Icy weather.

[Weatherlawyer]

Just a reminder to keep a stack of warm stuff including a flask of hot coffee in the car if you are going to use it.

Suggested:

Blanket and sleeping bag, wool hat and mittens as well as spare socks and change of shoes also a packet of biscuits might be reassuring.

Have you got a shovel? Charged and topped up mobile phone? Torch? And do your friends and whoever know what you are doing?

And last but not least are you going to play follow my leader when a plonker shows you that you can in fact drive faster and closer than you had at first thought safe?

[john]

And if you're going further than the local DIY, check for adequate petrol as it's short.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I'll keep this in mind when I go to the B&Q in Wandsworth...

[Andy Hall]

.. and don't forget the clean underpants, just in case you have an accident....

[Andy Hall]

Absolutely. You need the packet of biscuits to keep yourself going while waiting at the checkouts, and the sleeping bag for waiting outside before opening time to maximise your shopping experience.

[Sadly]

I wouldn't bother - if you do have an accident there's a good chance they won't stay clean!

[dave]

Whats long petrol then......

Dave

[dave]

Sounds like Lee Evans

Dave

[Owain]

Got too expensive to sell by the litre, so you now have a choice of tall glass with a paper brolly in it or not.

Owain

[Weatherlawyer]

Daft as it sounds we had a freeze up during office hours a couple of years back and some people with only a couple of miles or so to go home were stuck in their cars for several hours. One lad I met was on a bus home and he ended up walking. It took hime 13 hours to get home. He had his leg in plaster and was using a walking stick.

So if you think you are going to be OK with a small shopping trip think again next time you hear weather warnings. Even if you think you are

100% fit.

If you are prepared, the devil will find someone else to annoy.