Seems to me we have been lucky in Southampton and escaped the worst of the weather this time.

I know just a bit east it's been terrible and has stretched police and other resources.

Just before Christmas we had to deal with the morning in the City when all our roads were sheet ice.

This time the disruption hasn't been nearly so bad but has still caused plenty of problems for people.

It has also brought more evidence of the commitment of many public workers in the City determined to get to work to help deliver their service.

Health workers, care workers, highways staff, fire, ambulance and of course police officers and police staff. One of my colleagues walked 5 miles into work yesterday and the same back home last night.

That's real commitment to his work and public service.

Despite the weather, officers have still been out responding to calls and dealing with crime for example executing a warrant yesterday to close a small cannabis factory.

If you have called us and we haven't managed to get to you as quickly as we promised then I am sorry but I hope you can understand why that might be.

I can assure you we are still policing the City and responding promptly to all the most urgent calls. More snow still to come this weekend it seems so we all need to keep being careful and make only the really essential journeys.

Going home from work last night at rush hour time it seemed many people had taken that advice, the Avenue was almost empty.

You know its bad when Saints postpone a match. I think that's the first time since they have been at the new stadium that the cold has stopped a game so not a bad record.