Categories: ramblings
Date: 03 February 2009 13:16:26
OK, I know that 6" of snow is a lot for London. Unheard-of. But we do get some snow most years. And it's usually fairly cold in February.
So why, why, why did I see the following on my walk to the Tube station this morning?
1) someone who thought that boiling water was the perfect thing to clear their path with, until they got shouted at (not by me).
2) a lady in a cotton shalwar khameez + sandals and no coat at all (poor woman, she looked half-dead).
3) someone attempting to stride through 6" of snow and ice in a pair of fashion boots with 4" heels. They're not designed for that, and you will fall over and get a cold bum.
4) someone else teetering about in ballet slippers, a mini skirt, a t-shirt and nothing else (well, I hope she had knickers on, but I didn't ask), and shrieking that she was cold. I'm not surprised you're cold, you're practically naked and it's -3*C.
The snow looks considerably less pretty than it did yesterday - the pavements and roads have thick sheet ice on them where the snow has been trodden down (or melted with boiling water, ahem) and then frozen again.