Old Meg 
I'm in east London. It's not too bad but I'm also wishing I had some usable wellies rather than the damp ones in the shed full of cobwebs and spiders.
Well us Geordies are made of stern stuff. I had to reverse out of my street this morning (car wouldn't budge forwards) After literally digging the car out, I crawled the 5 miles to work in 2nd gear, with very poor visibility and made it in one piece. But looking outside the snow is falling quite heavily again and I may have to dig the car out again to get home. Anyway the wages are done (which is the main thing) and I might try and head off a bit earlier than normal.
In the words of the great Billy Connolly "if it wasna for ya wellies where would ya be....."
Take care everyone.
I'm grateful to be retired and only have to go out occasionally in this weather. There was a nurse on TV this morning who had walked 10 miles into work to make sure her patients were cared for. She said there were several others who had walked too and were going to stay at the hospital overnight. Bless them
Somebody’s happy - his face is normally all black, but he’s been using his nose and muzzle as a snow plough.
Well the snow has finally caught up with us here in my little corner of Devon and the cold is ferocious. I've had lots of worried people contacting me about the homeless people we're working with (they's kindly folk round these 'ere parts) and am happy to report that the council's Severe Emergency Weather Protocol means that everybody who wants one has a warm bed tonight. Only one young chap has declined and, along with The Wonderful Man and a colleague, I've have sorted him out warm shelter, plenty of food and the means to cook it - and a visit to his GP.
So, The Wonderful Man has decided a 'snow adventure' is called for and has decided to camp out on the local moor tonight!! I love that he's still a boy at heart, but I've suggested he takes the dog for additional warmth.
No, I definitely wouldn't advise him to do it Mapleleaf. 
However, he's overwintered in Norway with temperatures of up to -40°C, his winter sleeping bag is good for -10°C - and he truly is an adventurer with a good track record of keeping safe; he's cycled solo to the Arctic Circle in the recent past.
Me? I like to sit by a warm fire and watch the snowflakes falling with a cup of hot tea in my hand. Him? He set off for site visits this morning with his skis and sleeping bag in the car, plus an emergency pack - and was extremely disappointed to have to turn back because none of his colleagues would risk it and the meetings were cancelled. 
How to avoid falling ( allegedly)
We have had a fair bit of snow in our part of Essex. In Suffolk a friend’s daughter is completely snowed in and a farmer has had to use a JCB to get to them with supplies! The pics are of boats frozen into the sea water when the tide was in at Heybridge Basin earlier this afternoon. With the wind chill it was absolutely freezing there when we were walking the dog !
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