• Coping with snow

    Most of Europe is in the grip of an icy blast. In Praha snow has been falling steadily and softly for many hours. About six snow ploughs gritting pass the end of our drive each hour from the City of Prague. Heavy duty Tatra trucks fitted with workman like ploughs. The Czech-made Karosa buses have never stopped going up and down our valley taking us to the metro station and even the pavements have been ploughed this morning. Meanwhile, the City of Bradford in Yorkshire is struggling. They are running out of grit and their much-lighter more elegant ploughs and gritters are having a hard time of it. If you…