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From: "valerie bower" <>
Subject: Re: [TRIVVIES] Channel Isles snow
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 13:57:38 +1100
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Very warm hugs from Oz Miriam
Val xx


> The Channel Isles ground to an almost complete standstill yesterday,
Monday, due
> to snow. All the schools closed, St Anne's here on Alderney sent all the
> youngsters back home. The bus couldn't run. Airports were closed for parts
of
> the day. Jersey said that they haven't had snow clearing vehicles for the
last
> 10 years.
> Irene had been in Guernsey for the weekend so she had another one of her
> 'Airport days' There were to have been 2 of them on the 10:00 flight but
one was
> to have been a day-trip so he gave up and went home. By midday other
flights
> were going off and Irene had to wait until the 15:30 which did get away
more or
> less on time.
> I decided that no-one in their right mind would want to do much shopping
so I
> stayed indoors until it was time to pick I up from the airport.
> Islanders have never known it be so cold for so many days!! I hope the
heating
> oil supply can keep up!!
>
> warm hugs gratefully received!!!
>
> Miriam
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