Snow way!!!!

Ok, back to back snow posts aint that great really, surely I've done something more exciting in between than watch snow. Well, other than have a rocky couple of months with the business and stress myself over Christmas, the simple answer is no.

Actually I tell a lie there, I started a new job this week as Creative Director of Manchester based design studio Pixel8, which will be a brilliant move for me. As much as I've enjoyed working for myself I soon realized that I needed more people around me, so I'm taking my clients with me and gonna kick some ass in 2010. Keep your eyes out for pixel8 this year, got a lot of great plans and some superb projects lined up over the next few months.

Anyway, back to the snow. So day 2 of new job and what happens? Total whiteout in Bolton!! Game over, road chaos, train fails, buses cancelled, schools shut, it was like something from a disaster movie round our way.

Picture the scene. I get up nice and earlier, get up and go to the car. I notice through the windows that there's been some kick ass snow but I'm ok with it. Until I see this.




But I soldier on, taking it easy to get to the train station just over a mile away. But there roads are like this.



But it's ok, once I get to the station carpark I can find out what the trains are like. Until I get stuck trying to get on the carpark, which then turns into me getting stuck trying to get out of the entrance too. Stuck. But luckily a nice bloke saw my plight and ran over with a shovel and dug me out. Amazing!

So I drove home with the idea of trying to just drive into Manchester instead, which failed also, after over an hour I managed to get near home but was stuck again, this time 4 guys ran over and pushed me round the corner and on my way. Good times. So I decided to dump my car near home, hoping the council don't do me for parking on single yellows (like you can see em). After some checking it was looking bleak. M61, chaos. M60 carnage. M6, M62, M58 you name it they were all hammered and causing serious injuries and misery.

So I decided to work from home (the power of emails and Macs eh) and take some more pics of the snow. If you compare the pics here to those below there's an unreal difference in depth which I've never seen before in my life.

Hopefully, tonight will be mild but from what I've heard we're in for more of the same.

Oh dear.