Sean. You couldn't have timed it better! I have just had a conversation with a Manager about this very subject. His view was not to grit at all, mine is to grit. We have a shift in on Sundays so making sure that they can get in and out of the place without going backside over elbow, IMO, is a no brainer. A few bags on the gritty stuff will do the job and won't cost the earth. Not doing the whole of the car park, just the walkways around the site. I was asked if we were going to supply snow shoes, drive them all in to work and then lecture them about the dangers of snow and ice!! The Managers name and the words "common" & "sense" have never been used in the same sentence. Glad its Friday. Andy

LET IT SNOW Oh, the weather outside is frightful, But you don’t need to be that insightful, In Winter, a halfwit should know It’ll snow, it’ll snow, it’ll snow. The moment the clouds start spitting It’s time to begin the gritting, Not behave like a headless chicken, It’s only snow, only snow, only snow Pinched from WWW Andy

"I have run the plough over it, like the ancient Carthage of Africa, and I have had salt sown upon it...." See!.... it's not a new concept!

Well I have 2 pallets waiting, for the snow, its forecast for this weekend, so we are ready, equipment has been serviced, so it probably won't snow

descarte8, perhaps your solution could be applied to the problem discussed on the thread regarding failed warehouse heating.

The hype machine tells us on the overhead VMS signs that snow is forecast. That means it probably won't snow then. I have a winter survival kit taking a good chunk of my load space. It is nothing more than an ornament this year (so far!). Snow is not a new thing. It has snowed before. And we survived it. People need to get over themselves. It's just the weather...

Hail Caesar?

Zyggy, my card is in the post, fill your boots and help those poor polar bears!

No....Snow.....and don't call me Caeser!

It's great news about the snow! I'll be ready to nip up to my loft tonight to get my Nordic skis ready for action. I'd only just put them back there after spending all last week ski-ing in Norway. With a constant light snowfall there most of the week and daytime temperatures between minus 8 and 10C, the ski-ing conditions were good. Wonder if there'll be enough snow to ski to work on Monday: I could have done so just after the big dump of snow in early January 2010, but didn't bother as I was scheduled to work at home. The A6 through our town was almost devoid of vehicles then because of the amount of snow, so it would have been a wacky experience to ski alongside it for a couple of miles to work. p.s. is anyone going to mention icy station platforms?!! :-)

Graham Proper skiing requires gravity assistance (Alpine not Nordic) try further along the A6 say High Lane to Hazel Grove just about steep enough to get moving. Hopefully sledging with the kids (me being one of them) all being well with the weather, do I need a risk assessment or PPE? Neil

Neil Nordic ski-ing is proper/real ski-ing as used by the Scandiwegians and other people in areas with real snow every winter for the past 2000 years or more. Alpine ski-ing and snow-boarding, wholly dependent on machinery and external power to gain height, are artificial types of ski-ing and very much newcomers in relation to Nordic ski-ing. No doubt these thoughts will provoke some devotees of Alpine ski-ing and snowboarding! Had another thought about the prospect of the A6 (or rather its pavements) between Hazel Grove and High Lane becoming snowy enough for ski-ing. If I ski uphill to High Lane before ski-ing back to Hazel Grove, my trip would comprise pure Nordic ski-ing. However, if I get to High Lane by car, train or bus, then ski-ing back downhill would have an Alpine element. Sadly the gradient involved is too shallow to allow unassisted gliding on skis, so such a return trip would actually be about 90% Nordic! Mind you, if we get a good dollop of snow over the weekend, it might be advisable to avoid High Lane and the A6 altogether because hordes of families will use the A6 through High Lane to drive to the slopes of Lyme Park with their sledges. Cheers Graham

On a serious note - the cold weather payments have been triggered in the South - but not in Aberdeen. What on earth is going on here?? David