Thursday, 9 December 2010

The White Hell that is Kent


It has snowed in Southern England!!!! !
It doesn't snow in Kent. Naturally the whole transport system failed. Gatwick Airport shut, the trains were trapped (it turned out that the de-icing wagons had been sent in for maintenance by the railway company - December being the best time, you see) and the motorways were blocked with jack-knifed lorries.

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17 comments:

  1. Igi9 December 2010 at 21:41

    How much snow fallen? I'm guessing 10 inches?

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  2. John Lambshead9 December 2010 at 22:04

    Dear Igi
    About that. We just ain't set up for snow.
    J

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  3. Alan M10 December 2010 at 00:00

    Sounds fun. We hit about 20" here but luckily they're a bit more prepared in Derbyshire (still ground to a halt for a bit though). I hear it even snowed in my old stomping ground of Dorset!

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  4. Admiral Drax10 December 2010 at 00:50

    Hey, John - did you catch my most recent post? A slightly different slant on the same issue!

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  5. Paul10 December 2010 at 02:50

    You poor blighters! Roll on summer!

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  6. quietviper10 December 2010 at 04:52

    Don't take this the wrong way..but I'm laughing. You see, I live in Canada and have yet to have seen a snowfall this year. Oh, I know it's coming and big time (anywhere between 4' and 6'). It's just the irony of it all is hard to resist.

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  7. Igi10 December 2010 at 06:39

    Almost every winter the first snow causes havoc here too, because the authorities always suprised by the snow. I smell incompetence in the air. :P

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  8. The Angry Lurker10 December 2010 at 08:09

    It's been crap here in Gravesend.

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  9. BigLee10 December 2010 at 09:10

    We only had a few inches East of London but it still cuased chaos. All the back roads were ice rinks and few lorry drivers seemed inclined to adjust their speed (or stopping distances) to accmidate.

    Most of the snow has gone now but bracing for more bad weather on the way.

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  10. John Lambshead10 December 2010 at 10:43

    Dear Ethics
    My mothers relativescome from Durham. They are far more snow capable than us effete southerners.
    J

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  11. John Lambshead10 December 2010 at 10:44

    Dear Drax
    My Cornish relative are whining about the arctic hell that is Newquay.
    J

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  12. John Lambshead10 December 2010 at 10:44

    Dear Paul
    Seconded,
    J

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  13. John Lambshead10 December 2010 at 17:17

    Dear Viper.
    A friend of mine has emigrated south - from Medway here, to Calger! Yep Calgery is just south of the Medway Towns, he tells me.
    J

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  14. John Lambshead10 December 2010 at 17:18

    Dear Igi
    Certainly incompetence plays its part, but basically we get snow so infrequently that it is not worth having all the gear in place.
    J

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  15. John Lambshead10 December 2010 at 17:19

    Dear Lurker
    So Gravesend got it as well. I went down to Whitstable and there was nothing.
    J

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  16. John Lambshead10 December 2010 at 17:19

    Dear Lee
    Next week is supposed to be bad.
    J

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  17. Igi10 December 2010 at 19:37

    Dear John

    I'm sorry I meant, I smell the incompetence of the hungarian authorities not yours. I possibly can't judge that from here.

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