Ready for a White Christmas?

We had quite an adventure on our last day of moving out. After seeing Avatar (which is really amazing, definitely 5 stars from both of us), the snow started to fall heavily. We set off in the car with our last load of things to move in the rush hour traffic which had all but ground to a halt in the snow. It took us over 2 hours to get to the Chilterns, where Dave lives. With only 4 miles to go though the traffic stopped completely, and we started to worry about spending the night in the car. The first short cut we tried was impossible to negotiate due to the hillside being too slippery. Fortunately another cunning cut through was passable and save us hours of waiting, and we made it to Chalfont St Peter about 4 hours after setting off from Wimbledon. About a mile from home and in a safer area, we ditched the car and continued on foot, as many people around us were doing. Here's a pic of all the abandoned cars this morning.



We were almost home, but came across a police car stranded on a hill just down the road from our house, with two energetic police men desperately trying to get up the hill - lights flashing and all! They looked so in need we offered them a push, and helped them up the steepest part of the hill. This is the road this morning, and you can see the shovelled out tracks at the crest of the hill from our adventures.



The snow is not really melting here, and the residential roads are potential ice rinks.



At least Dave managed to rescue his car this morning and get it back closer to home, looking very lonely in the distance here:



So unable to travel we have made the traditional snow animal:







(it's a lion by the way...)



Char's favourite Christmas visitor!



The Misbourne valley in the snow.







Here he is again!

Then to add to our day, the Royal Mail van decided to come down our driveway to deliver a parcel. You'd think they'd have more sense!! It took us almost half an hour to dig and push them out. Look what a mess they made of the driveway:



At least it left the way clear to get the Volvo Estate out as well (eventually). To stop any further incidents we've resorted to explicit measures!