So it looks like everyone has been suffering with the snow over the last couple of weeks, but it wasn’t always the case at Lingfield Point and New Lodge. A huge thank you to all our dedicated team members who have fought against the elements to allow our customers to continue business as normal. Here is what they have been up against!

… and here are some facts about the snow!

1. Enough snow fell in Britain on January 2 for everyone in the country to make a quarter of a million snowballs each, according to Carol Vorderman.

2. The average snowflake has a top speed of 1.7 metres per second.

3.  Snowflakes are always hexagonal but the majority are not perfectly symmetrical – uneven temperatures, dirt and other factors usually cause them to be lopsided.

4. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest snowflake on record measured 38cm wide and 20cm thick. It was observed in Montana, USA in 1887 and described by witnesses as “larger than a milk pan”.

5. It is a myth that Eskimos have 100 different words for ‘snow’.

6. Chionophobia is a fear of snow

7.  The world’s largest snowman was actually a snowwoman. Residents of Bethel, Maine built the 122 ft giant in 2008, giving her 30 ft spruce trees for arms and skis for eyelashes.

8.  Around 12 per cent of the Earth’s land surface is covered in permanent snow and ice.

9.  The heaviest snowfall in the UK was in 1695. It snowed every day in London for 5 weeks – and the Thames froze over. The snow didn’t fully clear till mid-April.

Brrrrrr.