Snow is not the enemy, ice is...

Halarious! The airport is still shut, the shops are empty (of workers and shoppers), the university etc has been shut, there are no buses, the mail can't be delivered and the rubbish isn't going to be picked up... And it is not because of the snow. It's the ice.

Turns out that no one considered the fact that once the snow had finished falling it would stay cold out there so all that snow would turn to ice. I've spent the morning trying to remove the ice between the back door and the garage. I've discovered that just walking on snow causes it to compact/melt/turn to solid ice - and household salt and warm water DOES NOT CLEAR IT. I've had to shovel it up (I started with a pointy shovel and moved onto a spade... much more efficient). I didn't mind since there is no way I could go for a run today, but man, it is heavy! Our road is a skating rink so I'm not driving anywhere either.

And the funniest bit is that Dom, my Canadian boy, didn't even think of any of this. When the snow was falling his kiwi side came to the fore and he went out and played in it. Not once did he say "we had better move this snow while it is soft and light"...

Photos to follow...