So.
As some of you may of seen or merely heard there is snow in England! A children's dream, a teenager's day off and an adult's nightmare. With all the moaning about global warming and despair at the constant drizzle that England is so famous for anyone would think that a change would do us good, give people a little break from their pessimistic outlook on the weather in these British Isles...but no. Grumbling and complaining will forever hold true in this great island of ours!
Don't get me wrong, I understand that airline's, the emergency services and many people with many important things to do are greatly inconvenienced by this beautiful weather phenomenon, but surely instead of discussing and reporting the millions of pounds that it has cost because people can't get to work people should do something about it. Obviously due to the fact that snow is such a rarity drivers don't own chains for their tyres or other such things to allow safe driving in the snow but seeing as it does happen occasionally, would it not be worth buying some of these precautionary implements...just in case?
And then there's the schools. All over the news, reports of how many schools have been shut county wide and what people think of it. Some people are pleased because it means that their children are safe but surely this purely emphasises our reliance on cars. I would imagine that due to school's having catchment areas and such that the majority of children are well within walking distance to their school and if the parents are at home because they are unable to drive, they are free to walk with their children, ensuring their safety on the way to school. It would probably take a bit longer to get there because of the inevitable distractions! But at least they would arrive.
I think the least affected group of people have been the students, and by that I mean university students. We walk to uni, we wear wellies, wrap up warm, have snowball fights...nothing can stop us from going about our daily business! In fact on Monday night I saw many people going to clubs (girls obviously still refusing to wear coats despite the freezing temperatures!) wearing wellies and probably not stumbling and falling much more than usual!! Another thing is that I havn't had one lecture cancelled because the lecturer couldn't drive from their home, maybe university lecturers live closer to their work place then school teachers, but I doubt it.
Everybody should just stop bitching and embrace this incredible sight, grab a camera, grab a hat, pull on your wellies and go crazy...
- it probably won't happen for another 10 years!
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