On 6 Jan 2015 08:32:37 GMT, "Norman" wrote:

I was working at Prestwick Airport that winter,

I left Basingstoke, Hampshire, just after lunch on Boxing Day to drive
to Aberporth, Cardiganshire in my Mini Van. When I left Basingstoke it
was lightly snowing out of a blue sky. By the time I reached Gloucester
conditions were very bad and Radnor Forest, on the A44, was horrendous
in the dark. Many times I was on full opposite lock and reached
Aberystwyth with a great feeling of relief. The coast road, the A487,
was clear of snow and I was able to cruise at my normal 50 mph. When I
stopped to clear the snow from the front of the van I discovered, to my
horror, that the road was a sheet of ice and can only conclude that the
snowbound A44 had honed my slippery road driving skills to the point
that I was automatically correcting for the icy A487. I slowed down for
the remaining few miles.

The boss's secretary was famous for taking a lunchtime dip whatever the
weather. She reported that the sea was freezing on the rocks in the bay
at Aberporth so the sea temperature must have been pretty low.

--
Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
By Loch Long, twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather