Day out

You know...one of the things I noticed during my day in the snow last week was something very unusual....a sight I rarely see, something that was kinda really cool.

Ok, so in the U.K. we seem to make a big issue of a bit of snow. A few inches and everything grinds to a halt, the schools close and parents can't or don't make it into work....and so what happened on Thursday of note?

Everywhere I went there were whole families out together playing in the snow, walking dogs, sledging or building snowmen. Mums, dads, grandparents and kids, all together, forced by the conditions to spend a whole day in each others company with nothing planned and actually having time and a chance to enjoy being with one another.....and on foot, not shut away in their proverbial, air conditioned, Chelsea tractors etc.

Maybe we should have snow more often!