Saturday I roused the girls early as we were heading to London and I was not sure what lay ahead. We had a beautiful blue sky in Retford, itr was cold but we had got no snow. The television reports of Snow in London and the closing of the airports was a worry. As far as we could tell the A1 was uneffected to off we set. We had to drop Pam at Dagenham to stay with friends and we would be staying in Hemel Hempstead.
Our trip to Dagenham ws uneventful we made good time and whilst there was a blanket of snow on the fields the road was uneffected. Whilst having the mandatory cup of tea with Pam's friend she was staying with the snow began to fall. We decided to make tracks this is when the fun began we experienced a heavy snow fall in making our way to Hemel Hempstead. The snow fall was 4 inches (100cm) this caused mayhem on the roads. Trucks jacknifed, cars abandoned, meant the M14 and M25 were a mess. We set out at 1.15pm and finally after stop start driving, 10 and 20 MPH driving we arrived at our accommodation at Hemel Hempstead around 6pm. We then had the challenge of finding something open for dinner as shops had closed early people were snow bound could not make it to work, or some get home from work. I know a lot of you think a white christmas is great, it however brings with it so much disruption. I took a few photos with my iPhone. My camera was in its bag in the boot, quite frankly my mission was to get there and I did not want to risk getting out of the car and falling on the icy road to get it. Today, Sunday as I write this, it has not snowed over night and hopefully will get out to explore and take photos, it is also supposed to be sunny, however extremely cold and now we have to watch for ice on the roads. Find out what trains are running etc..so more fun.
No comments:
Post a Comment