“I didn't go out saturday night, but had I had somewhere to go, I would have thought the gritters had been out doing what they said they would when snow was expected.
Sunday I went out and the roads were alright, Much a fuss about nothing really.!”

“At the moment I'm in France where the weather forecasts are a bit more reliable. However we don't always have snow on the day forecast, not always during the week forecast. We don't all stay in in case of snow, though. In the UK the forecasts were ambiguous - "there's a high chance of snow but maybe not more than a dusting in the SE" doesn't make me think I should be preparing for impassable roads around Croydon. If anyone should be checking with the Met Office it's the grit teams, and I'd rather they gritted too much than not at all.

Btw, I bet the Croydon snow melts before the French stuff - we recorded a temperature of -15 C last night!”

“Even if a road is gritted, if the snow comes down heavily and quickly, and especially with few cars on the road ,the grit has no hope of coping.

It's about being sensible isn't it - don't travel unless you absolutely have to. If you do choose to risk it, it's your responsibility to abandon your car SENSIBLY at the side of the road and either have provisions to wait the weather out for a while, change to public transport if it's still running, or good walking boots to make it home!”

“I have a 4x4 which many people here will have comments about not being needed as a car and killing the planet apparently (although China is doing far worse than my car I would suspect)

Hope they all enjoy the long walk to the shops to find they are out of milk, I went to Sainsburys in Warlingham via the lanes, while being warm and dry and not falling over once
hahahaha,”

“Due to gritters being out and finished before the snow fell, I managed to get about really easily on Saturday night. I went by cab to a party whilst the snow was falling and got a cab back at 5 a.m. I took my snow clothes and boots prepared to have to walk home obviously at a more decent hour, but there was no need for them. Well done Croydon Council :)”

“Dolly, 5am ? You dirty/lucky stop out.!.... Must have been fun.:)”

“so you rushed to the supermarket and got all the milk you could so sod anyone else what a sad pathetic person you are oh and selfish too mr kipling.i dont see any comments in here about your tonka toy.”

“@ tbabygib, I am, and it was ;) x”

“France has got a bit cooler in recent years since the French stopped setting fire to British Sheep and Cows I guess”

“actually Djerbel2 I only got a bottle of Cravendale, when your able to drive in the snow in complete comfort you don't need to panic buy, you get what you need and leave the rest for everyone else, or you can visit two stores to get more choice
But thats the consideration you get from 4x4 owners, they understand that some people can't think ahead and don't consider winter until they slip and are sitting in the snow

Never need to rush to the shops in the snow, I leave it until after 9pm when all the cars are either left abandoned or the panic buying idiots have walked home, then drive there through the lanes

Enjoy your walk next week to Sainsburys (or Iceland more likely)”