In the snow

Almost there...

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February 2nd 2009
So... its the day before the off and the whole of Britain has woken up to a blanket of snow! In London it is reported to be the heaviest in 2 decades and of course the transport system is on total shutdown. All buses, tubes and trains aren't running and both the runways are closed at Heathrow for now but hopefully it will all be cleared by tomorrow night and the backlog also cleared. Got mysel ... read more

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