A few years ago we drove up to Edinburgh area from the smoke on Boxing day I think, The snow was falling fast and thick, we left at 4am I think to avoid traffic & problems! The snow on the M1 was "crazyness" they kept saying on the radio that the M1 was shut, only thing was we were on it! Scary stuff, I was trying to overtake lorries, but the ruts in the road were almost solid ice and hard to cross over and lots of sliding around! I think that was a 12 hour drive!! I hope it's not like that when we head to Tyneside on crimbo eve this year!