Well I managed to venture out in the snow today after digging my car out from two feet of snow. The dead end in our street ensures we don't get much through traffic so the snow was still banked up and quite deep around the kerb but once I got out of our street the drive to work was not to bad. I had more trouble pushing Bethany in her pram to the nursery this morning as the pavement was very bobbly with piles of snow intermittently blocking the path where people had cleared their drives and dumped it in the way making it easier to push her on the road itself and having to reverse up and down the kerb.
   It's reminded me to look for my gloves and when clearing my car I squeezed into Alison's (fashion being a low priority at that moment in time) and when I got back I was looking forward to a restful couple of hours before setting off for work. That was before the sink overflowed and flooded the kitchen. Believing that the snow may have compacted over he drain I went to clear it to no avail and after checking that the U-bend was clear started boiling the kettle to pour over the external pipe which had frozen solid. It finally cleared about half an hour before I left giving me enough time to make my bait (half the cause of he problem in the first place as I had left some boiled eggs to cool under running water in the sink whilst the washing machine was running) and get changed. After setting off earlier it did not take that much longer to get to work so I could have had a bit longer at home after all but unsure what condition the roads were in after using up my holidays earlier this week I thought it best not to take any chances.