Snow in the UK!

Well I spoke too soon in my last post - it's been snowing for more than 24 hours here and probably 8 inches at least of accumulation. They are saying it's the most snow Oxford has seen in more than 30 years. And snow is to continue for the rest of the week!

The most entertaining part for me is that the country doesn't know how to deal with this amount. Typically the UK doesn't get any snow. So they do not resource their city councils with ways to remove the snow. There are no big road snow plows, there are no snow blowers, and no one even owns their own snow shovel or ice scraper for the car! The roads and sidewalks just pile up with snow, and people and cars just try to walk/drive right through it all. It makes for a lot of mess! And it's pretty scary with Brits driving in the snow, since they are not used to it.

Here are some pics from outside my flat - notice how the road and sidewalks are pretty snowy. People just walk down the center of the roads instead for better traction!