Oh and all bus services accross town have been suspended if your planning to venture out except 601 from Wigan (Train Station Only) to Ashton.

I started work last night at 22:00 in Birchwood, there was around 1cm of snow. By 01:00 this morning the whole place ground a halt in a 1ft of snow. I had 16 units and trailers stuck out side the gates and give all the staff the option of going home or staying (all went). All shunters (4) and units (35) are still stuck now. Any one expecting a delivery by DHL, you wont be getting it!!. I finally set off for home at 09:10 and got back into Eccleston, Chorley at 11:20.

And trains I believe.

Pish in A-i-M - Needed to get bread and milk so went doing my best impression of Sebastian Loeb (albeit in a bloody Mondeo) to Golborne Asda. Got there and back without incident until it came to getting back up the hill on the estate. Fortunately the local hoodlums were only on their first glue-sniff of the day and kindly gave me a push (still had my wipers when they'd finished too). Shan't call um again (well, for at least a week).

On the plus side we've just had a huge snowball fight with all the kids n adults joining in. Better than being at work in Scallyville

my sister has took this opportunity to ski down the main road of haydock

Did you notice when going through Ashvegas if Tom & Jerrys was open?

didn't notice but undoubtedly will be, all the p***heads will need their fix still.

2 inch of snow and we grind to a halt.
schools close, buses stop running, trains cancelled, town centre shops stay closed.

ffs...its winter...what do they expect in winter? sunshine?

once again local authorities all over the country have been caught unprepared.
I would love em to try and keep Siberia up and running.

(and yes i am moaning , cos instead of a quite day after the crimbo hols, ive got 2 off school, 2 off college, and other cant get to accountancy school)



oh and...we cant get car up street to go to supermarket and corner shops run out of bread cos delivery man havnt been.

Well this is what I was wondering, are pubs doing a roaring trade since everyone is seemingly off

Well it's about 4 inches of snow in AiM so far (and still falling); I can understand services being restricted, it's slippy as hell out there and, in the UK, there's not normally the weather to warrant snow chains or even winter tyres.

As for too many of your tribe being at home, why don't you go out n try and have a laugh with them? Failing that, maybe your parents could try these in the next life:

No, because, according to the board's resident mard, , therefore we all have to stay home and be miserable.

Woohoo.



Snow day for me.

I like my regional manager again!!

Be grateful, my lass's boss has been told she HAS to open up on pain of a disciplinary.

One of our managers has to go in tomorrow to make the call about opening then from site, which is a pain, but i live furthest away, so it wont be me

Get real.

There's been snow on the ground for over 3 weeks where I live. There's a layer of 7-8"" in my back garden right now, with snow still falling, in fact it's been snowing since 6pm last night, with around 4-5" overnight. There was a slight thaw last week but we've now got weeks of snow and ice compacted into solid white layers. I can't remember conditions like this; certainly not in the last 25 years.

The authorities have done everything they can. Gritters can only do so much, and grit is only effective for so long - in persistent snow you need a fresh spreading every few hours.

These conditions are rare. The gritters have been out almost round the clock in the last 24 hours, and regularly over the last few weeks. Councils can't stock supplies or equipment to cope with Arctic conditions - such extreme weather only happens every 20 years and is therefore far to costly to justify. Gritters also have to focus on main routes so yes, some residential areas won't get gritted.

Sometimes we need to just grin and bear it, and get on as best we can. You won't die without bread for a day or two.

I think I'll have a nice hot toddy.



Seriously it's not good for us who are retired.
We're not getting an extra day off because of the snow.

Nah they call it climate change now, funny that.

When Cumbria was under water a month ago all the open toe, sandal wearing, yogurt knitting lefties were out in force telling us it all our fault what with our big nasty 4x4's and flying around the world on our big nasty planes. Now were hitting record low tempretures around the globe theres more chance of finding Lord Lucan than one of these useful idiots to come on the news.

I'm sure its fun for them too....

Jan 1963 just started work and had to walk from Goose Green to Higher Ince canal was frozen solid for 8 weeks used to play on the scotchmans flash would be a foot thick, do you think we will get a friendly as this weather is here untill the end of Jan.

Some buses have now started.....

540 - Service will operate to from Wigan North Western Station to Hindley.
601 - Service will operate Wigan to Ashton excluding Old Rd and operating to and from Wigan North Western Station.
658 - Service will operate from Wigan to Platt Bridge King William.

Ahhh,I remember it well...........brazier's on the pitch overnight to keep the frost out, straw round the outside of the touchline next to the 'ringside' seats,.........the good old days of winter rugby, how we all miss it !!!!!!!!!

Dont bother posting that in the sin bin though .

Is that Kia Bose?

No, it makes you wish you were still working.

It is, although I put that it is underneath.