Let it snow!

As the nation almost comes to a stand still with the ‘big freeze’, the Mixd crew can’t wait until the weekend to get out in to the glorious white powder that is snow for a good old play about!

On Tuesday, Harrogate was one of the worst hit places in the UK for snow, frost, ice and general coldness… but that’s not going to dampen our spirits! Of course, mishaps happen owing to the weather; we know:

• Matt has crashed his car (he’s okay so that’s cool);
• Bob has twisted his knee;
• Matt then fell and damaged a finger;
• Mike had to be dug out of the car park;
• Bob’s outhouse has frozen so washing machine and outside loo are defunct;
• Dave got stuck on a train; and
• Phil nearly went into the River Wharfe at Pool after slipping on ice in his car!

Not to mention that Bob has been working from home since Tuesday owing to trecherous roads, frozen car and the general desire to shirk a tad.

But what the heck! How often do we get great snow like this? We intend to thoroughly enjoy ourselves in it.

Look out for the Mixd crew this weekend; you’re sure to spot at least one of us:

• Snowboarding down the Otley Chevin;
• Sledging head first towards a river (incidentally, Bob can confirm that the River Tees at Preston Park has completely frozen over);
• Clearing paths for the elderly and disabled;
• Taking part in a huge snowball fight with relatives, friends and anyone else who might want to ‘ave it;
• Building a phallic snow sculpture;
• Going shopping for house-bound neighbours; and
• ‘Snow-surfing’* behind a car (always wear a crash helmet folks);. 

So come on Britain, let’s not moan about the cold weather… let’s embrace it!

*snow-surfing is not big and it’s certainly not clever.