Do shut up about the snow, Britain. It's preposterous. A couple of flakes settle on the dustbin, and you make out it’s the ice fields of Hoth. Some sleet on the way to the bus stop, and you think you’re traipsing across South Georgia like Ernest Shackleton. It’s just a bit of snow – barely enough to swallow a Cuban heel. Have a look at what the rest of the world puts up with. Then get some salt and go to work...
UK weather v The rest of the world
(01 of11)
Top - A car is covered in ice after being left in a parking lot on the shore of Lake Erie in Hamburg, New York. The Buffalo and Western New York area is bracing for the first major lake effect snowstorm of the season after above average temperatures have left the lake free of ice and the Buffalo area vulnerable to heavy snow and winds.
Bottom - Man scrapes snow off Mini Cooper car parked in London street, Church Row, Hampstead, England, UK (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images)
Bottom - Man scrapes snow off Mini Cooper car parked in London street, Church Row, Hampstead, England, UK (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images)
(02 of11)
Top - People walk on frozen beaches along Lake Michigan as negative degree wind chill weather continues in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America on Jan, 18, 2016. (Xinhua/Ting Shen) Barcroft Media
Bottom - Ice partially covers a lake in Windsor Great Park near Virginia Water, Surrey as travellers have been warned of potential disruption from a 100-mile wide corridor of snow moving eastwards into Britain.
Bottom - Ice partially covers a lake in Windsor Great Park near Virginia Water, Surrey as travellers have been warned of potential disruption from a 100-mile wide corridor of snow moving eastwards into Britain.
(03 of11)
Top - A Bulgarian walks his dog in a snow-covered park in Sofia, Bulgaria, Sunday, . After weeks of unseasonable weather with spring-like temperatures, a cold spell gripped Bulgaria on Sunday. Snow blanketed the Balkan country Saturday night with up to 15 inches in some areas and temperatures going down to – 10 degrees Celsius, (14 degrees Fahrenheit) while forecasters say there is more on the way. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)
Bottom - Dog walkers stroll along the deserted sands at Minehead Beach, Somerset on a cold grey day (credit:AP Photo/Valentina Petrova/Geoffrey Swaine/REX/Shutterstock )
Bottom - Dog walkers stroll along the deserted sands at Minehead Beach, Somerset on a cold grey day (credit:AP Photo/Valentina Petrova/Geoffrey Swaine/REX/Shutterstock )
(04 of11)
Top - Yuri tries to catch a fish on a frozen lake Nero in Rostov, about 250 kilometers (150 miles) northeast from Moscow, Russia
Bottom - A frozen lake in Windsor Great Park near Virginia Water, Surrey as travellers have been warned of potential disruption from a 100-mile wide corridor of snow moving eastwards into Britain. (credit:AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin/PA)
Bottom - A frozen lake in Windsor Great Park near Virginia Water, Surrey as travellers have been warned of potential disruption from a 100-mile wide corridor of snow moving eastwards into Britain. (credit:AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin/PA)
(05 of11)
Top - Dave Carbonetti, of Denver, uses cross country skis to get around as snow fell in Denver. Forecasters predict that four to 10 inches of snow will blanket Colorado's eastern plains before the storm, which started Monday in the intermountain West, moves to the east. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Bottom - Commuters shelter themselves during a heavy rain on London Bridge in London (credit:AP Photo/David Zalubowski/Tolga Akmen/LNP/REX Shutterstock)
Bottom - Commuters shelter themselves during a heavy rain on London Bridge in London (credit:AP Photo/David Zalubowski/Tolga Akmen/LNP/REX Shutterstock)
(06 of11)
Top - People walking in St. Petersburg. Ruslan Shamukov/TASS
Bottom - Walkers on Henley Bridge in the cold on a sunny morning (credit:Geoffrey Swaine/REX Shutterstock/Ruslan Shamukov\TASS via Getty Images)
Bottom - Walkers on Henley Bridge in the cold on a sunny morning (credit:Geoffrey Swaine/REX Shutterstock/Ruslan Shamukov\TASS via Getty Images)
(07 of11)
Top - Two ice breakers move along the frozen Moskva River with the Kremlin in the background during snowfall in Moscow, Russia. Moscow was hit by a heavy snowfall Tuesday, which led to the cancellation of dozens of flights at the city airports as temperatures dipped to -10 C (14 F) in Moscow. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Bottom - Long boats moored at Aldermaston Wharf on the Kennet and Avon canal. (credit:DAVID HARTLEY/REX/Shutterstock )
Bottom - Long boats moored at Aldermaston Wharf on the Kennet and Avon canal. (credit:DAVID HARTLEY/REX/Shutterstock )
(08 of11)
Top - A deer runs in the snow near Egerag, 227 kilometers south of Budapest, Hungary.
Bottom - A deer in the snow, Richmond Park, London (credit:AP/Rex)
Bottom - A deer in the snow, Richmond Park, London (credit:AP/Rex)
(09 of11)
Top - People skating on a frozen canal in St Petersburg, Russia.
Bottom - Members of the public walk through the snow at One Tree Hill in south London.
Bottom - Members of the public walk through the snow at One Tree Hill in south London.
(10 of11)
Top - Ice fisherman Andras Merten waits for a catch during subzero temperatures on the frozen Lake Tisza near Abadszalok, 159 kilometers east of Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Jan. 4, 2016. (Janos Meszaros/MTI via AP)
Bottom - A swan sits on the frozen Sefton Park Lake in Liverpool. A change in the weather has brought freezing temperatures and snow to the country.
Bottom - A swan sits on the frozen Sefton Park Lake in Liverpool. A change in the weather has brought freezing temperatures and snow to the country.
(11 of11)
Top - Anna Vincelli, 45, photographs a two-story snowman built by her neighbor in Irondequoit, NY. The region has had 84.5 inches of snow so far this winter, 11 inches above normal, according to the National Weather Service.
Bottom - A snowman in Beckenham, Kent.
Bottom - A snowman in Beckenham, Kent.