The UK had snow this week - and once again there was total chaos! Part of the problem is that we are just not set up for it. You can guarantee that if a local coucil buys new gritter lorries, it won't snow for years!
Yesterday at 2pm, the clouds rolled in and the hugest snowflakes I've ever seen pelted down. The kids loved it - and it was gorgeous...until I got in my car to drive home at 4pm! EEK!!

Again, cos we're not used to it, Brits don't know how to drive in snow! People were still trying to change lanes quickly, cut into traffic queues and while queuing on hills, were MUCH too close together. I was convinced my beloved Mini was about to roll or be rolled into someone else! Anyway, almost an hour later I got home - a 10 minute journey usually. However, I got off quite lightly. One teacher had a 6 hour journey, and most took longer than me. In nearby Birmingham, it was taking 6 or 7 hours to get out of the city centre. Crazy!

Anyway, turned on the local radio eagerly this morning, hoping our school would be one of those listed as closed...no such luck! After getting caught on the ice on the end of my road, I made it to school and we did our best to advise parents to take their kids home if they wanted - more snow showers were possible later.

It ended up being a nice day - only 8 of my class were in, so we put them all together and just played about. We let them play in the snow just before hometime, and when I went to gather them in I got ambushed!! Snowballs everywhere - and those were thrown at me by other teachers!!

Weather should be back to normal tomorrow, but it was fun while it lasted - apart from the driving.