Snow bound!

It's been impossible to move the car off the drive for the last couple of days. The snow itself was the first issue but, even once that had been cleared, I discovered the car doors were firmly frozen shut. Yesterday morning was spent trying to prize them opening using de-icer and hot water to no avail. Today brandishing a hair dryer a successful outcome was achieved, and the precarious descent down the drive (pictured) to the road completed. In the midst of this I received a text from my friend in Sharjah, UAE informing me he was fixing his mates pool in temperatures slightly more than 20º higher. Hmmm..not really what I needed to hear at the time...