posted on 05 February 2009 07:21
by
DavidR
Purple Sky - Snowed In
¦ dialling in from Sky Bunker ¦
07:18 GMT, Thursday 5th Feb 2009. "Never Never Land" by UNKLE is playing via random. Big speakers on the corners of my desk turned down low. It's not the kind of day for loud music...it seems. There's a hush going on. Purple sky beyond the glass canopy above my head, and if i was to stand up and peer outside I'd see a world of white. Massive snow dump last night. I've never seen this much snow in Bristol in the 18 years I've been here. Local internet says all bus services cancelled... and I'm not comfortable trying to get across the hills between here and Bath in my little biscuit tin (Swampy). So... I'm going to see how the weather shapes up and the reports filter in before I risk getting stuck on the way to work. I'm also supposed to be flying to Newcastle tonight... so getting to the airport is going to be an issue, and that's even if the flight's not been cancelled.
Djr
EDIT: 08:11, more snow falling. BBC News confirms that all bus services here and the Park and Ride have been suspended.
EDIT: 10:27, so I was standing by the front window bay, looking outside, thinking... "it's daylight now, the roads linking Bristol to Bath are bound to be clear," and then I watch a small delivery van sliding down the steep hill beside the house, sliding and turning, sliding and turning into my street...and sliding towards the front wall of my house. Thankfully the guy came to a stop against a mound of snow. He's just left his van there and walked off. WTF?