December let it snow let it snow let it snow!!!!!!!

So we are now in December, Much of the east Midlands is blanketed with snow, driving has been interesting, my car decided to throw a wobbly, by deciding not to switch off when I arrived at work on Monday morning. The problem is the ignition barrel, I would have sorted it out but you cant exactly bump start in the snow, tried to locate the location of the starter motor so I could short it and get it started.



Work has helped with the loan of a truck for a couple of days, I have the weekend off, so hopefully I can sort the problem out, and it is decision time for the saxo, at the mo, I am thinking of trading it in for another car in the early year, a real part of a new year a new start approach to things, If it lasts until the end of the year I will be happy.

In some ways I hope the snow remains until the weekend, so I can get some nice pictures, I'm not even attempting to go to the bus this weekend, it will be very cold in the building, my main priority is to mend the car and start my move back to Long Eaton, long story.

before I go, driving in the snow reminds me of an incident that happened earlier in the year, when I was doing a school run, through the villages of Hickling, and Kinoulton. The road was very icey indeed, but as long as you kept the speed down, you didnt have any problems. I picked up the first 2 kids from Hickling and proceeded to Kinoulton. The gears on the coach went floppy, but you could put the coach in to gear, I was trying to limp the coach to school, then sort it out. Anyway, I picked up the second lot of kids, including an older kid who was very snotty, and basically got on all of our nerves, I pulled away, and I was proceeding along the road when the car infront decided to suddenly stop, I stopped the coach without sliding, but the coach would not engage gear. There was no way the coach was moving, plus I was on a corner, and nothing bigger than a land Rover discovery could get through.
I alerted the office, or atempted to alert them, but no mobile signal. I found a payphone but it only took cards, ( it is a sad sign of todays society, as most phone boxes get broke in to by theiving pikey twats or other scumbags who ruin things for everyone else), I rang reverse charges and the company would not accept the call, so I tried again, and they did on this occasion, one slight problem, the fitters were attending to another brake down. ETA at least 1 hour. Just as I walked back, well more slid back to the bus, another coach approached from the opposite direction. I warned the driver not to come down to the coach as he would not pass. and low and behold he got stuck on the ice. We both had a good laugh about it, and he did me a coffee while we waited for the fitters and someone with rock salt. I was brought a replacement coach, and got on with the rest of the route to see if there were any kids waiting. I got them to school at 10AM so only a couple of hours late. Shit happens

Anyway TTFN