Great Tit

I know, I know! It's another bird photo but I simply couldn't resist. Had shot photos of icicles in the back garden in order to break the bird sequence and then along comes this little guy. I mean to say, could you have resisted? Poor little critter huddled up in the snow on the picnic table, while more of it swirls around him.
From the above you may fairly gather that things are getting no better, in fact worse. We just realised this morning that we haven't even seen the postman since last Friday. The roads are too bad for him to get through.

For photos from around the country, which show the complete lack of snow clearance and gritting and explain why we grind to a standstill at the sight of the slightest bit of snow take a look at http://www.rte.ie/news/galleries.html