More snow

First I shall get my rant over with, best to do it early!

Yesterday my daughter's school decided that the weather was not so bad that they couldn't open, so off to school they all went. Then at midday they decided that the weather was too bad after all, we were told that the school would be closed from 12:30, and by the way the buses had stopped running. Why wait till the buses had stopped, now we were faced with the prospect of 13 year old girls being asked to walk more than 7 miles home in the snow.

I made the rash decision that it would be better to get the car out and pick them up, the 15 mile round trip journey took me about six and a half hours. There was no communication from any authorities as to what was going on, which roads were open, or indeed the causes of hold ups. I know in a lot of places gritters had been out and roads were clear - this is LONDON after all, but in Bromley there was no sign that even main roads had been gritted before the morning rush. The consequence buses cancelled, grid lock on the roads gritters unable to get through because of the grid lock. It has to be said that some of the problem comes from people not knowing how to drive in the snow, but it is more difficult in modern cars than those from say the 60s and 70s. Also those like me making unnecessary journeys (as it turned out they would have been home quicker if they had walked.

Today I'm staying home, and possibly all week as far as work goes!

OK rant over

Like everyone else my garden is covered by snow, but already I am worried about the damage. All my Kerrier is weighed down but my main concern is my Pittosporum, it is a variegated form which currently stands about 12 feet high with a potato vine (Solanum Jasimoides) growing through it. The snow has weighed it down to no more than 6 - 7 foot high, I have been trying to pluck up the courage to give it a good prune for a while, I think it may now have been thrust upon me.