Snow, Snow and more snow

One fellow blogger who works for Car Arena recently vented, gently, about the recent snow which has hit East Yorkshire hard. And I have to agree that I've been tempted to sell my car and buy an X3 fitted with tractor wheels as both mine and my partners cars are immobilized.
The problem in the north of England isn't the roads so much but setting off or your destination. The main roads have been gritted and the snow is being kept in check by traffic but the Minor roads are covered in a 2-3 inch slab of ice and parking bays or ten foots have this ice + an extra 2ft of snow. So unless where your car is parked can be dug out in a reasonable amount of time and your destination has been cleared there is little point in driving as your car will get stuck in the snow!