Dumb Britain. News comment - "it's only 2 degrees warmer than the South Pole
here". No qualification. Actually nearly vaguely true. -23C max in
mid-summer at South Pole. -21C minimum in Scottish Highlands. So what? See
the, media are spot on with their facts.
Tom Bennett would laugh at the reporter in Writtle, standing next to a dry
clear main road saying how treacherous driving conditions were and how
nobody could commute to work. She was surrounded by, ermm, 10 cm max of snow
but stated the whole surrounding area is experiencing more heavy snow and
EVEN more tonight. Not true. This was London News but they could have least
gone somewhere with a bit more snow.
Dave
P.S I've driven all around S.Essex and the edge of Greater London today and
except for extremely minor roads they were all perfectly normal!

On Jan 7, 6:45*pm, "Dave Cornwell"
wrote:
Dumb Britain. News comment - "it's only 2 degrees warmer than the South Pole
here". No qualification. Actually nearly vaguely true. -23C max in
mid-summer at South Pole. -21C minimum in Scottish Highlands. So what? See
the, media are spot on with their facts.
Tom Bennett would laugh at the reporter in Writtle, standing next to a dry
clear main road saying how treacherous driving conditions were and how
nobody could commute to work. She was surrounded by, ermm, 10 cm max of snow
but stated the whole surrounding area is experiencing more heavy snow and
EVEN more tonight. Not true. This was London News but they could have least
gone somewhere with a bit more snow.
Dave
P.S I've driven all around S.Essex and the edge of Greater London today and
except for extremely minor roads they were all perfectly normal!

You should try walking on the pavements! (see separate post)

Steve (Swansea)

On 07/01/2010 18:49, wrote:

P.S I've driven all around S.Essex and the edge of Greater London today and
except for extremely minor roads they were all perfectly normal!

You should try walking on the pavements! (see separate post)

Steve (Swansea)

You could try walking on this one:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2587633...n/photostream/

On Jan 7, 10:21*pm, Mark A wrote:
On 07/01/2010 18:49, wrote:

P.S I've driven all around S.Essex and the edge of Greater London today and
except for extremely minor roads they were all perfectly normal!

You should try walking on the pavements! (see separate post)

Steve (Swansea)

You could try walking on this one:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2587633...n/photostream/


What were they thinking attempting to drive on that road in those
conditions?

It's hard not to smirk.

Steve (Swansea)

On 2010-01-07 22:29:13 +0000, said:

On Jan 7, 10:21*pm, Mark A wrote:
On 07/01/2010 18:49, wrote:

P.S I've driven all around S.Essex and the edge of Greater London toda
y and
except for extremely minor roads they were all perfectly normal!

You should try walking on the pavements! (see separate post)

Steve (Swansea)

You could try walking on this one:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2587633...n/photostream/


What were they thinking attempting to drive on that road in those
conditions?

It's hard not to smirk.

Steve (Swansea)

In my case* I am crying - my car was attacked on Tues evening at 6.15
pm by a car that came down the Lane opposite and did not negotiate the
corner at the bottom correctly. If he had turned right rather than left
he would have demolished the car of the Police Inspector who is in
charge of traffic policing in this part of the cumbria.*

Not only did it render my car (which was on a parking space off road)
with 3 doors which you can't open but it pushed the car into a gas
meter and created a gas leak *OUCH... and if my car hadn't been where
it was I think the Gas leak would have been much greater.

Oh and at 9.00 Wed morning the door bell rang. It was a BT man and he
said - 'I have just demolished your front wall!! The Gas men were there
about to do more work on the pipe when the witnessed the BT incident
they decided it wasn't safe at all.

The lane is quite steep and the residents would attempt to use it - its
others who think it is an alternative route.

Now if I had gone out on Tuesday evening as normal my car wouldn't have
been where it was. I thought I was being sensible.

--
Stuart Warren
Grange over Sands
Cumbria

On 07/01/2010 23:33, Stuart W Warren wrote:
On 2010-01-07 22:29:13 +0000, said:

On Jan 7, 10:21 pm, Mark A wrote:
On 07/01/2010 18:49, wrote:

P.S I've driven all around S.Essex and the edge of Greater London toda
y and
except for extremely minor roads they were all perfectly normal!

You should try walking on the pavements! (see separate post)

Steve (Swansea)

You could try walking on this one:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2587633...n/photostream/


What were they thinking attempting to drive on that road in those
conditions?

It's hard not to smirk.

Steve (Swansea)

In my case I am crying - my car was attacked on Tues evening at 6.15 pm
by a car that came down the Lane opposite and did not negotiate the
corner at the bottom correctly.

snip Indeed, and sorry to hear your tale of woe. You're correct in
that people who live in the road wouldn't try to drive it. People who
don't, follow their usual shortcut and ...

.... there was another vehicle upstream and out of the photograph. Once
that was moved sometime yesterday afternoon it opened the way for a
couple more people to try their luck - last seen slithering down into
the pile at the bottom ...

Oh, the police had put up notices to close the road but those were being
moved aside!