Hopefully they will be connected without too much delay. My son was without electric last year for three days following a storm. No boiler etc but the gas hob worked and they have a wood burner plus led camping lights, gas cartridge stoves and torches etc. But he said the most miserable bit was getting in to a freezing cold bed. Having a caravan or MH available is a big plus.
Many years ago, I had a Vectra 3.0 V6 Diesel and decided to fit Winter tyres, just prior to Christmas we travelled from Milton Keynes down to Old Sarum, the weather got really bad with snow, and maybe 3 inches dropped in a matter of a few hours
I think we all know how that weather conditions can vary quite considerably ometimes within 100 metres. So to say that Staffordshire only got 50 mm when 300 was forecast may be true where you are, but I live 200metres from the border between Staffs and W-Mids, near Cannock Chase, and I had about 150mm, and looking at the hills they have remained much whiter as our snowfall has melted so I'd guess they have probably had more like 200 to 200mm.
I don’t live in Staffordshire, see my signature. I simply quoted the news report which was being broadcast as I wrote. The very same news that warned of the 300mm.
Surely in our days when we passed the test you could also drive anywhere at speed if you wanted too immediately after passing your test. I don’t recall really being taught to drive under anything other than standard urban road conditions, on relatively uncrowded roads in slower moving traffic than today. Experience in driving in snow was self taught as no internet advice in those days. Two weeks after passing my test I drove with my then girlfriend (now wife) to Switzerland in my father’s Singer Gazelle. My only experience on motorways was the M1 down to London going to catch the overnight Dover to Ostend ferry. We were 16 and 17 at the time.From what I have seen of the snow on TV this morning most of the Midlands bar the Peak District have had one inch tops and almost everything is at a grinding halt, but if you have seen Bridlington - where snow was not even forecast! - they've had maybe 2-3 inches and everything (bar schools) is working AFAICS.
IMO the main issues about travel these days has three reasons:-
We don't teach people to drive, we teach them to past a test, plus they can drive anywhere at any speed immediately they have that piece of paper in their hands. We get far too little snow for newer drivers to learn how to handle it!
Far too many people have no concept of the size (especially width) of the vehicle they are driving. Just this morning a bus pulled up at a stop ahead of the Aygo in front of me. There is wide central hashing behind broken white lines (so you can legally drive on it) that is wide enough for another bus to pass without encroaching upon the other lane so what does the Aygo driver in front do? Pulls out slightly, effectively stopping me and other vehicles from overtaking and waits (maybe a minute or so) for the bus to move on. D'oh!
Finally - and perhaps the most noticeable - there is little or no driving courtesy any more. Vehicles shoot out of side roads when there is a gap no matter how small or even considering the speed of surrounding traffic. I blame the Interweb - specifically social media - for generating this 'speed matters' attitude.
Have fun.
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