It's very cold!!

Well, despite the fact we are still in November, the country has been in the grip of arctic conditions for the last day or two. We have been lucky, apart from a few flakes of snow the other day, the worst we have had to contend with so far has been scraping the ice off the cars in the morning - though I was not amused yesterday when I got back to my car parked at the park and ride at about half three and had to scrape ice off for the second time that day!!! Other parts of the country - Scotland and 'up north' have had much snow............chaos causing amounts, though is the UK that is usually about three flakes if last year is anyting to go by!!!! We are warned that Tuesday is going to be the day..............thank god I am at on a rest day!


Well apart from the cold............and boy, is it cold, -7 degrees C when I left for work at 6am this morning, it has been an interesting few days. I was back at Cowley on Friday, and my wish for a repeat of last week and it be stunningly quiet was not to be. When I opened the doors at 8am, a man was already waiting to come in. He seemed ok, nice and normal until he announced he was the king of India!!! Forty five minutes later he was being subdued by about a dozen police officers having been on the receiving end of captor and a police baton. God did he put up a fight! Now captor spray is very effective usually, it is a type of pepper spray, but the only problem is that when it is used in a confined area, others can feel the affects. So there I was, coughing and spluttering and spent the rest of the day sounding like I was suffering from a severe cold. I had to speak to my boss about something and he asked if I was ok, as I sounded as if I had a terrible cold.............no, that'll be the captor spray! Then followed the down loading of the CCTV, my statement regarding the incident as well as the health and safety form I was told I had to fill out. God, if I had known opening the doors would have created so much paperwork I would have kept them shut!!


So, apart from a lung full of captor spray, all was well. Few stroppy customers, but nothing unusual there and then just before 4pm, I was told I could go home........should have finished at 5pm, so bargain! Anyway, by the time I got away it was about 4.20pm. Now my journey between Oxford and home is about 25 miles, and at that time I thought, I'll be home by 5pm, I'll do a mini roast, that will be a nice surprise for hubby. I finally got home at 8pm!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lorry crash on the M40 shut it between junctions 10 and 6!!!! Seriously not amused.....................shite day and I could still feel the effects of the captor on the back of my throat.