North West Kent, second day, about a foot and still coming. The road has been ploughed and gritted at least twice, and is now that sort of sandy texture that is hard to get traction on. My car is still in the garage. There's been a couple of inches since I cleared a path this morning. I don't know if we have a bus service as there isn't an answer on the phone help line, but I doubt it. The buses have problems getting up the hill a couple of miles down the road. We do have a small Co=op supermarket and the papers have got in, also milk. Yesterday was madness, as the school was shut, and the shop was crowded with people suddenly short of bread and milk. today it was quieter.

I was supposed to have my car repaired yesterday, but more serious damage due to snow has priority, and I was supposed to be having a fire officer visiting for advice on fire safety today, but not even a call to say he wasn't coming. In fact, when I rang them, they said I should assume he would turn up! presumably they were in some part of the county not buried in white.

Penny