Snow, maybe?

I'm waiting for snow.

Clicking on the 'forecast' section of the weather (as opposed to 'I am too lazy to open a window or look outside...what's it doing at the moment?') I was charmed to see an animation of vigerous snowflakes.

This animation has yet to transfer to reality outside, but I'm braced. I've got a shitload of tea, biscuits and videos and I'm ready at a moment's notice to pretend to work from home.

Question is, how big a dump is required? Certainly we're looking at enough to stop the trains and so halt my commute, which means enough to stop my train drivers getting to work...which means a frosting in their driveways.

What has always bothered me is the relationship between trains and snow. Trains = 8,000 screaming tonnes of metal with its own engine. Snow = something you lark around in. Surely the invention of the commuter train snowplough is overdue? How cool would that be, it could be heated! On time and a return to the age of steam in one go.