most of us up here who get battered by it every winter. But here's the thing, no one seems to notice in our London-centric media. Takes the edge off the rugby score too!

Once you get independence it will snow even more, because God IS English!

I'm with you Pru on the Sunday supplements (can't live without my Culture weekly TV schedule)... luckily they were all there at M&S so I've just trudged back through the slush (snow slightly melting but due to freeze again soon according to the forecast - lethal for driving) to enjoy them in my nice, warm, cosy house.

I tried to build a snow man but it wasn't deep enough and so I just built a snow cat instead.

Come down to Folkestone PH

I love it when it snows like that..especially in NY which becomes like a deserted city with no cars..for one day.

Me ?..I stepped into beautiful summer sunshine with low humidity and motored gently down to Bondi for lunch at the Icebergs..with the Sunday papers of course.

Lovely..light lunch of smoked salmon and a few glasses of Bollinger gazing out over the packed beach watching the lower orders gamboling about.

Lazy walk along the promenade..and back home by 5..will fall asleep soundly by mid-night..zzzzzzzzz

Best smoked salmon in the world at Brun in Cannes (old port) - so good it puts you off eating it anywhere else!

We've had 3-4 inches of snow here. Took a lovely walk along the river Trent this morning watching the canada geese making a right honking racket as they flew overhead to the lagoons. No-one about either. Great stuff..

Just driven back from Gibraltar.
It was -15 in Andorra,we were lucky to get out the French side.Most of the French journey yesterday was below -5.
In Calais we were snowed in in the morning,but the main roads were ok getting back.

Intrigues me that such an insignificant little thread has had 719 people read it today.

Clearly we are a nation obsessed by the weather.

I cancelled three meetings today and stayed in my little house, only sneaking out to buy foods and papers.

Snuggled up warm waiting for the Superbowl and my Giants ignoring the odds and thrashing those pesky, proud Boston Patriots.

The weather? Yes.
Today, because of the snow, we've thought of nothing else.

don't tell me there is no climate change.

glorious summer day yesterday...overcast blustery winds today..sniping rain.

supposed to be the middle of summer !

very hard on the working girls in the Cross in their mini-skirts.

(smoked salmon at Brun in Cannes noted for future visit )