Coming home last evening it was snowing following rain. Temp hovering between minus a half and plus a half. Perfect for black ice and snow on top.
Not much traffic around and apart from a problem in one village I thought we would make it. Wrong! Nearer we got home the worse the conditions and one particularly big hill that follows a hairpin did for us. Tried four times and each time managed less distance. It was quite scary as it was so slippy and steep that the car was sliding backwards(and sidewards) even with the footbrake on. Decided to reverse the 400 yards to the hairpin bend and abandon the car in a safe off the road position.
Two mins later along comes a front wheel drive Seat. Hop in says the local and he only managed 100 yards less than us up the hill. He decided it was unsafe to try and move it even to the side of the road as it was so icy and just abandoned it effectively blocking it off for all traffic.
We walked home having a warm and a wee dram in the local bar on the way! I might get the car tomorrow as there is still six inches of snow on the roads.
El Varche
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Topic: had to abandon Omega in snow! (Read 971 times)