Just a light dusting, thus far...

OK, I was on late shift this evening, and having seen the forecasts, was wondering i I was going to make it home this evening - every forecast from doom and gloom to bright and sunny have been spread about with great glee by all and sundry over the last week, and truth be told, naff all has happened down here, aside from a rather huge drop in temperature. Well... that was, until this evening... Now, while we haven't got it as bad as they have up in the north of the country, if the weathermen are any judge, we're going to get a medium-sized dose of it before long...

Anyhow, the forecast they issued earlier for tonight was for six or so inches of snow down here by now (3am). I'm happy to report that they got it wrong :-)

Thus far, we've had a very light sprinkling; it's settling on the untreated roads, pavements, and a fair few roofs, but it would appear that the local councils have pulled their fingers out of their... um... ears... (...yeah, that's the bodily orifice they unblocked... their ears...!) and spread road salt about with wild abandon -as you can see from the photo, taken from my front room a few minutes ago. As you can see, the pavements have a light dusting, and the tarmac of the road is completely devoid of the white stuff.

As I said, on the untreated areas, it's settling, and given that it's now rather colder than it was earlier, I suspect it may be freezing in place now.

You can see the car park out the front of my block of flats, and there it is, that light dusting again...


I wonder if the postie'll do a repeat spot of break dance-inspired littering this time around...?