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Readers have been in touch to tell us how they’ve been affected by snow and ice across the UK.

Margo Bekkering’s garden after the snow in Amersham Photograph: Margo Bekkering/Guardian Community



Margo Bekkering, 57, from Amersham has been allowed to work from home today:

“I’m an executive assistant and it amazes me how, in the 35 years I have been employed, the nature of the work has changed. When I started my presence in the office would have been vital to getting any work done. Today, in the digital age, I can sit in the comfort of my own home and get work done - everything I need is at my fingertips: the internet, emails, work files, video and phone connections via Skype. What a change!”

Linda’s snow pig Photograph: Linda from Bedminster/Guardian Community

Linda, in her 40s and living in Bedminster, Bristol is snowed in and thinks it’s great. She writes:

“I really love the white stuff. My office is in Clevedon 12 miles away but looking out the window this morning I realised there was no way I could get to work. My road doesn’t get gritted or salted so there’s no point in even trying to get the car out. I was out by 8am clearing a path through the three inches of snow to all the properties but now, hours later, you can hardly tell as the snow just keeps falling. I’m about to head out again to make as many snowmen as I can muster. We already have a snow pig from last night!”

Dean Bailey is a magazine publisher for Offstone Publishing in Stocksfield, Northumberland and is admiring the view from the office:

“Most of us have made it in fine; a bit of digging for those further out but nothing too bad! This is our first proper snow of the year here in the Tyne Valley, which always looks great outside the window.”

Dean Bailey’s view in Stocksfield, Northumberland. Photograph: Dean Bailey/Guardian Community





Fuchsia Harmon’s snowmen she built with her dad. Photograph: Fuchsia Harmon/Guardian Community

Elsewhere, Fuchsia Harmon, 14, in Somerset has been enjoying the day off school making a snowman with her dad:



“I think it’s funny that school is cancelled because there’s hardly any snow here compared to where I came from (New England, US). School wouldn’t even be delayed for this little accumulation. But I’ll enjoy the day off and do homework, read books, watch movies, and talk with my friends.”



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