That's exactly what has happen here'  The side roads that haven't been gritted are just about impossible.  I can't get any traction in the Zed even with just letting up the clutch with no throttle   
Exactly, it wasnt the snow, but that fact that we had some, it was compressed, froze, then we had more snow over the top of that. Gritters didnt do sod all to it. Just had it on the weather that heavy rain is heading this way and freezing temps too. 
  
Stew, it said -8C over night for you (-12 minimum in Scotland), and rain too, so suggest you are going nowhere tomorrow! Heavy rain just washes the grit away, so it will be just sheet ice   
  
  
Meh, I'll be at the office at the 6.30am.   
  
Unfortunately I'm one of two people this week that is 'operationally essential' for Europe and Africa......