The Isle of Man, being smaller than the UK but still surrounded by water, seldom suffers from extreme weather conditions so you can imagine everyone's surprise when we had snow today!
At first, the weathermen were forecasting '..the possibility of light flurries' and these did indeed arrive around midday.
However, they continued into the afternoon but didn't seem to be settling.
Once again, the IoM weathermen seemed to have got it right (I have a great deal of respect for their accuracy).
In the evening, I had a meeting to attend which was to be held at the grandstand, some 25 minutes walk away from the house & I set off in good weather, the snow flurries having given up by then.
As I approached the grandstand and was passing the Vagabonds Rugby ground www.vagabondsiom.net (who were bravely training) the snow returned with a vengeance and was almost horizontal in the glare of the floodlights surrounding the pitch.
Back to my meeting.... Which started almost on time (unusual in itself!) at 19:00 but by the time we came out around 21:00 there was a complete covering of snow.
Not very deep but still a complete covering.
The roads were slippery and, not surprisingly, there were a few RTCs (Road Traffic Collisions - used to be known as RTA (Road Traffic Accidents) until the PC brigade and lawyers got involved!) overnight and the next morning.
After all, Manx driving isn't the best in the world (understatement!) and, like British Rail (or whatever they are now called), didn't seem to appreciate the conditions.
Thankfully, by the time Friday morning came, most of it had gone although the higher roads over the mountain remained closed for most of the next day.
I hope I haven't brought this sort of thing with me (but PLEASE don't blame 'global warming')
