Snowed in

I love snow but not when I'm being snowed in!! My manager mentioned that she going off earlier (About 3pm) as she didn't want to be snowed in. I checked the Met Office website and there's no mention of snow in Essex (only mention of icy road), as such I continue working. At about 4pm, it starts to snow + sleet. I didn't think too much about it as there's no warning on Met Office website plus I was late coming into work this morning, thus stayed on. Left the workplace at 5.15pm and the snow was much heavier and there's a huge long queue getting out of the multi-storey carpark!

Walked to the car, listen to traffic news and also noticed that the cars in the carpark are moving very, very....... snail speed. Decided to walk around in the shops for a while for the traffic to calm down abit.

6++pm, decided to walk to the bus station to take public transport as there wasn't movement in the carpark. However, was informed by the staff at the bus station that not sure when the bus is coming. Lots of people waiting around too. Plan for public transport abandon.

7pm, decided to sit in Water Margin restaurant (overlooking the carpark) to have dinner and to monitor situation. Worst case situation = buy blanket at Asda (24 hours) and sleep in car.

8.30pm, cars are moving again. Decided to pay for the dinner and set off for home.

9.30pm, out of carpark but the roads are very icy and very slow getting out of town. On some of the icy road and upslope, the traction control button kept flashing (not good!!). Took the main motorway (M11) and travel at recommended speed (about 40mph).

10.15pm, finally home!!!

Next time, any slight snow, I'm the first to head home!!