As you might be aware, the UK is going through what could be understatedly called ‘a bit of a cold snap’ right now.
I’ve been snowed out of going to work for two days so far, and today decided to try and free the car and at least make it to the shops to stock up on food. Here’s how …
This was the view of my car from my window this morning: blanketed snugly in snow.
Not possessed of a shovel, I needed something to help shift that amount of snow. I don’t like throwing things away, especially when they are festive in nature, so luckily I still had something to help …
This was, at one point, filled with foody items. The first step was to remove the festive cellophane, then start dismantling the wrapping paper …
This leaves us with …
Armed with my “shovel” I ventured outside – the first step was to retrieve my boots from within the car itself! The snow was rather deep …
And here’s what my car looked like when I got round the back to see it …
The snow was pretty deep …
I used the smaller piece of cardboard to clear the passenger side, as this had less snow on it and was also in the sun. Finally I got the car open!
With the boots now retrieved …
I got back into the house to put them on, then back out to clear the rest of the car.
Before beginning, I turned the engine on, whacked up the climate control to 32 degrees, and turned on the heated windscreen and rear screen.
You can’t see here, but there was actually steam rising off the windscreen
After clearing away snow from the back of the car as well, I made a bolt for it. I actually managed to get it past those garages you see behind the car into the clear area, before getting stuck for good. One of my neighbours was trying to dig her garage out, so graciously gave me a push *back* into my parking space, before we both headed off to Tesco by foot to stock up on some provisions!
Here’s an awesome snowman we saw on the way…
