Snow progress

The snow is thawing slowly, so it was a good day for the local council to come round and top up the salt bin outside the school, and put some salt on the paths. Jo did put some salt out yesterday on the worse part of the path, to give the many people who walk on it a better chance of staying upright. The school was open and the school children back where they belong.
I have listened to a lot of excuses for closed schools now, and I'm not really very impressed with any of them. The schools have a duty of care and should make proper arrangements for their charges when something unusual happens. It is not good enough to simply say "the teachers can't get here". Most everyone else got to work, some in difficult circumstances.
Health and safety is the mantra used to defend anything that apparently reduces risk but today we hear of a 16 year old girl who died 'playing' in the snow - she should have been at school, but it was closed. (Metro story BBC story)

Tomorrow England is promised more snow, not in the south-east, but in the west and the midlands. If it doesn't affect London (which it shouldn't) there will not be the blanket news coverage, but many peoples lives will be disrupted again as the authorities will be under prepared as usual.

Maybe Liz will get stuck in Bristol, and maybe the snow will stop Karen's travel plans. I will be praying for the safety of all those who have to travel tomorrow, including myself - its my first physiotherapy appointment, and cannot come too soon.