Blimey, thats what you get for living in the Pennines. We last had snow in that cold snap just before Christmas, first time for years we've had snow before the new year, and most likely wont get any again till next January or February.
It wasn't that bad this year, we had that cold snap heavy snowfall in December, then it died away, snowed a bit in mid December and just kinda had minor snow till early January. Last year was worse, it was much heavier and lasted longer. I was only really inconvienced for that one week this year.