"John Hall" wrote in message
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In article ,
willie eckerslike writes:
If you look closely at the warnings areas, you will see that the
great swathe covering S and SW England is for ice and not snow.

Well, there's a novelty. Ice in January, at night.
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But wet roads and pavements freezing can create very dangerous
conditions. A frost after a dry day isn't much of a problem, but a frost
following a wet one is.

Indeed John. Also not all roads are treated. (We don't have pavements up
here). Tomorrow morning my B road will be treated but I have to be at my
walk venue by 0930 and none of the roads en-route will be gritted. They will
be *very* icy as everywhere here is still soaking wet and saturated with the
rain still falling, so it will be a slow and careful drive. I'm used to
driving on ice but many folk aren't. I'm also going to take a detour to
avoid a road with a 200 foot drop if you skid off. That's the "white
knuckle" road in wintry weather.

Will
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