There's a way out

Is it called Eastbourne because you can't go west?

Back the way you came

Two of the three ways out of Eastbourne to Brighton were closed. You kinda wonder 'hey, where is all the traffic? Why am I the only one on this.. road?'

Eastbourne beach

The Selden

Fiona and Tom discussing what to make for Jules.

I used to call this blog 'Blast, it's cold' because it started out as a log of my motorbike trip photos. Even in the winter here I haven't been as cold as I was on the road between Ouyen and Sea Lake in Victoria. Note that I haven't been riding motorbikes at 80km/h (or at all) in England.

Mind the nails

-when cutting snowy pallets up with a circular saw

Eastbourne

State troubles

Because of the weather, not revolution:

'When the trains stop, that will be the end.' - Lenin.

Mystery shovel woman gets planes back on track

Bemused security staff at snow-laden Heathrow airport today apprehended an Australian female attempting to enter the departure area hiding a garden shovel on her person. Boarding staff watched as she pried open a runway-access door with the shovel and then proceeded to clear the entire runway of snow.

'I've never really seen anything like it', Heathrow luggage handler Rod Gelber, 68, said. 'There must be four inches covering the 3/4 square mile of runway tarmac, she really must have wanted to go home!'

Word from fellow travellers was that she 'was grumbling something about really wanting an Iced Coffee.. Someone said she was from the Farmer's Union or something. I don't really know. I'm just happy that my plane is taking off.'

West Sussex County has unsuccessfully tried to contact the woman, stating that they 'want to offer her a job plowing snow off of the A27'.

Dedicated

This guy dropped his bike in front of me

A few cars are abandoned on the side of the road, covered in snow and grit.