Let it Snow...and everything stops

I got up on Tuesday morning to find about an inch of snow had fallen overnight which I wasn't very excited about as I know many other people would have been. As Ruth and I have been walking into work now then she arrived ready to walk in as usual, it hadn't crossed our minds not to just because a little snow had fallen. So after a quick change of shoes after Ruth had skidded her way to my front door we set off on our usual route, but we didn't get very far. We were both slipping and sliding our way along the road so before we'd even made it to the next bus stop we had decided that it was better to spend the money on the bus than risk breaking numerous bones by continuing with the walk.

Wednesday was much better, the ground was just very frosty so we made it all the way to work with just one slip of the feet by me. Today was another matter though, when I got up this morning a few more inches of snow had fallen and it was still snowing. I needed to be at the other office in town today for a 9am meeting so I had already decided that I would get the bus in setting off a little earlier than usual. Off I went at 7.45am and was on the bus 5 mins later, it then took 2 hours for the bus to do it's usualy 30 min journey. It seems that when it snows here people get so surprised that everything either comes to a stand still or stops completely! There were numerous times that I wondered whether it would be better to get off the bus and walk but each time the bus would move a little further and as I'd paid for my ticket I wanted to get value for money! Suffice to say that arriving at the office at 9.45am meant that I'd missed my meeting so I just stayed for a cup of tea and a chat with people instead!

As it is officially winter now that it has snowed, I decided that this evening was a good time to put my Christmas tree up, so here it is.